PHILLEMON HLUNGWANI
b. 1975, Thomo Village, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Phillemon Hlungwani was born in Thomo Village, Giyani, in the Limpopo Province. He attended Thomo Primary School and Hanyani Thomo High School, where he developed his skills under the guidance of his art teacher, motivator and friend Muxe Moses Mthombeni – and Queen Mtileni. Having attained an A for Art in Matric.
Hlungwani studied at the Johannesburg Art Foundation before studying printmaking under the mentorship of Kim Berman, the late Nhlahla Xaba and Osiah Masukameng at the Artist Proof Studio.
Hlungwani later completed a teacher’s training course in Art at the WITS School of Art. He has since been based at the Artist Proof Studio, where he has facilitated classes, been a unit manager for papermaking and was the coordinator for community outreach and special projects at the studio. He has also worked in a range of advisory and mentoring projects. Sponsored by the prestigious Ampersand Foundation Fellowship, Hlungwani went on an extensive study tour of printmaking studios in the United States. In addition to his drawing and graphic work, Hlungwani has completed and facilitated many wall murals including the mural at the Standard Bank Art Gallery (for the Picasso in Africa exhibition) and the mural for Bell Dewar and Hall. He has also been commissioned by the JDA (Johannesburg Development Agencies), MTN and the South African Governmental offices. Awards include winning the King Korn competition (2000 and 2001) and the SABC Radio Station Munghana Lonene FM Log Design Award (2003). He was also one of the finalists for the Absa Gallery competition in 2001, 2002 and 2009.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 A Wu Xi Tivi Lexi Nga Mbilwini Ya Mani, Everard Read Gallery, Franschhoek
2019 Ntsako Wa Xibelani, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2018 Nwansati wa matimba a nga heli mongo, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town & Knysna Fine Art
2017 Rirhandzu Ra Manana / the Love of Women, Everard Read Gallery, London
2016 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg and The Gallery at Grande Provence – From Giyani to Alexandra
Online Christmas Collection, Everard Read Gallery, London
2014 Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (Titled: Mi Kondzo Ya Tinghawi/In the Footsteps of Heroes) Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg – Qunu Drawings
2013 John Martin Gallery London – Cullinan Drawings sponsored by Petra Diamonds plc
2011 Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg Knysna Fine Art
2009 The Irma Stern Museum in Cape Town ‘Tshungulo wuyisiwa e mahlweni’/ The Healing Process, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2008 ‘Xitsonga I ndzuti wa Xigaza’/The Tsonga is the Shadow of Xigaza, ABSA Gallery, Johannesburg
2006 The Gallery Premises, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
2000 First one-man show in Soweto, sponsored by Kaya FM, The Sowetan, Sunday World and Absolut Vodka
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Upcoming- Hermanus FynArts- 10 year Anniversary
2021 Offering, Everard Read Gallery, Franschhoek
2020 The Portrait Show, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
Imago, Everard Read Gallery, Franschhoek
Staring Straight to the Future, Everard Read Gallery Group Online Exhibition
TINY, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
Odyssey, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2019 Southern Aspect: A Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, London

2017 Reality Check, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
Winter Collection: Group Exhibition, Everard Read Gallery, Cape Town
2016 CIRCA London
2015 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair London
2014 FNB Johannesburg Art Fair
2013 Art 13 London
2012 India Art Fair, the 4th Edition of India Modern and Contemporary Art Fair The 21st birthday celebration of Artist Proof Studio exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery FNB Johannesburg Art Fair
2011 FNB Johannesburg Art Fair Horse Exhibition (multiple views of a singular beast at Circa and Everard Read Gallery) Art Angels Charity Art Auction
2010 ‘A View from the South’, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2009 ABSA L’Atelier Art competition finalist Printmaking Council of New Jersey ‘Studio Arrabbiata’ Boston Art Academy RENDEZVOUS Focus original lithography, an exhibition of more than 100 South African and French artists’ artworks touring and exhibited in South Africa. Gallery on the Square, Nelson Mandela Square (Titled: ‘The 50s: An Interpretation’)
2009 Exhibited in Johannesburg Art Fair with Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, and the Artist Proof Studio
2008 Knysna Fine Art David Brown Fine Art, Johannesburg Aspire Contemporary Art Gallery, Pretoria Gallery on the Square, Nelson Mandela Square
2007 Thomson Art Gallery in Melville SASOL, Rosebank
2006 Gallery on the Square, Nelson Mandela Square Spark Gallery

Art on Paper UJ former RAU Gallery
2005 Touring exhibition to the Gulf of OMAN Community Art Center, Qatar Hotel, Salala
2003 The Gallery Premises and the Johannesburg Art Gallery
2000 Polokwane Art Museum
Heritage Day for Arts and Culture Exhibition in Belgium
1997 Polokwane Art Museum
RMB Starlight Classics 2022- Phillemon Hlungwani was the featured artist and guest of honour and donated a work in aid of the Mzansi Tenors
COLLECTIONS
Ascot Diamonds
Bell, Dewar and Hall, Johannesburg
Bidvest
BLP Merchandising Solutions
Brait,
Centurion Hotel, Pretoria
Ellerman House, Cape Town
Irma Stern Museum (UCT) , Cape Town
Johannesburg Development Agency
Karoo Hotel outside Cape Town
Medscheme Holdings
MTN print exchange
Nando’s
Nedbank, Johannesburg
Norman Borlaug Institute for International Culture, Texas
Raphael Suites and Michelangelo Towers, Sandton
Rand Merchant Bank Corporate Collection

Sasol Collection
South African Reserve Bank
Standard Bank Art Gallery, Johannesburg
UNISA Art Collection
Vodacom