Simphiwe Ndzube

Born in Hofmeyr, South Africa, 1990

Lives and works between Los Angeles, CA, USA and Cape Town, South Africa

“In my understanding, what artists make is, to a certain extent, an extension of themselves. It somehow shows what is happening in the backs of our minds, how we analyze the world and how we project the world back to ourselves. There is a recurring appearance of the figure in my work; part dandy, part worker and warrior. Often raceless and androgynous, with the body not fully formed. I often imagine these figures existing in a fantasy landscape patched with cutout duct tape and patterns with these snake ties growing as obstacles and strange plants. For me, they all speak of the struggle of being human or claiming to be seen and recognized within our standards of what has been normalized as human”.

https://www.simphiwendzube.com/

GALLERIES:

Stevenson Gallery