Mncedi Madolo
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1988 - Eastern Cape, RSA
Mncedi Madolo obtained a National Diploma in Fine Arts in 2014 at the Walter Sisulu University, majoring in painting.
In 2017 he moved to Johannesburg where he embarked on a career as a full time artist. Living in the city brought him closer to the realities of urban life, where he found him- self surrounded by people making a living within the constraints of a lower middle-class existence. At the same time he also noticed the severity of the onslaught by print and advertising media selling a dream to these people.
This presented interesting paradoxes and he started implementing elements of this in his work. Magazine covers celebrating “black is beautiful ‘’ and flyers advertising fast solutions to personal problems are presented with cartoon sketches mocking the status quo while familiar brands loom in the background. Many of the materials and images used in the paintings are collected from the street and present themselves as a complex layering of stories. Madolo is also a skillful illustrator who freelances as a cartoon artist for major national newspapers.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Wakrazulwa Issues of Colour - Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2019 Colour Blind - World Art Gallery, Cape Town, RSA
Selected Group Exhibitions & Projects
2023 Hawkers Paradise - Kalashnikovv Gallery in collaboration with Merchantec Capital, Johannesburg, RSA
2021 From Present to Pivot - Kalashnikovv Gallery and The Bag Factory, Oxford Parks, Johannesburg, RSA
2021 The Next Movement - Kalashnikovv Gallery in collaboration with Merchantec Capital and Turbine Art Fair,
Illovo Point, Johannesburg, RSA
2020 Untitled 24.09 - Gallery Fanon, Johannesburg, RSA
2019 Group Show - Art Afrique, Johannesburg, RSA
2018 Ukuma - The Weight of the Wait, Assemblage Gallery, Johannesburg, RSA
2017 Artist Career Boot Camp Exhibition - The Bag Factory, Johannesburg, RSA
2011 Un-masked - National Arts Festival, Grahamstown, RSA
Selected Art Fairs
RMB Latitudes Art Fair, Joahnnesburg, RSA: 2023
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, RSA: 2023
Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg, RSA: 2022 / 2021 / 2019 / 2018