Buhlebezwe Siwani (1987, South Africa) grew up between Johannesburg, the Eastern Cape, and KwaZulu Natal. Siwani works predominantly through performance and installations, where she uses video and the stills as a stand-in for her body which is often physically absent. Siwani completed her BAFA(Hons) at the Wits School of Arts in Johannesburg in 2011 and her MFA at the Michealis School of Fine Arts in 2015. Her work is represented in the Spier Private Collection in the Western Cape and a number of other private collections. She lives and works between Cape Town and Amsterdam.