Sthenjwa Luthuli – Future Mirror, 2019

Luthuli was born in Botha’s Hill, Durban, South Africa in 1991. In 2010 he joined the BAT Centre visual art classes. In 2011 Luthuli enrolled for the Velobala Saturday Art Classes hosted by the African Art Centre at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). Luthuli was mentored by Themba Shibase, artist and fine art lecturer at DUT. Luthuli is inspired by a number of artists including, Edward Hopper, Gerald Sekoto, Ephraim Ngatane, Osuwa Nkomo and Yinka Shonibare. Since 2011 he has participated in a number of group exhibitions in KwaZulu Natal and Johannesburg and in 2012, he participated in an exhibition in Bremen, Germany where he completed a mural project in the Concordia Tunnel on the Schwachhauser highway, Bremen. His work is represented in a number of private and corporate collections and in the international collection of the Leiterin der Stadtischen Galerie in Bremen, Germany. In 2017 Luthuli was the runner up in the Sasol New Signatures competition.