Lender and designer Bogosi Sekhukhuni offers considerations on cultures and histories of technology and science. Working across a range of media such as sculpture, video, set design, furniture design, and performance, Sekhukhuni develops approaches that think through the mechanics of futurity. Sekhukhuni pursues a research engagement exploring material and theoretical histories of living organisms, environments, and physical phenomena.
Since 2012, Sekhukhuni’s work has been featured internationally in both solo and group exhibitions, including NTU, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Tabita Rezaire, Bogosi Sekhukhuni, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (2023), Role Play, Fondazione Prada, Milan (2022); Art in the Age of Anxiety, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah (2020); The Art Happens Here: Net Art’s Archival Poetics, New Museum, New York (2019); I Was Raised on the Internet, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (2018); NTU: UBULAWU, Auto Italia South East, London (2017); and Rencontres de Bamako, African Biennale of Photography, Bamako (2017). Their accolades include the Prix Net Art Award, Rhizome, New York (2017). Sekhukhuni is a founding member of the artist group NTU (South Africa) and has worked closely with CUSS Group (South Africa). Sekhukhuni is a co-founder of the design firm INFANT.