Asemahle Ntlonti
Asemahle Ntlonti was born in 1993 in Cape Town, South Africa. She graduated from the University of Cape Town’s Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2017, where she majored in sculpture. She was awarded Hoosein Mahomed Award for Excellence in 2015 and the Barbaro Fairhead award for social responsibility in 2014. Ntlonti was a top 10 finalist for Barclays L’Atelier 2016, participated in Infecting The City 2016 as well as a finalist for Sasol New Signatures, 2015. She is a member of iQhiya, a collective of 11 black women based in Cape Town, Johannesburg, South Africa and Botswana. Ntlonti lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa.