Bonolo Kavula (b. 1992 in Kimberley, ZA) is a contemporary artist working predominantly in print media and textile-based sculpture. Kavula incorporates video and installation in her practice using found objects to explore the concept of ‘obfuscation’: darkening and obscuring the sight of something. In her work, Kavula looks for stillness through repetition and the visual presentation of her delicate abstract work. She is interested in the materiality of fabric and its physical presence.
She has been awarded the The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2022 for her insight on printmaking and textile. Since then, her meticulous artistic practice has focused on expressing the dynamics between the inner space (the artist’s mind) and the exterior space (the imprint that the textile takes on the gallery space) through minimalism.