Mohau Modisakeng
Mohau Modisakeng was born in Soweto in 1986 and lives and works between Johannesburg and Cape Town. His work engages race, the militarization of society and the deep divides of post-apartheid South Africa and the post-colonial continent. He interrogates the collective narratives that inform our experience of the world, in particular those that evoke the black body as a site of fragmentation and distortion.
Mohau Modisakeng was born in Soweto in 1986 and lives and works between Johannesburg and Cape Town. His work engages race, the militarization of society and the deep divides of post-apartheid South Africa and the post-colonial continent. He interrogates the collective narratives that inform our experience of the world, in particular those that evoke the black body as a site of fragmentation and distortion.
In Summer 2020, Modisakeng’s sculpture honoring the legacy of Nelson Mandela will be erected in the Nelson Mandela Park in Amsterdam. His work has been exhibited at the 14th Sharjah Biennial (2019), Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago (2018), the 55th and 57th Venice Biennale (2015 and 2017), MOCADA, Brooklyn New York (2015), Kunstraum Innsbruck, Austria (2015), the Museum of Fine Art, Boston (2014); 21C Museum, Kentucky, Massachusetts (2014); IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town (2014); Saatchi Gallery, London (2012); and the Dak’Art Biennale, Dakar (2012). His work is in private and public collections including the Johannesburg Art Gallery, IZIKO South African National Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, 21C Museum, and Zeitz MOCAA. Modisakeng holds a B.A. and M.F.A. from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town.
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A Promised Land
Mohau Modisakeng 29 Feb - 31 May 2020Jenkins Johnson Projects, New York , is pleased to present A Promised Land , the first New York solo exhibition of South African artist Mohau Modi sa keng . This...Read more -
Summertime
27 Jul - 23 Sep 2017Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco is pleased to present Summertime, a group exhibition featuring socially informed works by artists working in a variety of disciplines including painting, photography, sculpture, film,...Read more
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The Photography Show presented by AIPAD
New York, NY 20 - 22 May 2022Jenkins Johnson Gallery exhibited at The Photography Show, presented by AIPAD, which occured May 20-22, 2022. We presented the works of Wesaam Al-Badry, Lola Flash,...Read more -
EXPO Chicago
Chicago, IL 13 - 17 Sep 2017Jenkins Johnson Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in Expo Chicago at Navy Pier, September 13–17, 2017 in booth 645. Jenkins Johnson will feature...Read more -
Art Basel
Basel, Switzerland 15 - 18 Jun 2017Jenkins Johnson Gallery is pleased to announce participation in Art Basel, Feature with a solo presentation of civil rights photographs by Gordon Parks, and Art...Read more
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The Photography Show presented by AIPAD
New York, NY 20 - 22 May 2022Jenkins Johnson Gallery exhibited at The Photography Show, presented by AIPAD, which occured May 20-22, 2022. We presented the works of Wesaam Al-Badry, Lola Flash,...Read more -
EXPO Chicago
Chicago, IL 13 - 17 Sep 2017Jenkins Johnson Gallery is pleased to announce its participation in Expo Chicago at Navy Pier, September 13–17, 2017 in booth 645. Jenkins Johnson will feature...Read more -
Art Basel
Basel, Switzerland 15 - 18 Jun 2017Jenkins Johnson Gallery is pleased to announce participation in Art Basel, Feature with a solo presentation of civil rights photographs by Gordon Parks, and Art...Read more