Reggie Khumalo (b. 1987)
Reggie Khumalo is a self-taught South African artist whose practice is rooted in themes of identity, belonging, empowerment, and the spirit of Ubuntu. Informed by years of travel across the African continent including a four-year motorbike journey from Cape Town to Cairo. His paintings celebrate the resilience, dignity, and humanity of his subjects through bold colour and expressive figuration. Khumalo has exhibited extensively across Africa, Europe, and the United States, with recent presentations at the 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in New York (2024, 2025), London (2024, 2026), and Marrakech (2024, 2026), AKAA Art Fair, Paris (2024), and solo exhibitions at Filafrique Gallery, Geneva (2024), Chilli Art Projects, London (2023), Satellites of Art, Berlin (2021), and mmArtHouse, Johannesburg (2020–2021). His work is held in significant private collections internationally.