I V U K U V U K U
RESUME
Name: Ivukuvuku/ Chumani/ Bavulele/ Mantanga
Pronouns: They/Them/Selves
Nationality: South African
Location: eMgwenyane, Tsomo. Eastern Cape, South Africa
Email: cmantanga@gmail.com
Creative Portfolio: https://www.instagram.com/ivukuvuku_ndim?igsh=MWN0aDQ3dGExYTV6aw==
VukuvukuPhila!: https://vukuvukuphila.wixsite.com/my-site
CONFERENCES
2026: Forest Art Path, Artist Symposium, Forest Art Conference "Democratic Forest". Darmstadt. Germany
2023: GendV Project Symposium, UJ Humanities Common Room, University of Johannesburg. South Africa
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2026: BrunnenPassage, Vienna. Austria
2026: Stiftung Kunstler*dorf Schoppengin. Germany
2025: Alm Residency, Munich, Germany
2025: Tankwa Artscape Residency, Northern Cape. South Africa
2024: Bodhi Khaya Residency, Cape Town. South Africa
2024: Frankfurt Moves! Frankfurt Am Main. Germany
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE AND INSTALLATION
2026: Umnikelo WokuQamatala/ The Beginning of Weaving, BrunnenPassage, Vienna. Austria.
2026: Umnikelo WokuQamatala/ The Beginning of Return _ Gathered Beings, Stiftung Kunstler*dorf Schoppengin. Germany
2026: Umfazi Osenyageni _ Women the Moon Weave into Beings, Space.n.n Gallery in Collaboration with Alm Residency, Munich. Germany.
2026: Umfazi Osenyangeni/Women the Moon Weaves into Beings _ Awakened to Remember. Munich. Germany
2025: Umnikelo/The Offering _ Umfazi Osenyangeni, Munich. Germany
2025: Umnikelo/The Offering _ Burnt Marks on my Skin, Tankwa Artscape Residency, Northern Cape. South Africa
2024: Umnikelo/The Offering _ Reflection on Body insight, Bodhi Khaya Residency, Cape Town. South Africa
COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCES
2026: Awakened to Remember, Space.n.n Gallery, Munich. Germany
2025: Embo Gathering Healing, Kurhlhaus, Berlin. Germany
2024: Umnikelo/The Offering: Reflections on Body on Site, Bodhi Khaya Residency. Cape Town. South Africa
2024: ENKUNDLENI/ Gathering Healing, Frankfurt Labs. Germany
2023: Ekhaya: Kept Silence, Melrose Gallery. Johannesburg. South Africa
2022: ENKUNDLENI/pouring healing, Melrose Gallery. South Africa
2022: Reflections of Reflected Self, The GendV Project Symposium. University Of Johannesburg. South Africa
2022: A Bed Called Home: Shared pain and Healing, Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
SOLO EXHIBITION/RESIDENCY
2026: Umnikelo WokuQamatala/ The Beginning of Return _ Gathered Beings, Stiftung Kunstler*dorf Schoppengin, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITION
2026: Essays of Togetherness, Stiftung Kunstler*dorf Schoppengin. Germany
2026: After The Map was Drawn, Alm Residency collaborated with Space.n.n Gallery, Munich. Germany
2025: Democratic Forest and Global Nomadic Art, The Museum of Schlos Fechenbach, Dieburg. Germany
2025: New Vanguard Exhibition, Berman Contemporary Art Gallery, Johannesburg. South Africa
2025: Democratic Forest and Reader Project, Frankfurt Am Main. Germany
2025: Outside In_Inside Out, Glen Carlou Gallery, Cape Town. South Africa
2024: Sasol New Signatures top 100, Pretoria Arts Museum, Pretoria. South Africa
2023: Turbine Art Fair Unearthed, Augmented Realities, Johannesburg. South Africa
2022: You Can Make Yourself At Home, Virtual Exhibition. www.wenaekhaya.art
2019: Living Legends, University Of Pretoria in Collaboration with Mama Helen Sebidi. Pretoria. South Africa
2013: Our Icons, Digital Online Exhibition
2012: Contemporary Glass in South Africa with Gerry King, Tshwane University Of Technology. South Africa
ARTIST TALK
2026: Setting The Scene, Curating for Advanced Practices, Summer Seminar. Artistic Impulse, Stiftung Kunstler*dorf Schoppengin. Germany
2023: Art is Community: Building and Developing Artists, Turbine Art Fair Unearthed Mentorship Program, Johannesburg. South Africa
2023: ENKUNDLENI/pouring healing, Artist Talk with Ruzy Rusike, Melrose Gallery, Johannesburg. South Africa
FILM PRODUCTION
2023: The Radiance of Red, University of Johannesburg - a film documentary in progress with the GendV Project: Urban Transformation and Gendered Violence in India and South Africa hosted by the University of Johannesburg and the University of Cambridge.
Performances in the film: Ivukuvuku Alibonwa, Umthwalo wentlungu - I carry my bed, Umthwalo wentlungu - I carry my bed 2, and Burnt Marks on my Skin
PUBLICATIONS
“Local artists interpret GBV in exhibition”, 2022, written by Phumla Mkhize, Sunday World newspaper under news and education. 11/12/22.Available here: https://prod.sundayworld.co.za/news/local-artists-interpret-research-on-gbv-in-exhibition/
‘The GendV Project’, 2022, written by Philiswa Lila and ivukuvuku. Available here: https://www.thegendvproject.sociology.cam.ac.uk/philiswa-lila-artist-residence
'Artist and Space': https://www.ad-magazin.de/artikel/various-others-muenchen-preis-award
'Munich/ Art/ Space':
https://www.les-nouveaux-riches.com/various-others-munich-2026/
'Faces and Facade':