↗Writer. Performance artist. Facilitator.
Brenton
Writer.Performance artist.
A different world, just beneath. Move to reveal.
Brenton Sizwe Zola is a first-generation Congolese American writer and performance artist based in New York City. Informed by childhood homelessness, global travel, and a lineage of African spiritual leaders, his work explores myth, spirit, and sanctity. Across poetry, storytelling, live performance, and facilitation, he invites people into experiences of vulnerability and connection. His work has been presented at the United Nations, Norman Rockwell Museum, Denver Art Museum, and College of Extraordinary Experiences.
As a facilitator, Brenton works with companies, nonprofits, and institutions to help people tell stronger stories, listen more deeply, and connect across teams. Through improvisational theater, live mirroring, and practical exercises, he creates workshops and participatory performances for offsites, leadership gatherings, and conferences.
Workshops & experiences for organizations01 / The catalogPerformance, moving image & photography
A body
of work.
Performance.
Moving image.
Photography.
02 / The practiceIndividual experience → Collective meaning
Tell the truth.
Recognize
one another.
I create experiences where people can tell the truth—and recognize themselves in one another.
A first-generation Congolese American performance artist and facilitator, I draw on experiences of childhood homelessness, global travel, and a lineage of African spiritual leaders.
Across more than a decade and a thousand improvised performances, I use storytelling, movement, and live composition to transform individual experience into collective meaning.
More about my practiceThe work has traveled to
United Nations / MoMA / Norman Rockwell Museum / Aspen Institute / College of Extraordinary Experiences
03 / Selected writingOn the page. On the air.