Lebohang Kganye

The South African artist Lebohang Kganye works through sculpture, installation, performance, and cinema, with a particular interest in photography.

Lebohang Kganye uses her art to explore a fictional story and her own imaginary past. By merging real elements with themes of fantasy, she employs her technique of photomontage and printing to insert the familiar into the unknown, thereby creating her own narrative.

Characterized by a digital style in black and white, the layering of images pushes the boundaries of memory, nostalgia, and history.

The Inspiration of Lebohang Kganye

Lebohang Kganye's process is driven by personal and historical events that have shaped her own life. A significant part of her work focuses on the loss of her mother, and she uses her art to reintroduce her mother into her own narrative and vice versa.

By marrying these two memories, she creates surrealistic works with an element of portrait. The rich contrast of monochrome tones in Lebohang Kganye's work creates powerful and intimate narratives.

Career and Success

Born in 1990, Lebohang Kganye currently lives and works in Johannesburg. Over the past ten years, she has participated in collective and solo exhibitions around the world.

She recently took part in exhibitions such as Give Me Yesterday at the Prada Foundation in Milan, Africa No Island at MACAAL in Marrakech, and Alpha Crucis - Contemporary African Art at the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo.

Her work has earned her numerous awards, and over the past year, she was honored with the Camera Austria Award and the Rolex Mentor & Protégé Arts Initiative, both in 2019.