Tshepiso Mazibuko uses the medium of photography as a vessel to self-position herself and create links between the political, society,
landscape and history. Mazibuko was first introduced to photography in high school through the Of Soul and Joy project initiated by Rubis
Mecenat. She then went on to further her studies at the renowned Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg, in 2016 she completed her
studies. The year 2017 she was the recipient of the Tierney Fellowship. working as an independent photographer she was then awarded the
Prince Claus Fund Award grant 2018 for her project Between Spaces. Mazibuko has participated in numerous shows at many places such as
the Ithuba Art Gallery in Johannesburg, The Market Photo Workshop, The Ghent photo-festival in Belgium, Gallery A MaGNIN’, The
Turbine art fair, Paris Art fair, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Cite Des Artes, Warren Editions in Cape Town, the Art Africa fair in Cape Town as
well as the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia. In 2021 she became one of the founding members of Umhlabathi collective. In 2024 she won the
Louis Roederer Discovery Award Public prize and in the same year won the Prix De La Photo Madame Figaro Arles , for her work Ho
tshepa ntshepedi ya bontshepe .
landscape and history. Mazibuko was first introduced to photography in high school through the Of Soul and Joy project initiated by Rubis
Mecenat. She then went on to further her studies at the renowned Market Photo Workshop in Johannesburg, in 2016 she completed her
studies. The year 2017 she was the recipient of the Tierney Fellowship. working as an independent photographer she was then awarded the
Prince Claus Fund Award grant 2018 for her project Between Spaces. Mazibuko has participated in numerous shows at many places such as
the Ithuba Art Gallery in Johannesburg, The Market Photo Workshop, The Ghent photo-festival in Belgium, Gallery A MaGNIN’, The
Turbine art fair, Paris Art fair, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Cite Des Artes, Warren Editions in Cape Town, the Art Africa fair in Cape Town as
well as the Addis Foto Fest in Ethiopia. In 2021 she became one of the founding members of Umhlabathi collective. In 2024 she won the
Louis Roederer Discovery Award Public prize and in the same year won the Prix De La Photo Madame Figaro Arles , for her work Ho
tshepa ntshepedi ya bontshepe .
