Introduction
artist
Born in 1990, Lebohang Kganye lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa. Although primarily a photographer, Lebohang Kganye often incorporates her interest in sculpture, performance, installation and film in her work. She explores fictional history by using archives to merge illusive characters with “real” characters in a new universe. Her work combines the portraits of herself and her family and the historical and social images of South Africa, reflecting the reality while presenting fictional universe.
Kganye received her introduction to photography at the Market Photo Workshop, in Johannesburg, in 2009 and completed the Advanced Photography Programme in 2011. She is currently doing her Masters in Fine Arts at the Witwatersrand University.
Kganye is currently a finalist for the Paulo Cunha e Silva Art Prize, 2019. She was the recipient of the Camera Austria Award, 2019 and the finalist of the Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative, 2019. Kganye was the recipient of the Tokyo International Photography Prize, 2019, the Rise Art Prize Global Artist of the Year in 2018, and the Jury Prize at the Bamako Encounters Biennale of African Photography, 2015.
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《Reconstruction of a Family》animated film (Excerpts)
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Lighthouse Keeper (Exhibition pictures 1)
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Lighthouse Keeper (Exhibition pictures 2)
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Tshimong ka hara toropo II, 2013
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Setupung sa kwana hae II, 2013
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Setshwantso le ngwanaka II, 2013
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Sefateng khoneng II, 2013
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Ngwana o tshwana le dinaledi II, 2013
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Lenyalong la Thobi II, 2013
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Kwana Germiston bosiu II, 2013
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Ke tsamaya masiu II, 2013
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Ke bala buka ke apere naeterese II, 2014
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Ka mose wa malomo kwana 44 II, 2013
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Ka 2-phisi yaka e pinky I, 2013
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Ka 2-phisi yaka e pinky II, 2013
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Ke bapala seyalemoya bosiu ka naeterese I, 2013
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Ke bapala seyalemoya bosiu ka naeterese II, 2013
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Moketeng wa letsatsi la tswalo la ho qala la moradi waka I, 2013
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Moketeng wa letsatsi la tswalo la ho qala la moradi waka II, 2013
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3-phisi yaka ya letlalo I, 2013
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3-phisi yaka ya letlalo II, 2013
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Re shapa setepe sa lenyalo I, 2013
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Re shapa setepe sa lenyalo II, 2013
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Kwana borayeng Phadima I, 2013
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Kwana borayeng Phadima II, 2013
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Jwang ba hae I, 2013
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Jwang ba hae II, 2013
(b.1991) is a South African photographic artist who’s intimate portraiture essays explore notions of picture making as an act of collaboration. She aims to create images that empower her subjects and creates projects over extended periods, allowing for engaged and nuanced representations.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at Red Hook Labs (NYC), Unseen Photo Fair (Amsterdam), Addis Foto Fest (Addis Ababa), the International Centre of Photography (NYC) and at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair (London). Mann’s personal and commissioned work has been published internationally including The Guardian, The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Artsy, British Vogue, The British Journal of Photography, and National Geographic.
Her award winning series ‘Drummies’ exploring female drum majorette teams in South Africa, has been selected as a winner of the Lensculture emerging photographer prize (2018), the PH Museum Women’s ‘New Generation’ prize for an emerging photographer (2018). Four images from the series were awarded first place at the prestigious Taylor Wessing portraiture prize (2018). Mann was also the recipient of the Grand Prix at the 34th edition of the Hyeres International Festival of Fashion and Photography (2019).
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Erin Hailstones, Fairmont Secondary School Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2019
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Rasmeni Athabile, Siphosethu Nonyenyeka, Paulina Bisela, Vuba Sibulele and Natasha Pringane, Peakview Secondary School Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2018
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Done Manchess and Nadia Albertus, Atlantis Secondary School Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2018
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Juan Rosant, Atlantis Secondary Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2018
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Michael Pollet, Spencer Jooste, Michael Sykes and Benjamin Tredoux, Fairmont Secondary School Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2019
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Berly Lusaka, Peakview Secondary School Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2018
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Brichard Michaels, Atlantis Secondary Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2019
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John and Jade Davids, Atlantis Secondary Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2019
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Adriaan Neethling, Atlantis Secondary Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2018
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Details, Atlantis Secondary Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2019
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John and Jade Davids, Atlantis Secondary Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2019
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Andisiwe Ndelemane, Peakview Secondary School Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2018
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Sinethemba Majola, Peakview Secondary School Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2018
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Tamia Wilson and Mogamat Thafir Saban, Phoenix Secondary Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2018
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Erin Brandt and Reece Groenewald, Atlantis Secondary Matric Ball, Cape Town. 2019
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Keisha Ncube, Dr Van Der Ross Primary, Cape Town, 2017
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Hilary Kernal, Elgin Majorettes. Theewaterskloof, 2018
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The Saint Dominics High School Drum Majorettes. Johannesburg 2018
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Fairmont High Drum Majorettes. Cape Town, 2018
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Chloe Heydenrych, Paige Titus, Ashnique Paulse, Elizabeth Jordan and Cleo de Kock. Fairmont High Drum Majorettes. Cape Town, 2018
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Zoey Harris, Sophiatown Majorettes Club. Johannesburg, 2018
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Britney Vilander, Raeesah Adams and Nikita Anderson, Sophiatown Majorettes Club. Johannesburg, 2018
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Caitlin Engelbrecht, Cheri Leigh Burger, Jordyn Smit and Britnay Engelbrecht, Laerskool Helderkruin Drum Majorettes. Johannesburg, 2019
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Danika De Wet, Laerskool Helderkruin Drum Majorettes Johannesburg, 2019
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Laerskool Helderkruin Drum Majorettes. Johannesburg, 2018
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Shiloh Sassman, Miche Davids, Ciaria Davids, Keira Petersen, Le-Hayden Balie and Faith Moses. Avondale Primary Drum Majorettes. Cape Town, 2018
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The Avondale Primary Majorettes. Cape Town, 2018
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Hilce Rhode, The Helderkruin Primary Drum Majorettes. Cape Town, 2018
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The Helderkruin Primary Majorettes. Cape Town, 2018
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Owethu Sihlala, Sinethemba Zwane and Wame Monare, Curro Thatchfield Primary Majorettes. Johannesburg, 2018
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Sinalo Mshunqane and Karabo Mahanyele, Curro Thatchfield Primary Majorettes, Johannesburg, 2018
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Lwazi Mabena, Sinothando Mdanda, and Relebogile Mashapa, Curro Thatchfield Primary Majorettes, Johannesburg, 2019
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Siphithemba Mshengu, Curro Thatchfield Primary Majorettes, Johannesburg. 2018
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Lamique Ward, Newclare Primary Drum Majorettes, Johannesburg. 2018
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Fatima Davids and Nasmieyah Abrahams, Newclare Primary Drum Majorettes, Johannesburg. 2018
EDUCATION:
Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, New York, NY
Ph.D. candidate, Chinese Art history and Archaeology
Fall 2012-present (Jonathan Hay advisor)
Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, P.R.C.
M.A. Art History, 2011 (Yin Jinan advisor)
Beijing University, Beijing, P.R.C.
Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Chinese Language & Literature
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
B.A. Sociology; East Asian Studies, 2000