Nandipha Mntambo was born in Swaziland in 1982. She works between Cape Town and Johannesburg. Mntambo obtained her Master's in Fine Arts from the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. In 2011, Mntambo was awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award. She has had several solo shows in Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Europe, with her work being included in many group shows locall