Nolan Oswald Dennis

Nolan Oswald Dennis, xenolith field (chart), 2021. Courtesy the artist and Boras Konstmuseum. Photo by Hendrik Zeitler

Nolan Oswald Dennis, no conciliation is possible, 2018 – ongoing. Courtesy the artist and ARoS Art Museum. Photo by Anders Sune Berg

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Nolan Oswald Dennis (b. 1988, Zambia) is a para-disciplinary artist. Their practice explores ‘a black consciousness of space’ - the material and metaphysical conditions of decolonization - questioning histories of space and time through system-specific, rather than site-specific interventions. 

They hold a Bachelor's degree in Architecture from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and a Science Master’s degree in Art, Culture and Technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Their work has been featured in exhibitions at the Goodman Gallery (Johannesburg, Cape Town, London), Palais de Tokyo (Paris), MACBA (Barcelona), AutoItaliaSouthEast (London), CAN (Neuchatel), the Young Congo Biennale (Kinshasa) among others. They are a founding member of artist group NTU and Index Literacy Program (ILP), as well as a research associate at the VIAD research centre at the University of Johannesburg.