FEMINIST UTOPIA CURATED BY ANELISA MANGCU - 9 TH SEPTEMBER - 9 TH OCTOBER 2020 - EBONY/CURATED
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FEMINIST
UTOPIA
CURATED BY ANELISA MANGCU
9 TH SEPTEMBER - 9 TH OCTOBER 2020
Kimathi Mafafo, Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa,
Haneem Christian, Anico Mostert, Emma Blencowe,
Yonela Makoba and Gemma Shepherd
Feminist critics often reflect a rigid and monolithic patriarchal
perspective which frequently depicts feminism as a movement that
stems from a group of ‘angry women’ and ‘ungrateful women’. This
reflects the patriarchal resistance of gender equity within a social,
political and economic structure. The persistent othering and policing
of femme bodies, reinforces patriarchal privileges which oppose
engaging feminist and womanist discourses. This exhibition highlights
why feminism and womanism is pertinent in the contemporary.
Feminist utopia challenges social indoctrinations, by confronting
theoretical assumptions of the femme and gender non-conforming
bodies role, the social contract and the undeniable narrative of a
nuclear family romance assigned at birth. With this exhibition, the
artists mediate on the rigid social structures and speculate on a shared
future from a more nuanced perspective.
AKUDZWE ELSIE CHIWA
HEALING
VELVET BATTING AND CANVAS | 2020
120CM X 50CM
R 32,500
SAFETY
FAUX FUR, BATTING AND CANVAS | 2020
120CM X 50CM
R 32,500
LOVE
SEQUINS ON EMBELLISHED VELVET,
BATTING AND CANVAS | 2020
120CM X 50CM
R 32,500
AKUDZWE ELSIE CHIWA (1991 - ) Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa was born on the 13th August 1991, in a small asbestos mining town near Masvingo called Zvishavane formally known as Shabane, in Zimbabwe. Chiwa is a visual artist and Michaelis School of Fine Art Graduate. Chiwas work, experiments with the notions of Identity, Femininity, Migratory Practises as well as mysticism and storytelling within the Shona culture. Her method explores generational and embodied knowledges by way of an intuitive art-making process. This process allows her to utilize both conscious and sub-conscious capacities, to build an evocative sculptural practice which to aims re-build by re-imagining forgotten and erased histories of her past and culture. Among her accolades which include the Simon Gerson Award, the Cecil Skotnes Scholarship, and the McIver Award, she became the first woman of colour to receive the Michaelis Prize, awarded for her 2018 graduate body of work ‘Continuum’. Solo Exhibitions 2020 Nocturnes curated by Heinrich Greonewald, SMAC Artist rooms Cape Town, South Africa 2018 Continuum Graduate show at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Selected Group Exhibitions 2020 ‘FEMINIST UTOPIA’ curated by Anelisa Mangcu, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa ‘We’ve Come To Take You Home’ curated by Amogelang Maledu, UCT collection, Michaelis Galleries, University of Cape Town, South Africa ‘Materiality’ curated by Andrea Lewis for Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa 2019 Turbine Art Fair, Graduate Show Case curated by Kefiloe Siwisa, Johannesburg South Africa ‘Formally Known As’, Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa ‘What It Is’ curated by Lemeeze Davids, Absolut Gallery (Dyman Gallery), Stellenbosch, Western Cape 2018 Michaelis Graduated Show curated by Nkule Mabaso Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa ‘Spectrum of Life’ (in collaboration with Elsa Duault) curated by Candice Berman, Berman Contemporary Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 2017 Mothers, Money, Manuscripts and Minutes, a performance evening curated by Thuli Gumedze, SMAC Gallery Grants & Awards 2019 Creative Knowledge Resources 2019/20 fellow. Mclver Award 2018 Simon Gerson Award Cecil Skotnes Scholarship Education 2020 Candidate for Master in Fine Art, specializing in Sculpture: Mambokadzi Michaelis School of Fine Art University of Cape Town South Africa 2018 BA in Fine Art specializing/majoring in Sculpture Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa
AKUDZWE ELSIE CHIWA (1991 - ) Public Collections The University of Cape Town Works of Art Collection Press Smac gallery. 2020. Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa Artist Room 2020 smac gallery. [ Available at: https://smacgallery.com/exhibition/akudzwe elsie chiwa artist room 2020/ [Accessed 24 August 2020]. Anchor. 2020. SMAC Gallery Podcasts ep.5 Amogelang Male du Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa by SMAC Gallery Podcasts A podcast on Anchor. [ Available at: https://anchor.fm/smacgallery/episodes/ SMAC Gallery Podcasts ep 5 Amogelang Maledu Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa eif7od. [Accessed 24 August 2020]. Creative Knowledge Resource. 2020. Akudzwe Elsie Chiwa Creative Knowledge Resource. [ Available at: https://www.creativeknow.org/fellows 2019/akudzwe elsie chiwa. [Accessed 24 August 2020].
GEMMA SHEPHERD
SHADOW WORK (TOP)
LIGHTNESS OF BEING (BOTTOM)
PHOTOGRAPHY ON HAHNEMÜHLE MUSEUM ETCHING | 2020, ED. 15
32CM X 46CM
R 4,400 EACHREMEMBRANCE OF GENTLENESS (TOP)
STILLED LIFE I (BOTTOM)
PHOTOGRAPHY ON HAHNEMÜHLE MUSEUM ETCHING | 2020, ED. 15
32CM X 46CM
R 4,400 EACHPARADISE LIES AT THE FEET OF YOUR MOTHER (TOP)
UNTITLED II (BOTTOM)
PHOTOGRAPHY ON HAHNEMÜHLE MUSEUM ETCHING | 2020, ED. 15
32CM X 46CM
R 4,400 EACHUNTITLED I (LEFT)
STILLED LIFE II (RIGHT)
PHOTOGRAPHY ON HAHNEMÜHLE MUSEUM ETCHING | 2020, ED. 15
46CM X 32CM
R 4,400 EACHGEMMA SHEPHERD (1993 - ) Gemma Shepherd, born 10th September 1993 is a Cape Town based artist who uses photography as a medium to explore issues of self, belonging and becoming, as she finds herself in an isolated limbo in all aspects of life thus far. Despite being born into the newly democratic ‘rainbow nation’, Shepherd grew up treading the line between two worlds - occupying a position of privilege but understanding the experience and realities of marginalized communities. Being in this state of ‘in-between’ pushed Shepherd into an internal grappling with her own identity, place in society and life, which she navigates through multiple creative outlets. After graduating from the University of Cape Town, she entered the fashion industry which ultimately led her into the world of photography. While Shepherd phases in and out of various fields, she is consciously exploring multiple creative expressions as well as ensuring she is never confined to one. Her work has been published in numerous international and local publications both in print and online, such as Vogue Italia, Bubblegum Club, iMute, Just Magazine and The Lake. Group Exhibitions 2020 ‘FEMINIST UTOPIA’ curated by Anelisa Mangcu, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa 2018 ‘I Want To Show You Something’, curated by Lauren Theunissen, Orms CTSP, Cape Town, South Africa 2017 ‘By Way of Hand’, curated by Lauren Theunissen, Orms CTSP. Cape Town, South Africa Education 2017 Black & White Film Photography, Orms Cape Town School of Photography, Cape Town, South Africa 2016 Higher Certificate in Photography, Vega School of Brand Leadership,Cape Town, South Africa 2015 Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Media & Writing and Film & Television Studies, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Press Between 10and5. 2020. A3E Artist Profile: Gemma Shepherd – Between 10 and 5. [ONLINE] Available at: https://10and5.com/2019/09/17/a3e-artist-profile-gemma-sheperd/. [Accessed 25 August 2020]. Between 10and5. 2020. Less is More With Gemma Mary Shepherd – #CreateWithCanon – Between 10 and 5. [ONLINE] Available at: https://10and5.com/2019/03/26/less-is-more-with- gemma-mary-shepherd-createwithcanon/. [Accessed 25 August 2020]. Bubblegum Club. 2020. Gemma Shepherd – A Daring Fashion Lens Evoking A Sense Of Familiarity - Bubblegum Club. [ONLINE] Available at: https://bubblegumclub.co.za/photography/ gemma-shepherd-daring-fashion-lens-evoking-sense-familiarity/. [Accessed 25 August 2020]. I am not a stereotype. The photographer reframing South African identity | Beautiful News. 2020. I am not a stereotype. The photographer reframing South African identity | Beautiful News. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.beautifulnews.com/i-am-not-stereotype-photographer- reframing-south-african-identity. [Accessed 25 August 2020].
ANICO MOSTERT
KOOK EN GENIET
OIL AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | 2020
75CM X 61CM
R 16,500ONTHOU DIE MENGELSLAAI
OIL AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | 2020
75CM X 61CM
R 15,000HELPING HANDS
OIL AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | 2020
61CM X 45CM
R 13,500BLOU BADKAMER
OIL AND ACRYLIC ON CANVAS | 2020
41CM X 51CM
R 11,000ANICO MOSTERT (1995 - ) Anico Mostert is a multi-disciplinary artist and printmaker from Cape Town. She graduated from Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 2017, where she majored in printmaking. Anico Mostert currently lives and works from her home studio in Cape Town. Mostert’s work speaks to the quiet moments of the everyday. Her approach to making is versatile, seeing her producing across ceramics, textile design, animation and painting. She allows her practice to be intuitive and exist as a process of learning and discovery, creating the space for vivid colours and coltish figures to find their place in paintings and prints. Anico uses reference images from social media to imagine still lifes of ordinary scenes, observing the elements of the medium for the artwork to determine itself. Each piece’s name occurs as Mostert imagines what it would say if it could speak. The works upend familiarity, reminiscent of home spaces, yet offering a surreal swing of imagery, where rooms are unpeopled and yet full of life and pictures of people are empty of objects. Her works exude a calm quietness, illustrating unexpected details and unassuming scenarios that verge on the mundane but are illuminated through her attention and careful colour choices. Mostert’s work depicts still lifes, interactions and scenes that feel familiar and comforting but are also somewhat inverted and distorted to feel fresh and unexpected. Group Exhibitions 2020 ‘FEMINIST UTOPIA’ curated by Anelisa Mangcu, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa ‘Tones’, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa 2019 ‘Untitled 7.99’, 99 Loop, Cape Town, South Africa 2018 ‘The Greatest Hits Exhibition’, Association for Visual Arts Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa ‘Not Really’, Temporary Gallery on 136 Bree, Cape Town, South Africa ‘AFRAID SO’, Temporary Gallery on 136 Bree, Cape Town, South Africa Education 2018 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2017 Warren Editions Print Studio (Residency and Internship), Capri, Western Cape, South Africa Press South African Art Times:. 2020. Q&A with Anico Mostert by Eclectica Contemporary - South African Art Times:. [ONLINE] Available at: https://arttimes.co.za/qa-with-anico-mostert-by- eclectica-contemporary/. [Accessed 07 September 2020].
HANEEM CHRISTIAN
THE MEMORIAL BALL - WESLEY, BERLIN, CHENAL LE CAP
PHOTOGRAPHY ON 305GSM TRUE RAG
ETCHING PAPER | 2020, ED. 1/15
84CM X 60CM
R 17,000THE MEMORIAL BALL - THE HOUSE OF LE CAP
PHOTOGRAPHY ON 305GSM TRUE RAG
ETCHING PAPER | 2020, ED. 1/15
84CM X 60CM
R 17,000THE MEMORIAL BALL - MATTE LE CAP
PHOTOGRAPHY ON 305GSM TRUE RAG
ETCHING PAPER | 2020, ED. 1/15
84CM X 60CM
R 17,000HANEEM CHRISTIAN (1996 - ) Haneem Christian is a Visual Poet and Activist, born and raised in Grassy Park in Cape Town. Christian is a graduate of Gender Studies and Environmental and Geographical Sciences from the University of Cape Town. After graduating, Christian forged her way as a formidable Creative Director and Photographer, with a particular focus on representation within the Black and Brown LGBTQIA+ community. In February 2020, Christian delivered a body of work with NON Worldwide at the Institution of Contemporary Art after being been named one of four mentors for The Orms Mentorship Program, as well as an ongoing mentor for young artists in the Lalela Project. Christian is now strongly committed to creating curricula for students who use art as a means of education and emancipation. Bubblegum Club Magazine 2019 states, “Haneem is one of the leading forces of the South African future” Selected Group Exhibitions 2020 ‘FEMINIST UTOPIA’ curated by Anelisa Mangcu, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa The Otolith Group Xenogenesis, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Richmond, Virginia Press Photovogue. 2020. Vogue Italia PhotoVogue. [Online]. [13 August 2020]. Available from: https:// www.vogue.it/en/photovogue/myportfolio/?id=228564 The plug. 2017. Adidas Originals | Haneem Christian.[Online]. [4 August 2020].Available from: https://theplugmag.com/adidas-originals-haneem-christian/ Okay africa. 2016. Okay Africa. [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https:// www.okayafrica. com/born-kullid-in-the-neocolony/ Christa dee. 2017. Bubblegum Club. [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https:// bubblegumclub.co.za/art-and-culture/takeover-bree-street-reimagining-bree-street/ The plug. 2017. The Plug. [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https:// theplugmag.com/ dead-we-gon-live-forever-lookbook/ The plug. 2017. The Plug. [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https:// theplugmag.com/ dead-93-we-gon-live-forever-ii/ Marcia elizabeth. 2019. Bubblegum Club. [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https:// bubblegumclub.co.za/features/between-and-beyond-binaries-haneem-christian/ The lake. 2019. The Lake Magazine . [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https:// issuu.com/ thelakeco/docs/the_lake_issuu_26 Sol DxB Magazine ’19 (print) Gemma shepard. 2019. Orms Connect. 28 August 2019 . Meet The Orms Circle Mentors: Haneem Christian. [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https:// blog.ormsdirect.co.za/meet- mentors-haneem-christian/
HANEEM CHRISTIAN (1996 - ) Eye candy. 2016. Afropunk. [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https:// afropunk. com/2016/03/feature-check-out-cape-town-photographer-and-storyteller- imraan-christians- striking-series-intersection-of-the-black-imagination/ Cosmo. 2019. 25 under 25 fierce females making their Mark in Africa . [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https://www.cosmopolitan.co.za/hustle/cosmo-next-generation- leaders-revealed/ Jack drummond . 2017. Highsnobiety. [Online]. [4 August 2020]. Available from: https:// www. highsnobiety.com/p/nike-golf-cape-town/
KIMATHI MAFAFO
REFLECTIONS I
HAND AND MACHINE EMBROIDERED FABRIC | 2020
139CM X 101CM
R 120,000REFLECTIONS III
HAND AND MACHINE EMBROIDERED FABRIC | 2020
95CM X 70CM
R 85,000
SOLDKIMATHI MAFAFO (1984-) Kimathi Mafafo is a multidisciplinary artist whose practise ranges from embroidery and oil painting to installation. Born in the semi-arid Kimberley in the Northern Cape of South Africa, Mafafo’s verdant imaginings, characterized by lush greenery and sensuous drapery, are far removed from the dusty mining town where she grew up. Mafafo’s father G. Rocky Mafafo, a respected water-colourist, encouraged his children to take art classes at the local William Humphreys Museum in Kimberly. She affectionately recalls wandering around the collections of 16th and 17th-century Dutch still-life paintings, entranced by the vitality of their colours and their exquisite level of detail. Inspired by the technicality of these works and under the watchful eye of her father, Mafafo became a technically exacting artist. She went on to obtain a National Diploma in Fine Arts from the College of Cape Town in 2007 and a National Diploma in Film and Video from Cape Peninsula University of Technology in 2016. While her compositions may burst with riotous plant life each leaf and frond remain meticulously executed. Her compositions are seductive in their level of detail yet remain curiously flat, emphasizing their highly staged nature and the narrative element, which is central to her work. Her imagery is partly guided by her desire to celebrate the black female form, inspiring women to embrace their own worth and beauty. Her earliest works are partly autobiographical and tell the story of a woman withdrawing from the urban lifestyle and finding strength in nature and within herself. Mafafo works alongside Mustapha Saadu - a tailor from Ghana - with whom she has collaborated on a series of embroideries telling stories of women trapped under the weight of tradition and not fully realizing their worth. Embroidery is an ancient transcendent, and Kimathi as an emerging female artist, has found solace in the art form, transforming herself and her artwork. Recently, the artist has organized a group of Capetonian woman into an informal traditional embroidery society. The group embroider art pieces derived from her inspiration and artwork. In her own words, “the embroidery process is therapeutic, offering a platform to tackle gender issues and share advice as single parents.” As a group, it is their dream to attract more women to empower young females. Inspired by stories of women around her, Mafafo likens the woman in her narratives to flowers slowly blossoming against all odds, subtly criticising traditional gender roles while at the same time encouraging women to realize their own strength. Solo Exhibitions 2019 ‘Embolden’ at EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa 2018 Solo Presentation at Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, Booth S5, CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa 2017 ‘Alone in Spring’, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa 2015 ‘Withdrawn’, World Art, Cape Town, South Africa Group Exhibitions 2020 ‘FEMINIST UTOPIA’ curated by Anelisa Mangcu, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa LATITUDES Art Fair (Virtual Representation), EBONY/CURATED, Johannesburg, South Africa 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York, United States of America Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, Booth A12, South Africa
KIMATHI MAFAFO (1984-) Group Exhibitions continued 2019 ‘Angel’, St Antoine Church, in association with Muse Contemporary, Istanbul, Turkey ‘Spotlight’, LATITUDES Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, Johannesburg, South Africa ‘Botanica II’, Curated by Adele van Heerden for Art B Gallery, Bellville, South Africa ‘Textile’, Curated by Amy Pike For Dyman Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa ‘Filling in the Gaps’, Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa ‘Connections’, Greatmore Studios, Cape Town, South Africa 2018 ‘Also Known As Africa’ (AKAA) 2018, Paris, France ‘Summer Exhibition’, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa 2017 ‘Colourchart’, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa ‘Turbine Art Fair’, EBONY/CURATED Stand, Johannesburg, South Africa ‘Art Africa Fair’, Cape Town, South Africa ‘A Painting Today’, Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa 2016 ‘Turbine Art Fair’, EBONY/CURATED Stand, Johannesburg, South Africa ‘Summer Exhibition’, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa Public Collections The Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Palm Beach, Florida, USA William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberly South Africa Standard Bank Corporate Art Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa Africa First Collection, Israel IZIKO South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa The Art Bank of South Africa, Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa
EMMA BLENCOWE
ASCEND
FOOD COLOURING AND EDIBLE GLITTER
ON MUSEUM BOARD | 2019
116CM X 90CM
R 11,000CREED
FOOD COLOURING AND EDIBLE GLITTER
ON MUSEUM BOARD | 2019
116CM X 90CM
R 11,000
SOLDDESCEND
FOOD COLOURING AND EDIBLE GLITTER
ON MUSEUM BOARD | 2019
116CM X 90CM
R 11,000FERVOUR
FOOD COLOURING AND EDIBLE GLITTER
ON MUSEUM BOARD | 2019
116CM X 90CM
R 11,000EMMA BLENCOWE (1995-) Emma Blencowe is an artist living in between Reading in the United Kingdom and Cape Town, South Africa. Blencowe’s work focuses on the body, particularly the fat womxn’s body. She endeavors to bring focus to these bodies and celebrate them through her use of bright colours and her reference of ritual and ceremony, which can both uplift and oppress. Blencowes work focuses on these contradictions, and the contradictions that exist when you inhabit a body that is viewed as abject and othered by the society it survives in. Blencowe graduated from Michaelis School of Fine Art at the end of 2019. She majored in painting, but also studied photography during her degree. Post-Michaelis she began experimenting with digital painting techniques and how to combine these with her traditional food colouring paintings. Currently, Blencowe works mostly with food colouring on paper in various sizes. Food colouring represents the idea of sustenance, which nourishes us and builds our bodies, as well as referencing the fact that food colouring is derived from petroleum and is artificial, unnatural and potentially toxic to us. Blencowe’s work is a statement about the treatment of ‘other’/different bodies and how we should move to a more accepting world that celebrates all bodies, including those of fat womxn. In an utopian world, Blencowe would want to see a world which holds us accountable for our actions, allows us to grow, and is accepting and respectful of all bodies, celebrating their differences instead of dividing us. Selected Group Exhibitions 2020 ‘FEMINIST UTOPIA’ curated by Anelisa Mangcu, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa Margins Womxn’s Month Group Show, Eclectica Contemporary, Cape Town, South Africa 2019 Michaelis Graduate Exhibition, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town, South Africa 2018 September First Thursday’s Group Exhibition, Avital Lang Gallery and Studio, Cape Town, South Africa Grants & Awards 2018 Art and Theory Class Medal, awarded by Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town Education 2020 Digital Illustration Short Course at the University of Arts London, Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design Concept Art Short Course at the Academy of Digital Arts, Friends of Design Cape Town 2019 Bachelor of Arts (Fine Art) at Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town Photoshop Short Course at the Academy of Digital Arts, Friends of Design Cape Town
YONELA MAKOBA
A SALINE SOLUTION
RESIN AND GLASS SCULPTURE | 2020
46CM X 17CM
P.O.AA FRAGILE THING
RESIN AND GLASS SCULPTURE | 2020
81CM X 51CM X 23CM
P.O.AYONELA MAKOBA (1993-) Yonela Makob a is a multi disciplinary artist who was born and raised in the Eastern Cape. Makoba creates work that speaks to her lived experiences and works with sculpture, photography and performance art, while bringing attention to t he intersectional nature of her existence Makoba’s explor ation of the body as a site of experience, investigates the ‘ of her existence, focusing particularly on the black femme and queer body in South Africa. In her work, she uses the body to physically slow down time by exploring through a healing trance, the unknotting of memory and trauma held in the body. Makoba’s body was a site of scrutiny, picked apart to be compared to her sisters. This comparison leading to seeds of self loathing and dissatisfaction with her particular configuration of body parts and features. The ongoing theme of the violence inflicted on the body is something Makoba was faced with since early childhood. She draws from the often unspoken sexual experiences of a developing body and mind. From Makoba’s first sexual encounter, the unuttered blurred lines of non consensual sex and the exploration of self pleasur e, thereby e xpanding her experience of the body. T he works are an offering, an honest revealing of self, for forgiveness of self above all. In 2016, Makoba graduated with Bsc in Environmental Science from the University of Cape Town, and since graduating pursued her artistic career. In 2017 Makoba participated in two Michealis Galleries’ curatorial graduate shows as a contributing artist and collaborator. In 2019 Makoba showed, along other vis ual artists in an independent group show at the Cosmopolitian Gallery titled Poropompompom Makoba’s first solo exhibition was in February 2020, titled Kwantlandlolo at Orms in the completion of her residency program. Makoba participated in Latitudes Visual Art Fair, 2020 virtual representation. Solo Exhibitions 2020 ‘Kwantlandlolo’ curated by Anelisa Mangcu, Form by Orms, Cape Town, South Africa Selected Group Exhibitions 2020 ‘FEMINIST UTOPIA’ curated by Anelisa Mangcu, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa PAST PRESENT CURRENTS, Latitudes Visual Art Fair, Virtual presentation 2019 Porompompom, Independent presentation, Cosmopolitan Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa 2017 Conversations, Michealis Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa Unravelled, Michealis Galleries, Cape Town, South Africa The Studio One, Independent, Cape Town, South Africa Grants & Awards 2018 Anybody Zine Movement Residency 2019 ORMS Circle Residency 2020 Visiting Artists in Residency at the National Gallery in Bulawayo (NGB)
YONELA MAKOBA (1993-) Education 2016 Bsc in Environmental and geographic science, University of Cape Town, South Africa Press Maesela. N. ( February). Johannesburg: Yonela Makoba proclaims the body as holy. From City Press: https://www.news24.com/citypress/trending/yonela makobas proclaims the body as holy 20200216
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