LIBITA SIBUNGU b. UK, 1987
BA Print and Digital Media, Wimbledon School of Art (2006-09)
Alternative Education Programme, Syllabus IV (2019)
Solo Exhibition
2019
- Quantum Ghost, Spike Island, Bristol, UK
- Quantum Ghost, Gasworks, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2023
- A Body of Memory (from neurons to the sea) Kunsthall Trondheim, NO
- Unearthing: Memory, Land, Materiality, Courtauld, London, UK
2022
- Muzivi Wenzira - S/he who uses a footpath, Guns & Rain, London, UK
2021
- Sonsbeek, Force Times Distance On Labour and its Sonic Ecologies, Arnhem, NL
- Agitation Co-op, Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, IE
2019
- Get up, Stand Up Now, Somerset House, London, UK
- away completely : denigrate, Narrative Projects, London, UK
2018
- This is the Gallery and the Gallery is Many Things X, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
- Momento Mori, Kalashnikovv 3.0, Johannesburg, SA
- 4717, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2017
- Diaspora Pavilion, 57th Biennale, Venice, IT
2016
- Gal - Dem, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Performances / Talks
2025
- A closer look talk with Denzil Forrester, Maria Christoforidou, Black Voices Cornwall, Tate St.Ives, UK
2024
- In Living Memory, artist speech and research project, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, UK
2023
- Deep Recovery, performance lecture with Dr.Beth Simon (geologist), Kresen Kernow, UK
2022
- Performance Lecture, Sonorous Bodies, Ifa Gallery, DE
2021
- Welcome Note in a Welcome Speech, Sensing the Planet, Dartington Trust & Serpentine, UK
2019
- My..my injuries are healed now but I still don’t remember things, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich, CH
2018
- My…my injuries are healed now but I still don’t remember things, Dyson Gallery, RCA, London, UK
- Mothers Tongue, Bagfactory, Johannesburg, ZA
2017
- in and between place and home I, Map 1; Waterways, Live Arts Commission, SH, ICF, Venice, IT
- in and between place and home II, History Lessons: Fluid Records, South London Gallery, UK
- 1,2,1,2 //// black - voices - opera, Jamaican Pulse, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol, UK
- Untitled, Going Along Without a Body, Iklectik, London, UK
- In the Absence of Ruins There Will be Innovation, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
Educational offerings
- 2025 VL, Falmouth University, Cornwall, UK
- 2022 Tutor, UNITe, Jerwood, G39, Cardiff, UK
- 2021-22 Mentor, Interlude, Visual Arts Group, Cardiff, UK
- 2019-21 VL, Royal College of Art; Falmouth University; University of Westminster; Goldsmiths, London, UK
- 2017-19 VL, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK
- 2018 VL, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, SA
- 2017 Workshops, ‘Now or Never’, College Module in partnership with Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
- 2017-19 VL, University West of England, Bristol, UK
Commissions
2025
- Deep Time, 41st EVA Platform group research commission with Bridget O’Gorman, Limerick, IE 2024-25
- Re-imaginings, group research commission, Exeter University, UK
2022-24
- Undercurrents, commission, Bristol Beacon & Bristol Music Trust, UK
2022-23
- Deep Recovery, commission, Radar, Loughborough University, UK
- Shaping Memory, talk series alongside project Deep Recovery, British Council, Radar & VANSA,UK, SA 2022
- Springfield Project, Hospital Rooms, commission in collaboration with Nina Royle, London, UK 2021-22 the sea my other land, Start Art Gallery, online workshops, NA
2021
- Radio-Amnion: Sonic Transmissions of Care with / in Oceanic Space, commission, online
2018
- Swimming Home, Whitstable Biennale, UK
2017
- Sonic Soundings, App Development commission, University Arts London, online
Residencies
- 2024 Parenting Artist’s Residency, Cow House Studios, Wexford, IE
- 2022 Jerwood Newlyn Residency, Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange, Cornwall, UK
- 2021 Work in Common, Primary Studios, Nottingham, UK
- 2020 Midi Residency, Pervasive Media, Bristol, UK
- 2018 International Fellowship Programme, Gasworks, Bag Factory, Johannesburg, SA
- Gasworks Summer Residency, London, UK
Awards
2025
- Creative Arts Associate, Arts University Plymouth, UK
2022-24
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Award, UK
- The Arts Foundation Future Award, Winner, UK
- Rolex Mentor & Protege Arts Initiative Award, (nominee)
- Cornwall Cultivator, Skills Development, and Mentoring, Funding Award, UK
2021
- Thinking Time, Award, Art Angel, UK
- Henry Moore Foundation, Award, UK
- Kleinwort Hambros, Emerging Art Prize, (shortlist), UK
2019-21
- Creative Practice Development Fund, Award, Arts Council England, UK
Public Collections
- 2020 Arts Council Collection, UK Government Art, UK
Interviews, Publications and Press
2022
- Journeys in Deep Time, Aesthetica Magazine
2020
- Black Futures: Re-imagining Care, Video Interview, Black Cultural Archives
- Overburden, Yellowfields Publication, Obsidian Coast
2019
- Claytons Exhibition Feels Its Way Through the Darkness of Colonial, Capitalist and Personal Histories, Shields.D, London: Frieze, (pg.160-161), Issue 202
- How Artists Are Using the Power of Personal Histories to Tackle the Legacy of Colonialism, Morris.K, London: Frieze, (pg.194-198), Issue 203
- Quantum Ghost: Libita Clayton at Gasworks, McQue.C, London: Plinth Magazine
- Libita Clayton: Quantum Ghost, Risner.S, London: This Is Tomorrow Magazine
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