The Amsterdam-based No Man’s Art Gallery presents the third solo exhibition of the South African artist and cultural worker.
Nxedlana’s practice examines the material and symbolic embodiment of the Black figure within fashion photography. Grounded in Afrosurrealism, his imagery engages themes of race, identity, popular culture, and mass production.
He has exhibited internationally across galleries, institutions, and independent spaces. Recent exhibitions include SPECTRUM (2023), his second solo show at No Man’s Art Gallery in Amsterdam; The New Black Vanguard (2022), curated by Antwaun Sargent at the Saatchi Gallery in London; and Orlando (2022), curated by Tilda Swinton at the Fotomuseum Winterthur in Switzerland.
As a cultural worker, Nxedlana (b. 1985) has founded several influential independent organisations in Johannesburg, where he has been based for the past 14 years. Most notably, he established Bubblegum Clubb—ZAM’s partner organisation—a digital platform and cultural agency that showcases innovative new work and creates opportunities for emerging cultural practitioners.
Nxedlana is a founding member of the CUSS Group, a Johannesburg-based collective that has been exploring the hybrid culture of post-colonial South Africa since 2011. CUSS has exhibited at renowned institutions including Kunsthall Trondheim, Norway (2023); Moderna Museet, Stockholm (2019); the de Young Museum (2017); and the Berlin Biennale (2016).
Nxedlana’s work is also included in the NL Patta Collection, the NL ING Collection, the Geneva-based Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, and the NL Van Ogtrop Family Collection, among others.
Check out Jamal Nxedlana’s CV.
