William Kentridge (Johannesburg, South Africa, 1955) is internationally acclaimed for his drawings, films, and theater and opera productions.

His art is born from a cross between different techniques and genres. His works respond to the legacies of colonialism and apartheid, within the framework of the socio-political scene in South Africa. Kentridge achieves the aesthetic of him from techniques taken from the history of cinema itself, from stop motion animation to the first special effects. His drawing technique, particularly the dynamism of a stroke that is erased and redone, constitutes an integral part of his extensive practice of animation and cinematographic directing, where the meaning of his films is constructed in the process. of production. His practice also includes his experience in theater.

Kentridge's work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world since the 1990s: the documenta, in Kassel; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Albertina, from Vienna; the Louvre Museum in Paris; the Whitechapel Gallery, London; the Louisiana Museum, Copenhagen; and the Reina Sofía Museum in Madrid.

Kentridge's opera productions include Mozart's The Magic Flute, Shostakovich's The Nose, and Alban Berg's Lulu [Lulu], which have performed in theaters such as the Metropolitan Opera in New York, La Scala in Milan, the English National Opera in London, the Lyon Opera and the Amsterdam Opera, among others. In the summer of 2017, his production of Berg's opera Wozzeck premiered at the Salzburg Festival.

Kentridge received honorary degrees from several universities - including Yale and the University of London - and, in 2012, he presented the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures at Harvard University. In 2010, he received the Kyoto Prize. In 2015, he was elected an honorary scholar at the Royal Academy in London. In October 2017, he received the Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts.