Hlavutelo Ngobeni is a printmaker and graduate of the Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg — one of South Africa's most important centres for printmaking education and professional development. His work draws on personal and communal narratives of identity, memory, and cultural heritage, using the medium of print to layer histories and explore the texture of contemporary South African life. Ngobeni's Ampersand Fellowship represented an important milestone in his career, connecting him with the international arts community in New York and opening new avenues for his practice.
The Ampersand Fellowship
Since 1997, the Ampersand Foundation has sent more than 300 South African visual artists to a funded residency in Tribeca, New York — connecting them with one of the world's most dynamic art ecosystems.