Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study
South Africa
fellow
Thuthuka Sibisi
Discipline(s)
Arts and arts studies
Theme(s)
Identity
Fellowship dates
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Research Project
multidisciplinary artist
Biography
Thuthuka Sibisi is a multidisciplinary artist, performance maker and composer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sibisi roots his practice in critically interrogates the intersections of queer identity, colonial legacies and sonic resistance; creating spaces for radical reimagining through interdisciplinary performance, sound and installation.
He is an Olivier Award Nominee (UK), a recipient of a South African Music Award (SAMA) for Best Alternative Album - with Desire Marea (2022, RSA), Mail & Guardian 200 Young South Africans (2017, RSA), Ampersand Foundation Fellow (NYC), American Academy in Berlin invited artist (Germany), Bushwick Center resident (NYC) Goethe Institut resident (Germany), Festival d'Aix-en-Provence Multidisciplinary residency (France) and selected as a Performa Biennial 19 Curatorial Fellow (NYC).