Africa’s film industry has evolved over the years. Filmmakers of African descent are using their talents to bring personal expression and social change to the world stage. Despite the many obstacles that the industry is facing, filmmakers are crafting fictional narratives that explore new ideas and portray many…
Helena Uambembe is an interdisciplinary artist working with textiles, printmaking, photography and performance. She was born in Pomfret the North West, South Africa in 1994 to Angolan parents who fled the civil war raging in their country. Her father was a soldier in the 32 Battalion, a military…
This exhibition, ‘ALT + SHIFT ENTER,’ urges their audience to consider futuristic possibilities to reconstruct society and how it is manifested through the adoption of a national identity that transcends individual distinctions by combining computer-based works, installations, performance, and sound art. Opening Reception: March 25; 4PM – 8PMExhibition…
Milumbe Haimbe is a Zambian painter and digital illustrator. Born in 1974, she grew up in the ’80s amidst Zambia’s worst economic crisis. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Copperbelt University. Haimbe then obtained a master’s degree in Fine Arts from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in Norway. Her work portrays black women as superheroes and her inspiration comes from…
Young Contemporary Alumni Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu launched late 2022 her contemporary take on the classic Ludo board game, Ludo x Yadi. Ludo x Yadi. Courtesy Yadichinma Despite it being over three months since the launch of this masterpiece, we can never stop talking and expressing our take on the…
The Art Basel Hong Kong fair returned with its largest edition since 2019, highlighting Hong Kong’s thriving contemporary art scene. When public viewing began on March 23 through to March 25, visitors examined exhibits from 177 galleries from 32 nations and territories. Art Basel Hong Kong returned to…
Image courtesy of Hyundai Ghanaian artist El Anatsui has joined the list of Hyundai commissioned artists at the Tate Modern. He will create the next annual Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern. The annual Hyundai Commission invites artists to create new work for the Tate Modern Turbine Hall, a…
Mónica de Miranda is a Portuguese artist of Angolan ancestry who lives and works between Lisbon, Portugal and Luanda, Angola. Born in 1976, her disciplines include photography, filmmaking, and research. She works on postcolonial issues of geography, history, and subjectivity mostly related to Africa and its diaspora. De Miranda’s…
Ibrahim Ballo was born in Bamako, Mali in 1986. Raised in a family of artists, becoming one himself felt natural to him. He grew up in an environment of weavers where his grandmother was also a weaver. He learnt the skill at home but later developed it over the course…
Edson Chagas is an Angolan photographer born in 1977. He trained as a photojournalist at the London College of Communication and further studied documentary photography at the University of Wales. His work explores cities and consumerism. He captures colourful minimalist compositions both on the street and in the studio. As a whole, his…
The Fakeye family from Nigeria is very prominent in the history of Yorùbá woodcarving, renowned for their exceptional talent in masterful craftsmanship. For generations, the family has perfected an intricate style of carving that has been passed down from father to son. Although the forebears of the family…
Zakaria Ramhani was born in Tangiers, Morocco in 1983. He currently lives and works in Montreal, Canada. Ramhani was raised in a Muslim community and in a creative home; his father was a landscape painter who shied away from portraying the human figure for religious concerns. Whenever he was commissioned for a…
Nadia Kaabi-Linke was born in Tunis, Tunisia in 1978. An installation artist best known for her conceptual art, her work has explored themes of geopolitics, immigration, and transnational identities. She studied at the Tunis Institute of Fine Arts and received a Ph.D. in philosophy of art from the Sorbonne in Paris, France. Using a variety of…
The shortlist for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2023 has been released. This year’s shortlisted artists have been said to push the boundaries of photography today. Along with the other shortlisted artists for the prestigious photography prize, it is said that Samuel Fosso and Frida Orupabo are…
Kenyan artist Rosemary Karuga has made a significant impact on the African art community, particularly in the contemporary scene ; through her unique style and powerful imagery. She passed away at the age of 93 on the 9th of February 2021. Karuga is well known for her vibrant…
Michael Tsegaye was born in 1975 in Ethiopia’s capital city, Addis Ababa. He is an artist and photographer who started his journey when he transferred to Addis Ababa University’s School of Fine Arts and Design from the Economics Department where he had initially enrolled. There, he received his diploma in…
Masonwabe Ntloko’s debut solo exhibition, “ILISO LO MOYA,” is currently on display at Katmo Gallery. The exhibition draws inspiration from the spiritual nuances and Xhosa heritage that are central to Ntloko’s artistic expression. This marks the first time that Ntloko has exhibited his paintings in a solo show,…
A number of African photographers take photographs of people, their environment, situations and challenges and expose them to the public for a greater understanding of their surroundings, and in the case of a foreigner, get insight into places they are yet to visit. Some of these photographs are…
Artist and leading advocate for Arts and Health, Kunle Adewale has been appointed as one of the distinguished steering committee members for the WHO-Jameel Arts and Health Lab in New York. The international artist currently resides in Manchester, United Kingdom, where he continues to collaborate with top experts,…
Ephrem Solomon was born in Ethiopia in 1983. Solomon creates inquisitive works using wood cut panels and mixed media based on his socio-political observations of contemporary Addis Ababa. Trained in traditional printmaking, Solomon uses carved marks for constructed portraits informed by the people around him, creating figures that…