Exhibitions
2020
The Stories We tell, Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg, South Africa
2019
Camera Austria Award for Contemporary Photography by the City of Graz 2019 Lebohang Kganye, Award Ceremony, Exhibition Space Camera Austria, Graz, Austria
Salon approche, Le Molière, Paris, France
2018
Ke Sale Teng, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
Tell Tale, Market Photo Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa
2016
The Armory Show, Afronova Gallery, New York, USA
Festival Africolor, Université Paris 13, Paris, France
2013
Ke Lefa Laka, Market Photo Workshop Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
GROUP SHOWS
2020
The Power of My Hands, Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France
Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize Exhibition, Porto, Portugal
The Matter, Off Dakar Biennale, Dakar, Senegal
The words create images, 5th International Biennale of Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, La Mamounia, Marrakesh, Morroco
Alpha Crucis – Contemporary African Art, curated by André Magnin,Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway
2019 – 2020
Crossing Night: Regional Identities x Global Context, MOCAD, Detroit USA
2018 – 2020
Africa State of Mind, New Art Exchange, Nottingham, UK – Impressions Gallery, Bradford, UK – MOADSF, San Francisco, USA – Royal West of England Academy, Bristol UK – Arles Photography Encounters, Arles, France
Gifts, 25 years of Open Society Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
2019
La Biennale de Lubumbashi VI, Lubumbashi, Congo
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Forum/ Screening Session, Somerset House, London, UK
The Way She Looks; A History of Female Gazes in African Portraiture, Photographs from The Walther Collection, Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto, Canada
72 Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Photo Ireland Festival, Dublin, Ireland
The UPI Gallery, New York, USA
Present Objects, in collaboration with Euqinom Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Afronova Gallery, Industria, New York, USA
Coda Paper Art 2019, Coda Paper Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands
Wonder Photo Day, Taipei, Taiwan
Beyond Boundaries, LensCulture Discoveries in Contemporary Photography, Aperture Gallery, New York, USA
Who’s Looking at the Family, Now? curated by Tim Clark, Photo50 at London Art Fair, London, Uk
Finalist Artists exhibition, Arte Laguna Prize, The Arsenale of Venice, Venice, Italy
2018 – 2019
Remembrance, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
The Bricks that Build a Home, curated by Manon Braat, The Migratie Museum, The Hague, The netherlands
Not the Usual Suspects, IZIKO South African National Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
Un air de Famille; Parce que les Fantômes disparaissent au Lever du Jour, H2M – Espace Contemporain, Bourg en Bresse, France
Sans tambour ni trompette – Cent ans de guerres, Le Parvis centre d’art, Ibos, France – Faux Mouvement, Centre Contemporain de Metz, Metz, France
Africa is No Island, MACAAL, Marrakech, Morrocco – Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Benin
Recent Histories / Contemporary African photography and video art in dialogue with African photography from the Walther collection, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018
Re*Creation,Non-Work: Occupied by Leisure Time, Fotograf Festival #8, Fotograf Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Afronova Gallery, Somerset House, London, UK
17th DongGang International Photo Festival 2018, Gangwon-do, Yeongwol-gun, Korea
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Afronova Gallery, Pioneer Works, New York, USA
Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London, UK
The Mechanics of Memory, as part of « writing for the ear, writing for the eye » for Season 3, Centre for Less Good Idea, Johannesburg, South Africa
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Afronova Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2017 – 2018
Tell Freedom. 15 South African Artists, Kunsthall Kade, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
RESIST(E), Printemps Photographique Afrique du Sud, NEGPOS, Nîmes, France
2017
Ourselves + Others: African Feminist re-CREATIONS, SOAS University of London, London, UK
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, AFRONOVA GALLERY, Somerset House, London, UK
Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Arts Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
Equal but Different, Pop-Up Gallery, Art@First, Johannesburg, South Africa
Being Her(e): Meditations on African Femininities, Six Mountains on Her Back: (Re)-reading African Feminisms Colloquium, Galeria do Banco Económico, Luanda, Angola – Rhodes University Fine Art Department, Grahamstown, South Africa – !Kaura: Contemporary Art From Africa, Constitution Hill, Johannesburg, South Africa
Four Dilemmas, Market Photo Workshop Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Atomic Peace: Searching for Level Ground During A Spiritual Emergency, The Bag Factory artist studios, Johannesburg, South Africa
Digital Africa (Tokyo), YaPhoto@Arakawa Africa, OGU MAG gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Africana, Rencontres d’Arles, Pop-Up Gallery, Kehrer Galerie, Arles, France
MY XXX, Innibos National Arts Festival, Mpumalanga, South Africa
Image Afrique Festival, CAP Prize Winner, Theatreplatz, Basel, Switzerland
Nathi.Aha.Sasa. / Us.Here.Now., curated by Zohra Opoku, Wiener Festwochen, Vienna, Austria
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, AFRONOVA GALLERY, Pioneer Works, New York, USA
Infecting the City, Africa Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
Booknesses: South African Artists’ Books, FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Les Territoires du Corps, Black Box, Art Paris, Afronova Gallery, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Le jour qui vient, Galerie des Galeries, Paris, France
New Home, AVAF Edition 1, Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa
2016-2017
Give Me Yesterday, Prada Foundation, Milan, Italy
Recent Histories, New Photography from Africa, Walther Collection Project Space, New York, USA – Ulm, Germany
2016
1:54 African Contemporary Art Fair, Afronova, Somerset House, London, UK
1:54 African Contemporary Art Fair, Afronova, Pioneer Works, New York, USA
Studio Bamako, European Month Of Photography, Kehrer Gallery, Berlin, Germany
L’Autre Continent, Artistes, Femmes, Africaines, Muséum du Havre, Le Havre, France
Photo Biennale, Cities and Memory, Brandts, Odense, Denmark
KIN, HANGAR Centro de Investigação Artística, Lisbon, Portugal
2015
Addis Video Art Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Winner of the Jury Prize « Coup de Coeur », Bamako Encounters 2015, Bamako, Mali
1:54 African Contemporary Art Fair, Afronova, Pioneer Works, New York, USA
The View from Here, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK
Stone Kraal, International Schillertage, Mannheim, Germany
Now you see me, Now you don’t, International Schillertage, Mannheim, Germany
Trek, Following Journeys, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2014
OFF THE WALL, Les Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
Short Change, My Joburg, Market Photo Workshop Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
Young ’14, BagFactory Artist Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa
Femme Photographe, ONOMO Hotel, Dakar, Senegal
2013
Sculptural Premise, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
Apartheid and After, Huis Marsielle, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Photoville, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, USA
The Suit, Copy Shop, Cape Town, South Africa
Short Change, My Joburg, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
2012
Rememory, William Goodenough House, London, UK
Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa
Happily Never After, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2011
aolafe Saam, Market Photo Workshop Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Between 10 and 5, Jo’burg Art Fair, Market Photo Workshop Stall, Johannesburg, South Africa
SELECTED AWARDS
Tokyo Photo Competition, T3 Photo Festival, 2019
Rise Art Prize, Global Artist of the Year Award, Winner, 2018
Sasol New Signatures Award, Overall Winner, 2017
CAP Prize, Image Afrique Festival, 2017
Coup de Coeur Award Recipient, Jury Prize, Bamako Encounters, 2015
Featured Artist for the 17th BASA Awards, Business and Arts South Africa, 2014
The Space Moving Image Commission, Shooting People, British Council, 2014
Atlantic Philanthropies Commission, Magnum Foundation, 2014
Tierney Fellowship Recipient, Market Photo Workshop, 2012
Publications
English
Published by Thames & Hudson
2020
English
Published by Kerber
2020
English
Published by Astrup Fearnley Museum
2020
English
Published by Objective Press, Oslo
2019
English
Published by Kunsthal kAde Amersfoort
2018
English and German
Published by Camera Austria
2018
English
Published by Steidl
2017
English
Published by Aperture Magazine
2017
French and English
Published by Clémentine de la Féronnière
2017
French
Published by Musée de l’Elysée Lausanne
2016
French
Published by Muséum du Havre
2016
English and French
Published by Kehrer Verlag
2015
A book‐magazine on emerging photography and antique photos.
English and French
Published by OFF the Wall Editions
2015
English and French
Published by Fage
2013
English
Published by Huis Marseille
2013
English
Published by Market Photo Workshop
2013
Press
Dealers Set Sights on Africa at 1-54 Art Fair’s Third Moroccan Edition in Sign of Continent’s Expanding Collector Base, ArtNews, February 2020
Galeria Municipal do Porto abre temporada com exposição de máscaras, Observador.pt, February 2020
Joven fotografía africana, NEO2.com, January 2020
Camera Austria 2019, e-flux, November 2019
Look closer at this 19th-century photo of a Congolese woman, Now Toronto, November 2019
A ppr oc he 2019 : explosions photographiques, blind magazine, November 2019
La 5e Biennale Internationale de Casablanca annonce sa 1ère liste d’artistes,L’Observateur, November 2019
PARIS, OBJECTIF PHOTOS, Liberation, November 2019
Global Perspectives on Visual Vocabulary, PRŌTOCOLLUM, 2019/20
“Ke Lefa Laka: Her Story”, Morning Show SA, October 2019
Paris Photo cisèle sa programmation, Le Journal des Arts, October 2019
Camera Austria-Preis für zeitgenössische Fotografie an Lebohang Kganye, ArtMagazine, October 2019
Photography From Africa that Refuses Easy Narratives, Hyperallergic, October 2019
The Way She Looks: A History of Female Gazes in African Portraiture, Vogue.it, October 2019
New photo exhibit about African women challenges old perspectives, The Star, September 2019
The Way She Looks: A History of Female Gazes in African Portraiture, CanadianArt, September 2019
14 artistes pour Approche, Le Quotidien de l’Art, September 2019
The Way She Looks: A History Of Female Gazes In African Portraiture, New Toronto, September 2019
The Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize, e-flux, September 2019
Lebohang Kganye Honoured with the Camera Austria Award for Contemporary Photography, C&, August 2019
Literatur Rubrik, Salzburger Nachrichten, August 2019
Outlook Home: Risking it all to save a stranger, BBC World Service, July 2019
Photography is a living language, Creative Feel, June 2019
These photographs are the inheritance that helped me heal, East Coast Radio, May 2019
These photographs are the inheritance that helped me heal, Beautiful News, May 2019
These photos of everyday South Africans show the country’s lived realities long after apartheid, Quartz Africa, 2019
Lebohang Kganye Creates Immersive Installations from a Mix of Memory and Fiction, Whitewall, May 2019
This artist superimposed herself onto old photos of her mother as a poignantThis artist superimposed herself onto old photos of her mother as a poignant celebration of their bond, Sleek, May 2019
A celebration of black womanhood in South Africa/Collective memories, Huck, May 2019
The Tantalizing Photographic Figure at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Hyperallergic, May 2019
Gallery Profile: AFRONOVA GALLERY, Omenka, May 2019
A Daughter’s Ghostly Recreations of her Late Mother’s old Photographs, The New Yorker, March 2019
Visions of a Continent, Aesthetica Magazine, March 2019
Announcing the 2019 Joop Swart Masterclass Nominees, World Press Photo, March 2019
Not the Usual Suspects, Vogue Italy, January 2019
London Art Fair: Global Creativity, Aesthetica Magazine, December 2018
Remembrance, Wall Street International, December 2018
Artists We Love: Lebohang Kganye, Visi Magazine, November 2018
Living, Breathing Past: ‘Not the Usual Suspects’ at ISANG, Artthrob, November 2018
6 Artists to Know at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Galerie Magazine, October 2018
L’Afrique à la Foire 1:54 de Londres : « Ailleurs on voit des produits, ici on voit des œuvres », Le Monde, October 2018
154 Contemporary African Art Fair, TL Magazine, October 2018
Athi-Patra Ruga Headlines 1-54 Art Fair, Elle Decoration, October 2018
154 Art Fair at Somerset House: a guide to the Contemporary African Art Show, The Evening Standard, October 2018
In Ethereal Images, an Artist Superimposes Herself on Old Photos of Her Mother, Hyperallergic, October 2018
A new wave of photographers in Africa State of Mind, British Journal of Photography, September 2018
How to make the most of London’s art season, Harper’s bazaar, September 2018
At the rainbow’s end, Financial Times, September 2018
12 Emerging Photographers You Should Know, The New York Times, September 2018
The Future Now: 10 African Artists to Watch, Artnews, July 2018
Through the Lens: How Photography Became Africa’s Most Popular Art Form;Artnews, June 2018
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair: the female gaze, Financial Times, May 2018
Whitewaller New York 2018: What You Need to Know about 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Whitewaller New York Frieze Issue, May 2018
1-54 Art Fair to Bring a Diverse Set of African Perspectives Together in New York, Widewalls, April 2018
Photography’s Role in Shaping South Africa’s History and Contemporary Culture, Hyperallergic, April 2018
Africa is no Island – A Photo Essay, The Guardian, March 2018
African Art Market comes to Africa, Financial Times, March 2018
Africa is no Island, British Journal of Photography, February 2018
MACAAL, Marrakech Opens with ‘Africa Is No Island’, Blouin Art Info, February 2018
Africa Is No Island – Contemporary Photography from the Continent and the Diaspora, Widewalls, February 2018
Preview: 5 highlights not to miss at 1:54 African Art Fair London 2017, Art Radar, October 2017
Between art and memory, Mail and Guardian, September 2017
Sasol New Signatures breaking ground with new artists, Citizen, September 2017
Young filmmaker captures judges, Herald Live, August 2017
The Future of African Women in Art, Forbes Africa, June 2017
Cap Prize 2017, Short List of Contemporary African Photography Prize announced, ZAM, June 2017
Women’s Bodies Go Uncensored In This Very Real New Photo Collection, Huffington Post, June 2017
1:54 NY Art Fair: Lebohang Kganye, The Eye of Photography, May 2017
A new Generation of African Photographers, City Press, May 2017
La relève de l’Art Contemporain Africain est assurée, Le Point Afrique, April 2017
Entretien avec Marie-Ann Yemsi, « L’effervescence artistique permet de réactualiser le regard porté par la France sur l’Afrique », Le Monde Afrique, March 2017
Ke Lefa Laka, la série de photos fascinante de la sud africaine Lebohang Kganye, Grazia, March 2017
A look inside Kenneth Montague’s stunning private art collection, Toronto Life, January 2017
Give me Yesterday, LIFO, December 2016
Fondazione Prada, apre l’Osservatorio in galleria Vittorio Emanuele, Milano Mentelocale.it, December 2016
What to see in New York Art Galleries this week, the New York Times, December 2016
Une Nouvelle Scène Africaine anime l’Art Contemporain, Les Inrocks, November 2016
Fondazione Prada apre Osservatorio, nuovo spazio dedicato alla fotografia, Inside Art, November 2016
Prada eröffnet neue Galerie in Mailand, Fashion Network, November 2016
Give me Yesterday, Arte.it, November 2016
Nouvelles Impressions Africaines au Havre, Next, October 2016
Three Photography Shows in New York, The Wall Street Journal, October 2016
Johannesburg, le nouveau spot arty, Madame Figaro, October 2016
Nataal’s Highlights from the second edition of 1:54 African Art Fair in New York, Nataal, May 20161:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York Times, may 2016
Focusing on Photo Portraits at New York’s Contemporary African Art Fair, Hyperallergic, May 2016
Fantasy and Memory, Reimagining the Family Archive, Art Africa, March 2016
Book Review: Rencontres de Bamako ‘Telling Time’, Musee Magazine, March 2016
Inspiration from World renowned African Photographer Santu Mofokeng, cnbcafrica, March 2016
There is No One Style of ‘African Art’, Huffington Post, March 2016
Northern Exposure: SA Art finds Manhattan Groove, Times Live, March 2016
Focus: African Perspectives, Artmarket – BlogMag, March 2016
8 projects asserting Contemporary African Art’s equal standing to unfold at the Armory Show, Artsy, February 2016
The Armory Show Special Projects: Time based Works and unexpected African Art, Hampton Art Hub, February 2016
Contemporary African Art and 36 Countries exhibiting at the Armory Show 2016, Barnebys, February 2016
Jozi Stories, Deutschlandfunk radio, February 2016 (German)
Künstler Porträt, Harper’s Bazaar Germany, January 2016
Mali Photo Festival Aims to Refocus on Positive, Voice of America, November 2015
Photographie: le jury des Rencontres de Bamako récompense l’audace, Jeune Afrique, November 2015 (French)
Mali: les Rencontres de Bamako, au-delà de la photo, Jeune Afrique, November 2015 (French)
La promotion 2015 des lauréats des Rencontres de Bamako, Connaissance des Arts, November 2015 (French)
Biennale: Bamako retrouve le temps de la Photo, Le point Afrique, November 2015
Annonce des gagnants des 10èmes Rencontres de Bamako, actuphoto, November 2015 (French)
London exhibition showcases a new generation of conceptual photographers from accross Africa, British Journal of Photography, June 2015
South African photographer steps into the frame to reimagine her family history, The Souyh African.com, June 2015
Frieze Week: artists you should know from 1:54, the culture files, May 2015
5 Trends at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Artsy, May 2015
African Galleries at 1:54 New York 2015, Art Africa, May 2015
Q&A: Touria El Glaoui from 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Blouin Art Info, May 2015
From Strenght to Strenght: the Johannesburg International Mozart Festival, Daily Maverick, February 2015
Young composers to shine at International Mozart Festival in Jozi, SABC News, January 2015 (video)
Listening to the image, 7th Johannesburg International Mozart Festival, JazzE Magazine, December 2014
Des Femmes Photographes réunies, Rythmes d’Afrique, Racines, December 2014 (French)
Lebohang Kganye Ke Lefa Laka, L’Oeil de la Photographie, October 2014
Artist puts herself in Frame, Business Day, August 2014
Lebohang Kganye, africanah.org, May 2014
Stories about my Granddad, Contemporary And, November 2013
Born in 1990, Lebohang Kganye lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Although primarily a photographer, Lebohang Kganye often incorporates her interest in sculpture, performance, installation and film in her work. She explores fictional history by using archives to merge illusive characters with “real” characters in a new universe. Kganye received her introduction to photography at the Market Photo Workshop, in Johannesburg, in 2009 and completed the Advanced Photography Programme in 2011. She is currently doing her Masters in Fine Arts at the Witwatersrand University.
Kganye is currently a finalist for the Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize, 2019. She was the recipient of the Camera Austria Award, 2019 and the finalist of the Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative, 2019. Kganye was the recipient of the Tokyo International Photography Prize, 2019, the Rise Art Prize Global Artist of the Year in 2018, and the Jury Prize at the Bamako Encounters Biennale of African Photography, 2015.
She has participated in major exhibitions locally and internationally, including Give me Yesterday, The Prada Foundation, Milan (2017), Africa is No Island, MACAAL, Marrakesh (2018), Tell Freedom, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort (2018), Recent Histories, an Arthur Walter collection travelling exhibition (2016 – Ongoing), Not the
Usual Suspects, Iziko National Gallery Cape Town (2019) or Alpha Crucis – Contemporary African Art, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo (2020)