Mbali Dhlamini

Born in 1990, is a multidisciplinary artist and visual researcher. She lives and works in Johannesburg. In 2015, she graduated with a master’s degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. Dhlamini performs visual, tactile, and discursive investigations into current Indigenous cultural practices. With a view toward decolonized practices in contemporary culture, her work is in constant conversation with her past and present visual landscapes. Working to maintain a state of unlearning and relearning, in her process, Dhlamini recognizes language as a medium of understanding and as a repository of knowledge. Dhlamini’s visual research considers ‘site-specific discourse’ as a methodology. She presented her projects in Dakar, Senegal, at the Black Rock Senegal artist residency in 2021, and within the Raw Materials Company Fellowship in 2017. Her recent undertaking using archival materials from the World Council of Churches was performed in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2021. Her work has been exhibited in art galleries and institutions locally and internationally.