Sabelo Mlangeni

♂ *1980 / South Africa

Works

Solo exhibitions

Imvuselelo: The revival

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford (US)
27 Sep 2023 – 21 Jan 2024
Isivulmelwano

The beauty of the world so heavy

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
21 May 2022 – 4 Sep 2022
Heartbreaker

Artspace, Auckland (NZ)
1 Jul 2016 – 27 Aug 2016
Black Men in Dress and IImbali

Stevenson, Johannesburg (ZA)
19 Jan 2012 – 24 Feb 2012
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Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
26 May 2011 – 23 Jul 2011

Group

New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging

Member Previews, September 10–13

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
14 Sep 2025 – 17 Jan 2026

with Sandra Blow, Tania Franco Klein, Gabrielle Garcia Steib, Gabrielle Goliath, L Kasimu Harris, Lebohang Kganye, Lake Verea, Nepal Picture Library, Sheelasha Rajbhandari, Renee Royale, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Prasiit Sthapit
We, the People: 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa

Norval Foundation, Cape Town (ZA)
6 Dec 2024 – 23 Nov 2025

with Jane Alexander, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Nicola Brandt, Candice Breitz, Steven Cohen, Abri De Swardt, Jabulani Dhlamini, Andrew Esiebo, David Goldblatt, Simon Gush, Pieter Hugo, Svea Josephy …
Face to Face

Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation booth P 04

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Hoda Afshar, Diane Arbus, Sibylle Bergemann, Samuel Fosso, Marvel Harris, Evelyn Hofer, Lebohang Kganye, Dana Lixenberg, Daniel Jack Lyons, Vivian Maier, Sandra Mann, Anja Niedringhaus …
A World in Common

Contemporary African Photography

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
1 Feb 2025 – 7 May 2025

with Kelani Abass, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Maimouna Guerresi , Hassan Hajjaj, Delio Jasse, Samson Kambalu, Kiripi Katembo, Lebohang Kganye …
Photographs

Barry Le Va

The Margulies Collection, Miami (US)
5 Feb 2025 – 26 Apr 2025

with Jeff Brouws, Lewis Hine, Deborah Luster, Vkhutemas Workshops
Look at Us

25 Years of Art Collection Deutsche Börse

Deutsche Börse, Eschborn (DE)
10 Oct 2024 – 9 Mar 2025

with SIM Chi Yin, Sabiha Çimen, Lynne Cohen, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Mitch Epstein, Lucas Foglia, Samuel Fosso, Paul Graham, Candida Hoefer, Marvel Harris, Lebohang Kganye, Hsu-Pin Lee …
When Works Meet

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
7 Dec 2024 – 8 Feb 2025

with Jane Alexander, Zander Blom, Ernest Cole, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, David Goldblatt, Simon Gush, Pieter Hugo, Moshekwa Langa, Paulo Nazareth, Frida Orupabo, Jo Ractliffe, Robin Rhode …
GROW IT, SHOW IT!

Haare im Blick von A look at hair from Diane Arbus to TikTok

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
13 Sep 2024 – 12 Jan 2025

with Robert Adamson, Hoda Afshar, Laura Aguilar, Diane Arbus, Ellen Auerbach, AWA Magazine, BALAM, Jürgen Baldiga, Carina Brandes, BRAVO, Tessica Brown, Nakeya Brown …
Art Collection Deutsche Börse @ 25

Photo London, London (GB)
16 May 2024 – 19 May 2024

with Mohamed Bourouissa, SIM Chi Yin, Sabiha Çimen, Marvel Harris, Daniel Jack Lyons, Philip Montgomery, Anastasia Samoylova, Aida Silvestri, Vanessa Winship
A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography

A celebration of the varied landscape of contemporary African photography today

Tate Modern, London (GB)
6 Jul 2023 – 14 Jan 2024

with Kelani Abass, Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Edson Chagas, Kudzanai Chiurai, Kudzanai Chiurai, Cristina De Middel, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa …
Trace - Formations of Likeness

Photography and Video from The Walther Collection

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
14 Apr 2023 – 23 Jul 2023

with Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jodi Bieber, Karl Blossfeldt, Edson Chagas, SONG Dong, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso, YANG Fudong, David Goldblatt …
Shifting Dialogues

Photography from The Walther Collection

K21 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf (DE)
9 Apr 2022 – 25 Sep 2022

with Martina Bacigalupo, Sammy Baloji, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jodi Bieber, Edson Chagas, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Kudzanai Chiurai, Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin, Theo Eshetu, Em'Kal Eyongakpa …
The beauty of the world so heavy

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
21 May 2022 – 4 Sep 2022

with Dirk Kome, Dana Lixenberg, Lindokuhle Sobekwa
Face To Face

A New Exhibition of Social Documentary and Portrait Photography

King’s Cross Tunnel , London (GB)
7 Oct 2020 – 1 Nov 2020

with Alejandro Cartagena, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Medina Dugger, Mahtab Hussain, Dhruv Malhotra, George Osodi, Kyle Weeks
Africa State of Mind

Mus African Diaspora, San Francisco (US)
4 Sep 2019 – 15 Nov 2019

with Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Sammy Baloji, Neil Beloufa, Girma Berta, Eric Gyamfi, Lebohang Kganye, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Namsa Leuba, Michael MacGarry, Musa Nxumalo, Ruth Ossai, Athi-Patra Ruga …
Africa State of Mind

Impressions Gallery, Bradford (GB)
29 Mar 2019 – 15 Jun 2019

with Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Neil Beloufa, Girma Berta, Eric Gyamfi, Lebohang Kganye, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Namsa Leuba, Michael MacGarry, Musa Nxumalo, Ruth Ossai, Athi-Patra Ruga, Michael Tsegaye
Recent Histories

Contemporary African Photography and Video Art from The Walther Collection

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
8 Dec 2018 – 3 Mar 2019

with Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Delio Jasse, Lebohang Kganye, Santu Mofokeng, Zanele Muholi, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit Petros, Thabiso Sekgala, Mikhael Subotzky …
Africa State of Mind

New Art Exchange, Nottingham (GB)
29 Sep 2018 – 16 Dec 2018

with Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Sammy Baloji, Neil Beloufa, Girma Berta, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Eric Gyamfi, Lebohang Kganye, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Namsa Leuba, Michael MacGarry, Musa Nxumalo, Athi-Patra Ruga …
Structures of Identity

Photography from The Walther Collection

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
29 Jun 2018 – 5 Sep 2018

with Richard Avedon, Martina Bacigalupo, Yto Barrada, Samuel Fosso, Zanele Muholi, Grace Ndiritu, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, August Sander, Accra Shepp, Guy Tillim, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
Making Africa

A Continent of Contemporary Design<br><a href="http://makingafrica.net" target="_blank">http://makingafrica.net</a>

Albuquerque Museum, Albuquerque (US)
3 Feb 2018 – 6 May 2018

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Jody Brand, Justin Dingwall, Omar Victor Diop, Hassan Hajjaj, Tahir Karl Karmali, Seydou Keita, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Hector Mediavilla, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere …
Recent Histories

Zeitgenössische afrikanische Fotografie und Videokunst

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
7 May 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Edson Chagas, Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Andrew Esiebo, Em'Kal Eyongakpa, Francois-Xavier Gbre, Simon Gush, Delio Jasse, Lebohang Kganye, Mame-Diarra Niang, Dawit Petros, Zina Saro-Wiwa, Thabiso Sekgala …
NIGHT

Roadhouse, Johannesburg (ZA)
26 Aug 2017

with Matthieu Gafsou, Nadav Kander, Christian Lutz, Billy Monk, Augustin Rebetez, Juergen Schadeberg, Massimo Vitali, Weegee
Making Africa

A Continent of Contemporary Design<br><a href="http://makingafrica.net" target="_blank">http://makingafrica.net</a>

Centre de Cultura Cont., Barcelona (ES)
23 Mar 2016 – 28 Aug 2016

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Jody Brand, Justin Dingwall, Omar Victor Diop, Hassan Hajjaj, Tahir Karl Karmali, Seydou Keita, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Mario Macilau, Hector Mediavilla, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu …
Close to Home: New Photography from Africa

The Walther Collection, New York (US)
4 Feb 2016 – 14 May 2016

with Mimi Cherono Ng Ok, Andrew Esiebo, Musa Nxumalo, Thabiso Sekgala
Making Africa

A Continent of Contemporary Design<br><a href="http://makingafrica.net" target="_blank">http://makingafrica.net</a>

Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao (ES)
30 Oct 2015 – 21 Feb 2016

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Jody Brand, Justin Dingwall, Omar Victor Diop, Hassan Hajjaj, Tahir Karl Karmali, Seydou Keita, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Mario Macilau, Hector Mediavilla, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu …
Making Africa

A Continent of Contemporary Design<br><a href="http://makingafrica.net" target="_blank">http://makingafrica.net</a>

Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein
14 Mar 2015 – 13 Sep 2015

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Jody Brand, Justin Dingwall, Omar Victor Diop, Hassan Hajjaj, Tahir Karl Karmali, Seydou Keita, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Mario Macilau, Hector Mediavilla, Fabrice Monteiro, Wangechi Mutu …
Haute Africa

Noorderlicht Gallery, Groningen (NL)
5 Jul 2014 – 31 Aug 2014

with Phyllis Galembo, Hector Mediavilla, Jim Naughten, Jehad Nga, Daniele Tamagni, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
Apartheid & After

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam (NL)
15 Mar 2014 – 8 Jun 2014

with Paul Alberts, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Market Photo Workshop, Santu Mofokeng, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Naude, Jo Ractliffe, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Paul Weinberg, Graeme Williams
My Joburg

Kunstszene Johannesburg

Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau, Dresden (DE)
26 Oct 2013 – 5 Jan 2014

with Jane Alexander, Jodi Bieber, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Willem Boshoff, Candice Breitz, Kudzanai Chiurai, Steven Cohen, David Goldblatt, Nicholas Hlobo, Stephen Hobbs, William Kentridge, Donna Kukama …
Present Tense. Photos from the South of Africa

Centre Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris (FR)
18 Sep 2013 – 14 Dec 2013

with Malala Andrialavidrazana, Sammy Baloji, Pieter Hugo, Delio Jasse, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Tsvangirai Mukwazhi, Mauro Pinto, Jo Ractliffe, Guy Tillim
My Joburg

La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
20 Jun 2013 – 22 Sep 2013

with Jane Alexander, Jodi Bieber, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Willem Boshoff, Candice Breitz, Kudzanai Chiurai, Steven Cohen, David Goldblatt, Simon Gush, Nicholas Hlobo, Stephen Hobbs, William Kentridge …
Aufstieg und Fall der Apartheid:

Fotografie und Bürokratie des täglichen Lebens

Haus der Kunst, München (DE)
15 Feb 2013 – 26 May 2013

with Margaret Bourke-White, Hans Haacke, Peter Magubane, Adrian Piper, Thabiso Sekgala
Appropriated Landscapes

The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm (DE)
16 Jun 2011 – 12 May 2013

with Jane Alexander, Mitch Epstein, Ângela Ferreira, Peter Friedl, David Goldblatt, Christine Meisner, Santu Mofokeng, Zanele Muholi, Jo Ractliffe, Penny Siopis, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim
Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive Part II:

Contemporary Reconfiguraions

The Walther Collection, New York (US)
30 Nov 2012 – 9 Mar 2013

with Sammy Baloji, Candice Breitz, Samuel Fosso, Pieter Hugo, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Zanele Muholi, Andrew Putter, Carrie Mae Weems
Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
14 Sep 2012 – 6 Jan 2013

with Jane Alexander, Omar Badsha, Ernest Cole, David Goldblatt, Hans Haacke, William Kentridge, Peter Magubane, Gideon Mendel, Santu Mofokeng, Sam Nzima, Adrian Piper, Jo Ractliffe …
Liverpool Biennial 2012: The Unexpected Guest

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (GB)
15 Sep 2012 – 25 Nov 2012

with Ahmet Oeguet, Doug Aitken, Janine Antoni, Yael Bartana, Andrea Bowers, Dora Garcia, Simryn Gill, Dan Graham, Mona Hatoum, Jakob Kolding, Jiri Kovanda, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset …
9th Bamako Encounters, Biennial of African Photography

For a sustainable world

Maison Africaine Photo, Bamako (ML)
1 Nov 2011 – 1 Jan 2012

with Nana Kofi Acquah, Akintunde Akinleye, Uzoma ANYANWU, Sophia Baraket, Abdoulaye Barry, Arturu Bibang, Philippe Bordas, Lien Botha, Drissa Coulibaly, Raymond Dakoua, Emmanuel Bakary Daou, Jean Depara …
AFROPOLIS - CITY, MEDIA, ART

IWALEWA-Haus , Bayreuth (DE)
28 Apr 2011 – 4 Sep 2011

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Lara Baladi, Hala Elkoussy, rana elnemr, Ismail Farouk, Constanze Fischbeck, Laura Horelli, Sam Nhlengethwa, Uche Okpa Iroha, Emeka Udemba, Minette Vári
Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
12 Apr 2011 – 17 Jul 2011

with Jodi Bieber, Kudzanai Chiurai, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Terry Kurgan, Santu Mofokeng, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Zanele Muholi, Jo Ractliffe, Berni Searle, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim …
Afropolis

City, Media, Art: Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa and Johannesburg

Rautenstrauch-J.-Museum, Köln (DE)
4 Nov 2010 – 13 Mar 2011

with Akinbode Akinbiyi, Lara Baladi, Hala Elkoussy, rana elnemr, Ismail Farouk, Constanze Fischbeck, Laura Horelli, Sam Nhlengethwa, Cedrick Nzolo Ngamobu, Uche Okpa Iroha, Minette Vári
Summer 2009/10: Projects

Stevenson, Cape Town (ZA)
26 Nov 2009 – 16 Jan 2010

with Pieter Hugo, Berni Searle, Guy Tillim
A Look Away – South African Photography Today

Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin (DE)
25 Oct 2008 – 20 Dec 2008

with Pieter Hugo, Mikhael Subotzky, Guy Tillim, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
I am not afraid

The Market Photo Workshop Johannesburg

Camera Austria, Graz (AT)
1 Dec 2007 – 2 Mar 2008

with Jodi Bieber, Lerato Maduna, Zanele Muholi, Nontsikelelo "Lolo" Veleko
obsess

Photo ZA Gallery, Johannesburg (ZA)
5 Dec 2004 – 24 Dec 2004

with Nauman Ali, Pieter Badenhorst, Bob Cnoops, Hannelie Coetzee, Dylan Culhane, Richard Daugherty, Jacob Doman, Barney Edwards, John Hogg, Pieter Hugo, Andile Komanisi, Terry Kurgan …

Events

Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2026

Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town (ZA)
20 Feb 2026 – 22 Feb 2026

with Letizia Battaglia, Sibusiso Bheka, José Chambel, Steven Cohen, Justin Dingwall, Bogdan Gulyay, Pieter Hugo, Alfredo Jaar, Moshekwa Langa, Vuyo Mabheka, Kamogelo Machaba, Alice Mann …
The 60th International Art Exhibition

Stranieri Ovunque - Foreigners Everywhere

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
20 Apr 2024 – 24 Nov 2024

with Claudia Andujar, Miguel Angel Rojas, Ivan Argote, Karimah Ashadu, Zanny Begg, Ursula Biemann, Kudzanai Chiurai, Isaac Chong Wai, River Claure, Liz Collins, Miguel Covarrubias, Giana De Dier …
Art Basel 2024

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2024 – 16 Jun 2024

with Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Francis Alys, Claudia Andujar, Diane Arbus, Eric Baudelaire, Valerie Belin, Ilse Bing, Margaret Bourke-White, Brassai, Cabello & Carceller, Harry Callahan …
Frieze London 2023

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
11 Oct 2023 – 15 Oct 2023

with Marina Abramovic, Sophia Al-Maria, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Inaki Bonillas, Lisetta Carmi, Hannah Collins, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Thomas Demand, CAO Fei, Annette Frick, Nan Goldin, Noemie Goudal …
Guernsey Photography Festival 2021

Acts of Love and Rebellion

Guernsey Photography Festival, Guernsey (GB)
23 Sep 2021 – 23 Oct 2021

with Zoé Aubry, Alejandro Cartagena, Pierfrancesco Celada, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, Medina Dugger, Tara Fallaux, Sylvain Granjon, Fergus Greer, Anais Lopez, Gideon Mendel, Hannah Modigh, George Osodi …
FNB Joburg Art Fair 2019

FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg (ZA)
13 Sep 2019 – 15 Sep 2019

with Jodi Bieber, Margaret Courtney-Clarke, David Goldblatt, Pieter Hugo, Zanele Muholi, Daniel Naude, Lakin Ogunbanwo, Mary Sibande
LISTE - Art Fair Basel 2019

Liste - The young Art Fair, Basel (CH)
10 Jun 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Leandro Feal, Igor Grubic, Mahmoud Khaled, Kayode Ojo, Trevor YEUNG, Miao Ying
Liverpool Biennial 2012: The Unexpected Guest

Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (GB)
15 Sep 2012 – 25 Nov 2012

with Ahmet Oeguet, Doug Aitken, Janine Antoni, Yael Bartana, Andrea Bowers, Dora Garcia, Simryn Gill, Dan Graham, Mona Hatoum, Jakob Kolding, Jiri Kovanda, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset …