Navel Seakamela (South Africa) | 2 Heads II, 2021 | Mix media on paper, 117x209

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Navel Seakamela (b. 1991) is a contemporary artist from the Republic of South Africa.

His work was exhibited at the "Contemporary African Art: Dreams and Realities of Identity" exhibition at the Vytautas Kasiulis Art Museum (2022.05.10 - 2022.10.09).

Reproduced in the catalog of the "Contemporary African Art: Dreams and Realities of Identity" exhibition, 2022, p. 37.

Navel Seakamela spent his childhood in Tembisa, Johannesburg. He studied engineering graphics and design at school there. From 2007, he created at the Tembisa Arts Centre, and in 2015, he graduated from the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, where he studied visual and applied arts. He participated in exhibitions in Potchefstroom, Pretoria, and Johannesburg. In 2021, he held his debut solo exhibition at the Kalashnikov Gallery in Johannesburg. The artist often depicts faceless and genderless figures, which he calls his "circle." In his work, N. Seakamela seeks self-identity and expressions of identity in consumer society, analyzing issues of discrimination and genderism.