Nolan Oswald Dennis
South Africa
b. 1988, Lusaka, Zambia
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa
Nolan Oswald Dennis is an artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Their practice explores the material and metaphysical conditions of decolonisation, questioning histories of space and time through system-specific interventions. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and a Master’s degree in Art, Culture, and Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam, Swiss Institute in New York, and Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town. He has been featured in group exhibitions at FRONT Triennial (Cleveland), Lagos Biennial, Liverpool Biennial, MACBA (Barcelona), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Shanghai Biennale, Young Congo Biennale, among others. He is a founding member of artist groups NTU and Index Literacy Program, research associate with the VIAD Research Centre at the University of Johannesburg, and an inaugural member of the Edouard Glissant Art Fund Scientific Committee.
Articulated Globe(double) 2024 Zeitz Mocaa Pic Dillon Marsh
Blz(khunuseti) 2023 Van Abbe Museum Pic Peter Cox
Garden for Fanon 2021 Pic Anthea Pokroy
Isivivane Installation View 2024 Kunstinstituut Melly Pic Kristien Daem
No Conciliation Is Possible(working Diagram) 2017 2025 a Ro S Art Museum Pic Anders Sune Berg