Buhle Nkalashe

Buhle Nkalashe is a painter who incorporates mixed media like Oil & Acrylic paint, & Oil pastels. Nkalashe’s work mainly consists of portraiture and abstract paintings. Fascinated by the idea of how patterns and color can be a symbol of identity, Buhle’s art documents how African contemporary culture has evolved over the years to proudly incorporate traditional symbols that speak of its heritage.

Nkalashe studio is based at the Airport Industrial and he resides in Gordons Bay. He has been painting for nearly 10 years and had his debut solo, The New African, at Youngblood Africa Gallery (2018) He also participated in several group exhibitions in Cape Town & Johannesburg, to name a few, Home is Where the Art is, Zeitz MOCAA (2020), Turbine Art Fair (2019) with Red Room Contemporary Gallery. He has been featured in various Saatchi catalogues and collections. ‘‘Best Young Artists to Collect, Saatchi Art (September), Online. In 2019 collaborated with a menswear clothing brand, Fields Store (Cape Town). Nkalashe published four collection books and in 2021, completed the Zanele Muholi residency. He has an upcoming group show New Africa at Salon Mondial Freilager-Platz 10, 4142 Münchenstein, Switzerland. He has also recently participat...

2018 Bachelor of Arts, Communication Design, Cape Town Creative Academy. Cape Town, South Africa.

2016 Graphic Design Certificate, Basics of Graphic Design, Learn to Earn. Cape Town, South Africa.

Art Fairs:
2021 Art X Lagos. WORLDART Gallery (Online).
2021 Turbine Art Fair. WORLDART Gallery (Sep) 2021 Cape Town Digital Art Fair. WORLDART Gallery, Online (17 - 19 Sep).
2020 Latitude Art Fair. ODA Gallery franschhoek, Online (29 June).
2020 AT THE ART FAIR. Outdoor art display, Greenpoint – Brooklyn, NYC.
Turbine Art Fair 2019

Solo Shows:
2021 IMIMOYA, solo show, Youngblood Africa Gallery, Cape Town, SA
2021 DOPAMINE, WORLDART Gallery, Cape Town, SA
3 Dec 2020: AUTHENTIC, solo show, Youngblood Africa Gallery, Cape Town, SA.
May 2020: UNKNOWN, solo show, Lizamore & Associates collaboration with Gallery 2, Joburg, SA.
5 Dec 2019: REAWAKENING, solo show, Youngblood Africa Gallery, Cape Town, SA.
Dec 2018: THE NEW AFRICAN, solo show, Youngblood Africa Gallery, Cape Town, SA.


Select Group Shows:
2021 Through the window, Gallery 2, (November)
2021 Major Figures, Saatchi Online, (October)
2021 Winter ’21, Daor Contemporary, Cape Town, SA 2021 in and of culmination, ArtistLab, Latitudes Online
2021 The New Africa, Salon Mondial Freilager-Platz 10, Munchenstein, Switzerland
2021 In and of Culmination, ArtistLab, Latitudes Online
2020 SA Unmasked – Chasing the rainbow again, Red Room Gallery, S...