Bio

Sibusiso Bheka, born in 1997 in Katlehong, South Africa. Lives and works in Thokoza, South Africa. Sibusiso Bheka’s work documents his environment giving his reality of Thokoza. His work is a testimony to South Africa’s violent past as well as a celebration of the intense beauty that can be found in the details of daily life in a township. Bheka is Of Soul and Joy’s Project Assistant and graduated in photography from the Vaal University of Technology in 2018. His series Stop Nonsense was part of the 11th edition Rencontres de Bamako -African Biennale of photography in 2017 as a traveling exhibition. The series was also shown at the National Museum of World Culture, Leiden, Netherlands in 2018. Bheka was shortlisted for the Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellowship in 2018 and was recently shortlisted for the Belfast Photo Festival. His work was shown at the Ithuba Arts Gallery, Johannesburg (2013), the Addis Foto Fest, Ethiopia (2014), the Ghent International Photo Festival, Belgium (2015), the Johannesburg Art Gallery in South Africa (2016), Arles Photo Encounters (2020) Bristol Photo Festival (2021). Photo Saint Germain Festival (2024) He has participated in residencies at the Cité Internationale des arts in Paris, La Junqueira Residency in Lisbon, and the Noor Foundation Residency in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He is the 2026 recipient of the ORMS International Photography Prize.