Asemahle Ntlonti
Available Works
About
Born in 1993 in Cape Town, South Africa, Asemahle Ntlonti graduated from the University of Cape Town’s Michaelis School of Fine Art with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2017, where she majored in sculpture.
She was awarded the 2018 Young Female Residency by The Project Space, a non-profit cultural institution founded by the late Benon Lutaaya in Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2019 Ntlonti attended a residency at the South African Foundation for Contemporary Art (SAFFCA) in Knysna and Saint Emilion, France.
Ntlonti has held three solo exhibitions, Vuthulula and Nothwala impahlana at WHATIFTHEWORLD and Kukho Isililo Somntu II, at Blank Projects, Cape Town. Most recently, she has participated in the group shows 021 – 2021, Stevenson, Amsterdam; Space & Place, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, Germany; and RESTUDIO, Johannesburg. In 2019, her work was included in several group exhibitions, including The Female Line, SMAC Gallery; Sans, Open 24HRS; and Unresolved Category, Gallery MOMO in Cape Town, South Africa.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
| 2021 | Vuthulula - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2020 | Nothwala impahlana - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2017 | Kukho Isililo Somntu II, Blank Projects, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Kukho Isililo Somntu I, Michaelis Graduate Exhibition, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2022 | Seeds of the Fig - Twee Jonge Gezellen Wine Estate, Krone x WHATIFTHEWORLD, Tulbagh, South Africa |
| Home Strange Home - Twee Jonge Gezellen Wine Estate, Krone x WHATIFTHEWORLD, Tulbagh, South Africa | |
| The Phoenix Runway - WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| 2021 | 40 Under 40, Twee Jonge Gezellen Wine Estate, Krone & WHATIFTHEWORLD, Tulbagh, South Africa |
| Space & Place, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig, Germany | |
| 021 - 2021, Stevenson, Amsterdam, The Netherlands | |
| RESTUDIO, Cunningham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| 2019 | “SANS”, Open 24hrs Art, Cape Town, South Africa |
| The Female Line, SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Unresolved Category, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| "... Between my finger and my thumb the squat pen rests. I'll dig with it.” (Performance) Infecting the City, The Slave Lodge, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Art Joburg, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| Cape Town Art Fair, The Project Space, Cape Town Convention Centre, Cape Town , South Africa | |
| Do you know these 5WomenArtists?, North West University Gallery, Potchefstroom, South Africa | |
| 2018 | RMB Turbine Art Fair, The Project Space, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Sunday Service, The Gallery of the University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa | |
| 2017 | Greatest Hits, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa |
| 2016 | The Portrait (Performance with iQhiya), Documenta 14, Kassel and Athens |
| iQhiya, AVA Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Ukuzila: ndiyakuthanda sis'Nosipho, ndiyakuthanda sis’wam (Performance), Infecting the City, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| The Commute Pt II (Performance installation), Institute For Creative Arts Launch, Hiddingh Campus, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| The Commute Pt I (Performance installation), Museum Night, in association with Iziko National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| The Portrait II (Performance), V & A Waterfront, Museum Night, in association with Iziko National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| The Portrait I (Performance), Greatmore Studios, #theopening, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Echoing Voices from Within: Rhodes Must Fall (Performance), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa | |
| Barclay’s L’Atelier, Absa Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| 2015 | Sasol New Signatures, Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa |
Permanent Collections
Nedbank Collection