Born in Johannesburg in 1991, Lungisa Madywabe’s artistic journey began at the Market Photo Workshop, where she completed her Beginner and Intermediate Courses in Photography, graduating in 2017. She went on to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Rhodes University, graduating in 2021.
Madywabe is a multidisciplinary artist, working across video, sound, photography, collage, and printmaking to create complex, often uncomfortable multimedia experiences. Her work challenges traditional notions of gender, sexuality, democracy, the rainbow nation narrative, patriarchy, and belonging.
While her printmaking is colourful and playful, it is imbued with ironic humour, offering subtle commentary on these themes.
