Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
Overview
Retribution, 2018
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum's work draws on mythology, geology and theories on the nature of the universe. Through drawing, painting, animation and installation, she creates narrative landscapes that appear simultaneously futuristic and ancient.
Recent exhibitions include Buttlecry, Goodman Gallery, London (2021); All My Seven Faces, CAC Cincinnati (2019); Diorama, Tiwani Contemporary (2019); Multiple Transmissions: Art in the Afropolitan Age, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium (2019); Fly Me to the Moon, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland and Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria (2019); Women on Airplanes, The Showroom, London (2018); Artpace, San Antonio (2018); There are Mechanisms in Place, Michaelis School of Fine Art Galleries, Cape Town (2018).
Works
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Blasted , 2019 -
Meteor, 2019
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Siege, 2019
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All this Wringing and Cutching, 2018
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Bastion, 2018
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Bathe, 2018
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Desiree, 2018
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Echelon, 2018
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Gather, 2018
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Growl, 2018
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Kwame, 2018
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Monsters, 2018
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Pianist , 2018
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Posse, 2018
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Rub, 2018
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Sister, 2018
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Sleeper, 2018
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Swept, 2018
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The Archivist, 2018
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The Dove, 2018
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Wallflower, 2018
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Atelier, 2017
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Beam, 2017
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Choice Assorted, 2017
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Pop, 2017
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The Incense Burner, 2017
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Figure study #2, 2016
Press
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The Women Artists Who Deserve Our Attention, According to 9 Leading Artists
Artsy Editors, Artsy, March 1, 2020 -
these four women are changing the face of contemporary african art
Mahoro Seward , i-D, October 9, 2019 -
Curator Elvira Dyangani Ose on why her role at The Showroom Gallery is 'the job of a lifetime'
BEN LUKE , Evening Standard, October 2, 2018 -
WOMEN ON AEROPLANES
DIVYA OSBON, The White Review, October 1, 2018 -
A NEW GENERATION: 8 AFRICAN FEMALE ARTISTS WHO ARE SHIFTING THE GAZE
Jacquie Myburgh Chemaly, The Wanted Magazine, September 11, 2018 -
Sadness, Pain, and Wonder: Summer International Artists-in-Residence at Artpace
Neil Fauerso, Glasstire, September 1, 2018 -
Artpace Opens its Summer International Artists-in-Residence Exhibitions
KATHLEEN PETTY, San Antonio Magazine , July 19, 2018 -
These African Female Artists Are Hitting the International Stage
Percy Mabandu, Departures, May 29, 2018 -
Artist Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum explodes on London’s art scene
Mareike Pietzsch, The South African, May 1, 2016 -
Catch SA artist Sunstrum @Tiwani in London this week
Gordon Glyn-Jones, The South African, May 1, 2016 -
Mythology, Geology and Nature of the Universe in Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum Exhibition at Tiwani Contemporary
Nadja Breton, The Whitewalls, March 24, 2016 -
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s photographic maps of the Milky Way
Tom Seymour, British Journal of Photography, March 23, 2016 -
The 50 Gallery Shows You Need to See This Spring
Artsy, March 15, 2016 -
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: Polyhedra
3/14/2016, Contemorary &, March 14, 2016 -
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
Africanah, March 13, 2016