Thembeka Heidi Sincuba is a Zulu artist, researcher, writer and educator working across contemporary art, speculative design, digital culture and African futurity.

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Their practice spans painting, writing, research, publishing, education and cultural organising, with a sustained interest in Black embodiment, spirituality, technology and alternative futures. They hold an MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London and have worked across higher education, contemporary art and cultural media, including as Head of Painting at Rhodes University and an editor at Bubblegum Club.

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Sincuba is currently a Lecturer in Fine Art at the Durban University of Technology and Board Chair of SWEAT (Sex Workers Education and Advocacy Taskforce). Their recent international research engagements include work with the University of Amsterdam, University of Bremen and University of Groningen, alongside their forthcoming participation in Black Portraiture[s]: Los Angeles at UCLA.

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Their current research and writing include forthcoming book chapters, manuscripts and ongoing short-form writing for Mail & Guardian and ZAM Magazine.

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Across art, research, education, writing and collective organising, Sincuba is building an expansive interdisciplinary practice that interrogates how knowledge, technology, embodiment and power shape the futures we are able to imagine.