Sibusiso Ngwazi is a self-taught South African artist born in KZN, now living and working in Cape Town.
His work is abstract, grounded in figuration, suffused with the artist’s unconstrained spirituality. His comfort with imperfection, raw emotion, and spiritual presence, enable his mastery of a poetic abstracted world, confidently occupying space with bold stroke-making. After moving to Cape Town in 2013 and exploring the art scene, he met fellow artist, Anthony De Klerk, who introduced him to his studio in Salt River, where he began to work in exchange for classes. It was through these Saturday classes where Sibu first began to learn about the use of negative space, exploring drawing nudes and still life, amongst others. It was also during this period where his interest in abstraction heightened. In 2015, he began to exhibit his work at De Klerk’s studio.
Following this, he has participated in a number of group exhibitions in Cape Town, one of which was alongside Andile Dyalvane and Themba Mkhangeli. He had his first solo exhibition in 2017. During this period he also collaborated with artists’ Muso Masoabi and Jeanne Pfaff. In early 2021, Sibu began hosting open studio exhibitions at his home in Little Mowbray. His work has caught the attention of key figures in the South African art world, such as Ashraf Jamal, who writes about him in his upcoming book ‘Abstraction and Figure’.