Siphiwe Mnguni, B&Y (01), 2025
Pastel, oil stick, paint and collage on paper, 56.5 × 76cm
Siphiwe Mnguni's practice navigates the notion of identity whilst exploring the iconography of the black female nude in relation to her own body. Challenging traditional representations of the figure in western art history, Siphiwe's work is also informed by subconscious thought and her own experiences as a young British-Zimbabwean woman living in south east London.
This unframed mixed media piece is the first in a body of new works made in early 2025. Titled B&Y (blue and yellow), the imagery is intensely personal, having been informed by a plethora of emotions and states including frustration, interdependence, love, and anger. Siphiwe’s most recent compositions feature the motif of a traditional Zimbabwean hut alongside the artist’s distinctive abstracted figures. This particular work is characterised by the use of vibrant yellow pastel highlighted by the painted black background.
Siphiwe has shown her work widely in London including at Tart Gallery in a group exhibition (December 2021). In 2023, she was selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition and was subsequently interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme with Eileen Cooper RA. Oliver Projects was proud to launch Siphiwe’s first limited edition screenprint at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in the same year. We have also shown her unique works in several group exhibitions including 'Almost Blue’ at the Royal Watercolour Society Gallery (June 2024). Most recently, Siphiwe’s work was selected for ‘Voices of Black Artistry’ at Christies, London (September 2024). Siphiwe lives in south east London.
Pastel, oil stick, paint and collage on paper, 56.5 × 76cm
Siphiwe Mnguni's practice navigates the notion of identity whilst exploring the iconography of the black female nude in relation to her own body. Challenging traditional representations of the figure in western art history, Siphiwe's work is also informed by subconscious thought and her own experiences as a young British-Zimbabwean woman living in south east London.
This unframed mixed media piece is the first in a body of new works made in early 2025. Titled B&Y (blue and yellow), the imagery is intensely personal, having been informed by a plethora of emotions and states including frustration, interdependence, love, and anger. Siphiwe’s most recent compositions feature the motif of a traditional Zimbabwean hut alongside the artist’s distinctive abstracted figures. This particular work is characterised by the use of vibrant yellow pastel highlighted by the painted black background.
Siphiwe has shown her work widely in London including at Tart Gallery in a group exhibition (December 2021). In 2023, she was selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition and was subsequently interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme with Eileen Cooper RA. Oliver Projects was proud to launch Siphiwe’s first limited edition screenprint at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in the same year. We have also shown her unique works in several group exhibitions including 'Almost Blue’ at the Royal Watercolour Society Gallery (June 2024). Most recently, Siphiwe’s work was selected for ‘Voices of Black Artistry’ at Christies, London (September 2024). Siphiwe lives in south east London.
Pastel, oil stick, paint and collage on paper, 56.5 × 76cm
Siphiwe Mnguni's practice navigates the notion of identity whilst exploring the iconography of the black female nude in relation to her own body. Challenging traditional representations of the figure in western art history, Siphiwe's work is also informed by subconscious thought and her own experiences as a young British-Zimbabwean woman living in south east London.
This unframed mixed media piece is the first in a body of new works made in early 2025. Titled B&Y (blue and yellow), the imagery is intensely personal, having been informed by a plethora of emotions and states including frustration, interdependence, love, and anger. Siphiwe’s most recent compositions feature the motif of a traditional Zimbabwean hut alongside the artist’s distinctive abstracted figures. This particular work is characterised by the use of vibrant yellow pastel highlighted by the painted black background.
Siphiwe has shown her work widely in London including at Tart Gallery in a group exhibition (December 2021). In 2023, she was selected for the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition and was subsequently interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme with Eileen Cooper RA. Oliver Projects was proud to launch Siphiwe’s first limited edition screenprint at the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in the same year. We have also shown her unique works in several group exhibitions including 'Almost Blue’ at the Royal Watercolour Society Gallery (June 2024). Most recently, Siphiwe’s work was selected for ‘Voices of Black Artistry’ at Christies, London (September 2024). Siphiwe lives in south east London.
