Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum's multidisciplinary practice encompasses drawing, painting, installation and animation. Her work emerges from a critical investigation of historical systems of power. The figures and stories in her work stand in resistance to the legacies of these power systems that continue to be used as tools of oppression, exploitation, injustice, and violence. Sunstrum's works make reference to literature, film, theatre, and other forms of storytelling to build an ever-expanding narrative. These ongoing sagas unfold within terrains that appear simultaneously futuristic and ancient: a patchwork of remembered landscapes from her upbringing in places such as Botswana, Canada, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Malawi, South Africa, America, and others. The characters in her work stand as a collective: a nebulous cast in constant flux amidst ever slipping and insufficient notions of self-hood and belonging.

Key exhibitions and performances include: Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It Will End In Tears, Barbican Centre, London, UK (2024); Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: The Gods and The Underdogs, KM21, The Hague, The Netherlands (2024); Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: The Pavilion, London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE, London, UK (2023); Sharjah Biennial 15: Thinking Historically in the Present (2023); Greater Toronto Art 2021 (GTA21), MOCA Toronto, Canada (2021); Born in Flames: Feminist Futures, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York City (2021); WITNESS: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection, El Espacio 23, Miami, Florida (2021); Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: All my seven faces, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio (2019); Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa (2019); The Wiels, Brussels, Belgium (2019); Kunsthaus Zürich (2019); The Nest, The Hague (2019); Michaelis School for the Arts at the University of Cape Town (2018); Artpace, San Antonio, Texas (2018); The Phillips Museum of Arts, Lancaster (2018); Interlochen Centre for the Arts, Interlochen (2016); NMMU Bird Street Art Gallery, Port Elizabeth (2016); Tiwani Contemporary, London (2016); VANSA, Johannesburg (2015); Brundyn Gallery, Cape Town (2014); FRAC Pays de Loire, France (2013); the Havana Biennial (2012); and MoCADA, New York City (2011).

Sunstrum was born in Mochudi, Botswana, in 1980 and now lives and works in The Hague, Netherlands. The artist is represented by Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, Johannesburg, and London and Galerie Lelong, New York.

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Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum b. 1980

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