Zanele Muholi

Zanele Muholi is South African artist and visual activist. She was born in Umlazi, Durban and she lives in Johannesburg. She studied Advanced Photography at the Market Photo Workshop in Newton, Johannesburg, and in 2009 complete an MFA in Documentary Media at Ryerson University, Toronto. For over a decade she has documented black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people’s lives in various townships in South Africa. Muholi’s work has been exhibited at Documenta 13, the South African Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale; and the 29th Sao Paulo Biennale. Solo exhibitions have taken place at institutions including Autograph ABP, Brooklyn Museum, and London: the Mead Art Museum.