ART(ist) #15

Sibusiso Bheka

Sibusiso Bheka is a South African photographer born in 1997 in Thokoza, South Africa. He is introduced to photography in 2012 through the Of Soul and Joy project. Since then, his work has been exhibited internationnaly and was shortlisted for several prestigious awards. He is now represented by Afronova Gallery.

Sibusiso Bheka’s work documents his environment by night, giving us to see his reality of the township of Thokoza. His work is a testimony to South Africa’s violent past as well as a celebration of the intense beauty that can be found in the details of the township daily life.

Sibusiso Bheka

Born in 1997 in Thokoza, South Africa, Sibusiso discovered photography in 2012 with Of Soul and Joy and continued his studies at the Vaal University of Technology.

His work has been displayed at numerous exhibitions and fairs in South Africa and internationally: Addis Foto Fest (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia), Ghent International Photo Festival (Belgium) and Rencontres de Bamako (Mali), amongst others. He was shortlisted for the Magnum Foundation Fellowship for Photography and Social Justice in 2018. In 2019, he was nominated for the Joop Swart Masterclass and the CAP Prize. More recently, in 2023, he presented his work at the AKAA-Art & Design fair in Paris. In 2023, he was in residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris with the Institut Français. Sibusiso Bheka is represented by Afronova Gallery.