Nolan Oswald Dennis
Nolan Oswald Dennis (born 1988) is a South African artist working between science, technology.[1] and political history[2]
Biography
Nolan Oswald Dennis was born in Lusaka, Zambia to South African parents in exile during Apartheid. He grew up in Midrand, South Africa.[2]
Education
Dennis completed a B.Arch at the School of Architecture and Planning at Wits University in Johannesburg, and a MSc in Art Culture and Technology at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge.[3]
Work
A 2025 review for ArtReview described Dennis as working in "a incisive and excisional ‘para-disciplinary’ practice, which traverses sculpture, film, diagrams and other less readily categorised media.. summon[ing] and strategis[ing] with Black and Indigenous African forces".[1] He has presented his work at Zeitz MOCAA,[4] Kunstinstituut Melly;[5] the Liverpool Biennial,[6] Shanghai Biennial,[7] Gasworks Gallery,[8] and the Swiss Institute NY.[9]
Collaborations
Dennis works collaboratively with Bogosi Sekhukhuni and Tabita Rezaire as NTU[10]
Notable Exhibitions
- ubuntu: un réve lucid, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2021[11]
- Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, 2023[6]
- UNDERSTUDIES, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, 2024[12]
- overturns, Swiss Institute, New York, 2025[13]
Awards and honours
Awards include the FNB Art prize (2016)[14] and the Videobrazil Jury prize (2023).[15] He was on the shortlist of the 2023 Future Generations Art prize (2024)[16]
References
- ^ a b "Nolan Oswald Dennis's Galactic Reset". artreview.com. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ a b "Sean O'Toole on Nolan Oswald Dennis - Criticism". e-flux. Retrieved 2025-03-19.
- ^ "How to unmake the world". africasacountry.com. 2024-05-02. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ "UNDERSTUDIES". Zeitz MOCAA. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Nolan Oswald Dennis: geo-logics - Exhibitions - Kunstinstituut Melly". www.kunstinstituutmelly.nl. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ a b "Nolan Oswald Dennis". Liverpool Biennial. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ Watlington, Emily (2024-01-25). "Science and Storytelling Collide in Shanghai Shows". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ "Nolan Oswald Dennis | Exhibitions | Gasworks". www.gasworks.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2024-12-23. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ "Nolan Oswald Dennis: overturns | Swiss Institute". Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ "NTU – Nolan Dennis Oswald Dennis, Bogosi Sekhukhuni & Tabita Rezaire". Kunsthalle Bern. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
- ^ "Ubuntu, a lucid dream - Palais de Tokyo". palaisdetokyo.com. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ "In Communion: Nolan Oswald Dennis' 'UNDERSTUDIES' at Zeitz MOCAA". ArtThrob. Retrieved 2025-07-25.
- ^ Moloi, Nkgopoleng (2025-01-24). "Nolan Oswald Dennis Explores the Limits of Knowledge and Trouble with Authority". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Nolan Oswald Dennis wins FNB Art Prize, 2016". ArtThrob. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ Tecnologia, Micromacro-Consultoria e Soluções em. "Prêmios". 22ª Bienal Sesc_Videobrasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "PinchukArtCentreю. Future Generation Art Prize 2024". futuregenerationartprize.org. Retrieved 2025-07-25.