Simnikiwe Buhlungu (Johannesburg, South Africa, 1995) lives and works in Amsterdam. She has an interest in navigating personal and socio-historical narratives presents itself as a complex web of [re] imagined engagements which are surrounding, but not exclusive to, experiences embedded within the complexity of knowledge production(s) - which are (un)written, (un)spoken, (un)heard and made (in)visible. Through this, her practice begins to develop into moments that pose questions and attempt to provide answers to these ideas. The work has existed in a variety of forms — text, print, video, sonic negotiations and installation in a number of exhibitions, happenings and spaces. She also engages with printed material and publications, their production and dissemination — in conversation with her practice.
She has recently had solo exhibitions at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam; Chisenhale Gallery, London; KIT–Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf; and Kunsthalle Bern. Her work has recently been presented in group exhibitions in Nottingham Contemporary, De Appel, Association for Visuals Arts Gallery, Cape Town, and Van Abbemuseum. She participated in the 26th Bienal de São Paulo in 2025 and in the Venice Biennale in 2022.