Frieze
London:
Artist-to-Artist
Unathi
Mkonto

The

Regent's

Park

14 - 18 Oct 2026

Goodman Gallery is pleased to present a solo booth by Cape Town-based artist Unathi Mkonto in Artist-to-Artist at Frieze London 2026 (14–18 October 2026). Nominated by Yinka Shonibare for this peer-selected section, Mkonto joins an exceptional group of artists – championed by internationally acclaimed practitioners – whose work merits greater global recognition.

B. 1982, South Africa

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Artist Bio

Unathi Mkonto (b. 1982, Peddie) is a Cape Town-based artist working across drawing, sculpture, installation, and performance. His practice sits at the juncture of art, design, and architecture, engaging questions of space, habitation, and the humanisation of historically apartheid-shaped built environments. Mkonto is a self-taught artist who pursued a Bachelor of Architecture at Nelson Mandela University and was a design fellow at Architecture for Humanity in Johannesburg. He has participated in residencies at Zeitz MOCAA (TO LET), A4 Arts Foundation (AVOID), Stevenson Amsterdam, and Alma Martha, Cape Town. Solo exhibitions include Juxtapositions at Stevenson Gallery (2023), Enclosed Camp at Open 24 Hours Gallery (2022), and flat at Blank Gallery (2018). He has also taken part in the Centre for the Less Good Idea’s mentorship programme and participated in local and international group exhibitions, including Lifelines at Goodman Gallery, London (2025); Where Do I Begin at Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town (2022); If Not Now, Then When (2022) at BKhz Gallery, Johannesburg; and NON-EXCHANGE at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (2017).

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