Nolan Oswald Dennis

Nolan Oswald Dennis is an artist based in Johannesburg. Their practice explores the material and metaphysical conditions of decolonization, questioning histories of space and time through system-specific interventions. They hold a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and a master’s degree in art, culture, and technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Their work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam; Swiss Institute, New York; and Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town. They have been featured in group exhibitions at FRONT Triennial, Cleveland; the Lagos Biennial; the Liverpool Biennial; MACBA, Barcelona; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Seoul Mediacity Biennale; the Shanghai Biennale; and the Young Congo Biennale, among others. They are a member of artist groups NTU and Index Literacy Program, a research associate with the VIAD Research Centre at the University of Johannesburg, and a member of the Édouard Glissant Art Fund Scientific Committee. They were invited by Koyo Kouoh to participate in the 61st Venice Biennale.