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South African-born artist & filmmaker 🇿🇦
Exploring conflict, legacy, and resistance
#TheCasspirProject #TheMiG21Project
📍 Los Angeles

Throwback to 2019 when we did a massive installati

Throwback to 2019 when we did a massive installation in the lobby of Facebook’s (Meta) campus in Playa Vista, California for the Facebook Artist in Residence program.

Working in collaboration with my team in South Africa, we used millions of glass seed beads, wire, tubing and adhesive to cover the lobby and employee entrance in vibrant, pan-African patterns. 🇿🇦

Special thanks to @lelebarnett and @wiseknave
🎥: @readygopictures

#fbair #fbairprogram #meta #artistinresidence #RalphZiman #afrika47 #africanbeadwork #seedbeads

A new fleet has arrived ✨ ✈️ ✨Check out th

A new fleet has arrived ✨ ✈️ ✨Check out these limited-edition glass-beaded MiG-21 jets, planes and helicopters, handmade by #TheMiG21Project artisans, available exclusively at the @museumofflight store!

#afrika47 #museumofflight #ralphziman #glassbeads #beadwork

Thank you @cnn Inside Africa and Tom Page for cove

Thank you @cnn Inside Africa and Tom Page for covering The MiG-21 Project! Check out the article today through link in stories 🇿🇦

#RalphZiman #Afrika47 #cnninsideafrica #themig21project

There are so many faces and names that have been a

There are so many faces and names that have been a part of The MiG-21 Project! This is just a small group of the people involved setting up for the opening at The Museum of Flight.

#themig21project #ralphziman #afrika47 #museumofflight #southafricanartist

Over the years I have been extremely fortunate to

Over the years I have been extremely fortunate to work on several films with my good friend and colleague Ronnie Apteker. I feel honored to be involved in his latest endeavor, a moving personal documentary set in his adopted home. 🇺🇦

💥It is being released on YouTube this week.💥

“Kyiv of Mine” reveals the Ukraine that the world must not forget—not through the lens of politics or strategy, but through the beating hearts of its people. We follow young artists, dancers, programmers, architects, and chefs whose dreams and creativity illuminate the true cost of war. Their stories remind us that behind every headline is a human spirit, resilient and hopeful even in the face of unimaginable tragedy. At a time when the world risks turning away, this documentary insists we look closer—not at the machinery of conflict, but at the souls it seeks to break and cannot.”

For more info, head to ➡️ www.kyivofmine.com

#KyivOfMine #Ukraine #RonnieApteker

From afar it may look like paint, but this MiG-21

From afar it may look like paint, but this MiG-21 fighter jet is covered in over a million colored glass beads.

Photos by Sean Mobley

#themig21project #ralphziman #afrika47 #southafricanbeadwork #beadwork #beadworks #mig21

We found the pilot of 8971 and interviewed him. Yo

We found the pilot of 8971 and interviewed him. You can learn more by watching The MiG-21 Project documentary available now on YouTube.

#themig21project #afrika47 #ralphziman #southafricanartist #museumofflight #fighterjet #fighterjetpilot

For over a decade, a collective of Southern Africa

For over a decade, a collective of Southern African artisans has collaborated closely with The MiG-21 Project artist Ralph Ziman. These artisans are responsible for all the wire and beadwork elements in The MiG-21 Project and serve as his key logistical partners—facilitating the flow of templates, briefing documents and completed artworks between Los Angeles and Johannesburg.

In addition to their work on The MiG-21 Project, we are selling merchandise made by the artisans at @museumofflight gift shop. Check out the shop at your next visit!

#RalphZiman #Afrika47 #themig21project #museumofflight #southafricanartist #s#southafricanart

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