UMarlene Dumas (owazalwa ngo-1953) ungumculi nomdwebi waseNingizimu Afrika. Dumas wazalwa ngo-1953 eKapa, eNingizimu Afrika, waze wakhulela eKuils River eNtshonalanga Kapa, lapho ubaba wakhe wayenevineyard. Wafundela ubuciko eNyuvesiyase Kapa kusuka ngo-1972 kuya ku-1975, kwathi lapho ese- Ateliers '63 eHaarlem, eNyakatho Holland eNetherlands . Wafundela ubuchwepheshe bezengqondo e- eNyuvesi yase Amsterdam ngo-1979-1980. Wayevame ukusebenzisa inkomba yezithombe ezenzwe nge polaroid zabangani nabathandi bakhe, kanti futhi wayethola inkomba kwimagazini nezinto ezingcolile zobulili. UMarlene Dumas ubuye apende imidwebo yezingane nezigcawu ezixakile ukuze kube nomthelela emhlabeni wobuciko besimanje . Uveze ukuthi imisebenzi yakhe yaziswa kangcono makungeyomdabu njengoba imisebenzi eminingi yobulili yakhe emincane isondele kakhulu. Imidwebo kaDumas ibonwa njengezithombe kepha ayimeli abantu ngesimo esingokomzwelo umuntu angaba kuso. Ubuciko bakhe bugxile ezindabeni ezibucayi nakwizindikimba ezinjengobulili nezobuhlanga, imizwa yecala nobumsulwa, udlame nobumnene. Isitayela sikaDumas yisiko labudala kakhulu lothando. Usebenzisa amabrashi okungeziwe okungeza ukuhlanekezela kepha nemininingwane enhle kubuciko bakhe. Umbukiso wakhe wokuqala obalulekile waseMnyuziyamu waseMelika, owenziwa kabusha onesihloko esithi "Measuring Your Own Grave", wavula ngoNhlangulana ngonyaka ka 2008 eMnyuziyamu yeContemporary Art, eLos Angeles, waze wathuthela eMnyuziyamu ye-Art eNew York City.