Boyce Magandela

Boyce Magandela is interested in the changing social dynamics of his Mitchell’s Plain community. He enjoys depicting the many ways in which women are becoming more self-sufficient and less reliant on their male counterparts for support. He captures these sentiments in his portraits of daily life, and many celebrate the warmth, strength, and power of women. With the current pandemic, he finds himself drawn to documenting the uncertainty surrounding him. By using blankets as canvas to expose a material culture to the world.

Magandela was born in the Cape Town township of Langa and studied art at the Community Art Project (2003). He works from his home studio in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town.