Clive Sithole

B. 1971

Clive Sithole was born on the vibrant outskirts of Johannesburg, and has since traversed far and wide, learning from Zulu and Venda ceramic artists in South Africa, studying the Udu ceramic drum in Nigeria, and working with Magdalene Odundo at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham, England. The frontier of Sithole’s work has also extended to the United States where his work is housed in the Eskenazi Museum of Art in Indiana and at The North Carolina Museum of Art. Featured in major publications on Zulu ceramics, Sithole forges his work in the limen between traditions and landscapes. Land, race and animal life dominate Sithole’s work.

Featured Artworks

Inkomo kaMaMa
Yakhalinkomo
Ziphi Nkomo

"Clive Sithole's clay is alive. One pot is a queen, another is the crest of the morning, nascent light and swaddling fog through which the forms of cattle emerge in terra sigillata relief carvings."

Extract from Clay Formes

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