Turiya Magadlela is a South African artist, born in Johannesburg in 1978. She studied at the University of Johannesburg and the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam.
Her art medium is fabrics, which she selects among pantyhose to correctional service uniforms, and stretches, cuts, stitches, folds them over canvas or wooden frames, to create abstract compositions through the manipulation of the textiles.
She translates her experiences with the city, people, politics, violence and passion in her works, and the subject matter goes from woman and motherhood to narratives from black South African history.
She has participated in numerous exhibitions, both locally and internationally.
In 2015, Magadlela received the FNB Art Prize, and in 2018 she was featured in a list of the top “10 African artists to invest in now” by the TimesLive, and shortlisted for the Jean-François Prat Prize.