Nandipha Mntambo

"Working in cowhide and being a black female in South Africa comes with a whole lot of baggage."

"I think that's one thing we don't allow ourselves: the time to think there's this fear that you need to be rushing."

"When I first started working, before people knew my name, there was an assumption that I had to be a man because of the material and the few number of female sculptors at the time."

"“My work was never meant to be a direct exploration of the African Female body. I just happen to be African and female and use my body in my art making process.”"