(b. 1987, Cape Town. Lives and works in Johannesburg). She uses ink, watercolour and crayon to defy taboos and talk openly about issues of sex, pleasure, consent, human connection, violence, and abuse. Her work is simultaneously bold and vulnerable, expressing the joy and darkness of the erotic and the duality of human experience. Recent international solo exhibitions include ‘Lust Politics’, Tyburn Gallery, London (2017), ‘Fire with Fire’, solo project at FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg, South Africa (2017), and ‘Mating Dance’, solo project at AKAA Art Fair, Paris, France (2017). Recent group exhibitions include ‘Close: Proximity, Intimacy, Tension’, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, and ‘Right at the Equator’, Depart Foundation, Malibu, CA, USA (2018). In 2017, along with Tschabalala Self and Abe Odedina, she contributed artwork for the stage design of a gala performance of ‘The Children’s Monologues’, a benefit held by the charitable organisation Dramatic Need, directed by Danny Boyle and held at Carnegie Hall in New York, NY, USA. She has been featured on BBC Africa and CNN International on ‘African Voices’, as well as on the BBC World Service’s online and radio series ‘In the Studio’. She was also included in the 2018 edition of OkayAfrica’s ‘100 Women’, an annual list which honours women across 10 different fields for their achievements and influence.

“ONLINE: Live Studio Visit: Lady Skollie”

“African Newtopias”

Lady Skollie, Sofia Niazi
“Digbeth First Friday November”

Lady Skollie
“Papsak Propaganda Performance”

Lady Skollie
“Lady Skollie – Weakest Link”
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Lady Skollie, Sofia Niazi
“From the Artists Mouth”

Lady Skollie
“Zine making with Lady Skollie”

Lady Skollie, Sofia Niazi
“Launch event: Lady Skollie and Sofia Niazi”

Alice Channer, Aliyah Hasinah, Amaal Said, Amy Pettifer & Jennifer Boyd (SHELL LIKE), Ana Kazaroff, Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Etel Adnan, Grace Ndiritu, Jasleen Kaur, Jennifer Tee, Jenny Holzer, Kelly Large, Lady Skollie, Libita Clayton, Melissa Gordon, Ruth Ewan, Samara Scott, Sarah Farmer, Tabita Rezaire, Teresa Cisneros
“This is the Gallery and the Gallery is Many Things X”
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Lady Skollie, Libita Clayton, Nicola Singh
“From the Artists Mouth”

Andrea Luka Zimmerman, Jasleen Kaur, Jenny Holzer, Lady Skollie, Libita Clayton, Nicola Singh, Samara Scott