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Sam Nhlengethwa (Jabulani Sam Nhlengethwa) was born on 9 January, 1955 in Payneville Township, Springs, Gauteng, is a South African artist. Discover Sam Nhlengethwa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 69 years old?
| Popular As |
Jabulani Sam Nhlengethwa |
| Occupation |
Artist, educator |
| Age |
69 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Capricorn |
| Born |
9 January, 1955 |
| Birthday |
9 January |
| Birthplace |
Payneville Township, Springs, Gauteng |
| Nationality |
South Africa
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Sam Nhlengethwa Height, Weight & Measurements
At 69 years old, Sam Nhlengethwa height not available right now. We will update Sam Nhlengethwa's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Sam Nhlengethwa Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Sam Nhlengethwa worth at the age of 69 years old? Sam Nhlengethwa’s income source is mostly from being a successful Artist. He is from South Africa. We have estimated Sam Nhlengethwa's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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| Source of Income |
Artist |
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Timeline
Sam Nhlengethwa South African creative collage artist and the co-founder of Bag Factory Artists' Studio.
Born in Payneville township of Springs in Gauteng, he relocated early with his family to Kwa-Themba and spent his childhood with his grandmother in Ratanda.
Being born into a family of jazz lovers, Sam's work was inspired by jazz and townships he grew up in.
Nhlengethwa began his career in 1976 and later taught part-time at the Johannesburg-based Federative Union of Black Artists (FUBA).
While studying at the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto, he participated in Thupelo and Triangle workshops.
He began collecting jazz records from the age of 17 and started assembling his art collection in 1977 while in school and swapped his own work for those of his schoolmates.
In his own art, he drew inspiration from the townships where he grew up.
He attended the Rorke's Drift and studied at the Johannesburg Art Foundation and the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto.
He co-founded the Bag Factory Artists’ Studio in Johannesburg in 1991 to provide studio space and artistic resources to black artists.
He won the Standard Bank Young Artist award in 1994, and worked as a television technician for South African Broadcasting Corporation for 13 years.
His works are exhibited throughout globally with collections at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Iziko South African National Gallery, the Durban Art Gallery and numerous others.
He is represented by the Goodman Gallery in South Africa.
Nhlengethwa collage style niche uses hard-edge cut out and cut up shapes of ready-made images from selected reproductions and juxtaposed to make new images, often combined with other media to create new forms.
He also work with photogravure and lithographs.
In his prints and paintings, he uses overlays of techniques such as collage painting, drawing and photography.
Sam Nhlengethwa had created 277 artworks which includes:
He had been featured in 23 exhibitions globally including:
He had been featured in 6 solo exhibitions including:
Sam Nhlengethwa's work has realized prices ranging from $81 USD to $66,202 USD in auctions (for Glimpses of the Fifties and Sixties in 2019).
He has 276 works at auction including:
In the course of his career, Nhlengethwa had collaborated with various South African printmaking studios namely:
