Banele Khoza was born in Hlatikulu, Swaziland. In 2008 he moved to South Africa for school, then he enrolled at the London International School of Fashion (LISOF) for a year, studying Fashion Design in 2011. Khoza returned to South Africa to study a National Diploma in Fine Art (2014) at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) in Pretoria, South Africa. He also completed a BTech in Fine Art (2015). Thereafter, Khoza became a lecturer for Drawing and Art Theory at TUT, but is now a full-time artist.
Romantic and dreamlike, the portraits allude to sensual fantasies underpinned by homoerotic desire mixed with feelings of vulnerability and incompleteness. Khoza’s visual language examines the suppression of complex and diverse expressions of masculinity—an attempt to liberate the emotion between men trying to find love from each other in today’s filtered virtual world.
Romantic and dreamlike, the portraits allude to sensual fantasies underpinned by homoerotic desire mixed with feelings of vulnerability and incompleteness. Khoza’s visual language examines the suppression of complex and diverse expressions of masculinity—an attempt to liberate the emotion between men trying to find love from each other in today’s filtered virtual world.
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In September 2017, Khoza won the Gerard Sekoto Award at the ABSA Art Gallery for his series Note Making and along with it a three-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris. “Note Making was a series that was developed in a period of a year and tackled a certain issue that I was struggling with, namely masculinity,” says Khoza.
Select solo exhibitions include Lonely Nights at Lizamore & Associates (Johannesburg: 2017) and Temporary Feelings at the Pretoria Art Museum (Pretoria: 2016). Khoza opened his first solo exhibition called LOVE? at SMITH gallery (Cape Town: 2018), after a hugely successful year that included group shows, three art fairs and a prestigious award. In 2017, Khoza represented SMITH at the Cape Town Art Fair, the FNB Joburg Art Fair and the AKAA Fair in Paris.
Banele Khoza headlined a solo exhibition titled, LGBTQI+: Banele Khoza as part of the Curatorial Lab at Zeitz MOCAA.
Select solo exhibitions include Lonely Nights at Lizamore & Associates (Johannesburg: 2017) and Temporary Feelings at the Pretoria Art Museum (Pretoria: 2016). Khoza opened his first solo exhibition called LOVE? at SMITH gallery (Cape Town: 2018), after a hugely successful year that included group shows, three art fairs and a prestigious award. In 2017, Khoza represented SMITH at the Cape Town Art Fair, the FNB Joburg Art Fair and the AKAA Fair in Paris.
Banele Khoza headlined a solo exhibition titled, LGBTQI+: Banele Khoza as part of the Curatorial Lab at Zeitz MOCAA.
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Solo Exhibitions:
2019 The boys I like - Talking about the girls they like - LKB/G, art berlin, Berlin
2019 Seeking Love Tour - Johannesburg; Port Elizabeth; Bloemfontein; Stellenbosch; Pretoria; Durban, South Africa
2018 To the Unknown - LKB/G, Hamburg
2018 LGBTQI+ - Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
2018 LOVE? - SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Lonely Nights - Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg
2016 Temporary Feelings - Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
Group Exhibitions:
2020 Art Rotterdam - Nuweland Gallery
2018 A Letter to my 22 year old self - Absa Gallery, Johannesburg
2018 1718 - LKB/G, Hamburg
2017 Close Encounters - SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Salad - SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Le Jour Qui Vient - Galerie des Galeries, Paris
2016 Jan Cilliers Exhibition - Lizamore and Associates Gallery, Johannesburg
2016 STELLAR - Salon 91, Cape Town
2016 From Whence They Came - SMITH/Kalashnikovv, Cape Town
2016 Arcadia - SMITH, Cape Town
2016 1500 - No End Contemporary, Johannesburg
2015 For Sale - Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2015 No End To This - No End Contemporary, Johannesburg
2015 Multiple group exhibitions - Trent Gallery, Pretoria
2019 The boys I like - Talking about the girls they like - LKB/G, art berlin, Berlin
2019 Seeking Love Tour - Johannesburg; Port Elizabeth; Bloemfontein; Stellenbosch; Pretoria; Durban, South Africa
2018 To the Unknown - LKB/G, Hamburg
2018 LGBTQI+ - Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town
2018 LOVE? - SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Lonely Nights - Lizamore & Associates, Johannesburg
2016 Temporary Feelings - Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
Group Exhibitions:
2020 Art Rotterdam - Nuweland Gallery
2018 A Letter to my 22 year old self - Absa Gallery, Johannesburg
2018 1718 - LKB/G, Hamburg
2017 Close Encounters - SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Salad - SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Le Jour Qui Vient - Galerie des Galeries, Paris
2016 Jan Cilliers Exhibition - Lizamore and Associates Gallery, Johannesburg
2016 STELLAR - Salon 91, Cape Town
2016 From Whence They Came - SMITH/Kalashnikovv, Cape Town
2016 Arcadia - SMITH, Cape Town
2016 1500 - No End Contemporary, Johannesburg
2015 For Sale - Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
2015 No End To This - No End Contemporary, Johannesburg
2015 Multiple group exhibitions - Trent Gallery, Pretoria
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