About

Blessing Ngobeni (b. 1985, Tzaneen, South Africa) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice encompasses painting, collage, sculpture, video animation, sound installations, and live performances. Informed by a rich tapestry of artistic influences including Surrealism, Dadaism, and Neo-Expressionism, his work serves as an honest critique of South Africa's socio-political landscape. Ngobeni states that, “we are haunted by memories of enslavement, land disposition, conquest, identity crisis, cultural erasure, missionary indoctrination, denial of citizenship, and labor exploitation. These …