Phumulani Ntuli, born in 1986, obtained a Bachelor of Fine Art degree in 2012 from the University of Johannesburg, where he majored in sculpture. He holds a Masters of Fine Arts – Arts Public Sphere from (ECAV) Ecole Cantonale D’Art du Valais in Sierre-Switzerland and was awarded Prix-ex- cellence for his ongoing research project Permutations of an event cen- tred around notions of archives and surveillance.
His work merges the ambit of artistic research, sculpture, video installa- tions and performative practices. He consistently engages diverse pub- lics/audiences and attempts to make visible history’s gaps/breaks/silenc- es/pauses and remnants.
As an artist and practitioner Phumulani has presented and/or contribut- ed work within the context of the Spier Light Art Festival 2021, Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival 2020, Young Congo Biennale 2019, Live Works V6 curated by Simone Frangi and Daniel Blanga Gubbay, Kam- pala Biennale 2016, Uganda curated by Elise Atangana, the Bone Per- formance Festival 2016, Bern Switzerland, curated by Valerian Maly and also performed in the Act Festival 2016 in Geneva, Basel, Sierre and Zu- rich.
During the aforementioned year, Ntuli participated in residencies/work- shops at the Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy and the Alps Art Acade- my in Chur, Switzerland. This is his third solo exhibition, after two solo per- formance projects at Alps Art Academy in Chur, Switzerland in 2016 to 2017, Umjondolo at Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg; Thupelo, Cape Town and Infecting the City, Johannesburg in 2012 to 2014.