Jamal Nxedlana (b.1985, SA), based in Johannesburg & Geneva, is an artist and cultural worker. His practice begins with fashion and subculture as domains of intellectual and cultural inquiry, from which to respond to colonial and apartheid legacies in urban South Africa. He has exhibited internationally in galleries, institutions, and independent spaces.
Recent exhibitions include SPECTRUM (2023), his second solo exhibition at No Man’s Art Gallery in Amsterdam; The New Black Vanguard (2022) curated by Antwaun Sargent at Saatchi Gallery in London; and Orlando (2022) curated by Tilda Swinton at the Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland.
As a cultural worker, Nxedlana founded Bubblegum Club, a digital platform and culture agency showcasing innovative new work and creating opportunities for emerging creatives. He is also a founding member of CUSS Group, a Johannesburg based art collective that has exhibited in major institutions including Kunsthall Trondheim Norway, Moderna Museet Stockholm, de Young Museum, and the Berlin Biennale.
Jamal Nxedlana, 2025. Courtesy of the artist.Education
2007 BA Fashion Design, Durban University of Technology, SA
Solo Exhibitions
2026 "The Cotton Speaks", Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, ZA
2025 "Data Tapestries", No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Unseen Photography Fair, Amsterdam, NL
2024 Made in Joburg, Latitudes Fair, Johannesburg, SA
2023 SPECTRUM, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2022 #004/bb, Bubblegum Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2018 Avatar, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2011 Imibala Yocansi, solo exhibition at VANSA, Cape Town, SA
Group Exhibitions
2025 EMBODIED SURFACES, La Rada, Lorcano, CH
2025 Second Impressions (with Camille Kaiser), Valentin 61 Lausanne, CH
2023 "EMBRACE", Forde, Geneve, CH
2022 "As we Rise" - University of Toronto Art Centre, Toronto, CA
2022 "Play/Mobile" - Foreign Agent, Lausanne, SW
2022 No Man's Art Gallery Mexico City, MX
2022 New Black Vanguard, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, US
2022 Orlando, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, SW
2022 Open City, Bubblegum Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2020 New Black Vanguard, Bunjil Place, Narre Warren, AU
2019 Orlando, McEvoy Foundation of Arts, San Fransisco, US
2019 Göteborg International Biennale for Contemporary Art, Göteborg (with CUSS Group), SE
2019 2019 Mud Muses (with CUSS Group)- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, SE
2019 "Blue is the warmest colour" - BKhz Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2019 The New Black Vanguard, Aperture Gallery, New York, USA
2019 West Of Where The Sun Goes Down, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2019 Orlando, Aperture Gallery, New York, curated by Tilda Swinton, USA
2018 Supermarket Art Fair (with CUSS Group), Stockholm, SE 2017 The Way We Live Now, Aperture Gallery, New York, USA
2016 Videobox / 27, Le Carreau du Temple, Paris, FR
2016 New Horizons with CUSS Group, Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2016 9th Berlin Biennale, with CUSS Group, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE
2016 Supermarket Art Fair (Alma Martha Projects), Stockholm, SE
2014 "Making Africa", Vitra Design Museum, NL
2011 Basic Reality, Goodman Gallery Projects, Johannesburg, SA
Publications
2024 New Rules zine, We Present
Residencies
2025 TaDA Textile and Design Alliance, Arbon, CH
2019 IASPIS Residency, Stockholm, SE
2018 Infinity Studio, Johannesburg (curated by Bubblegum Club), SA
2018 Africa Whats Up? Antigel Festival, Geneva, CH
2015 Topic Studio Residency (supported by ArtLink) PICTO, Geneva, CH
2014 Connect ZA Creative Futures, Johannesburg, SA
2013 Comunicazione Integrata hosted by SAE Academy, Milan, IT
Collections
Mazars Art Collection, Amsterdam,
Patta Collection, Amsterdam, NL
ING Collection, NL
Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, Geneve, CH
Van Ogtrop Family Collection, NL