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…
A self-taught painter and mixed media expressionist, Emmanuel Nkuranga is co-founder and owner of Inema Arts Center in Kigali, Rwanda. Through Inema, Nkuranga leads the country’s growing creative industry. Born in Mityana, Uganda in 1987, he is the son of Rwandan former exiles. He moved to Rwanda in…
As more African countries are getting due representation at the Venice Biennale, the Republic of Benin will debut their first-ever national pavilion. The inaugural national pavilion of the Republic of Benin at the 60th edition of the Venice Biennale, which will take place from April 20th to November…
Thebe Phetogo, a painter from Botswana, is showcasing his solo exhibition titled “7 Propositions for the Origin of a Blackbody” at Kó. His art is heavily influenced by his identity as a Motswana artist, and he approaches his practice as a journey of constant exploration. In his paintings,…
African artists often explore domestic spaces as a way to negotiate power dynamics, intimacy, and identity. The domestic space is known as the distinct and private space of the home. The centrality of the artist’s home is sometimes redefined in their works. In their investigations of domestic spaces,…
Hadia Gana was born in Tripoli, Libya in 1973. She studied ceramics and glass making at the School of Fine Arts and Media at the University of Tripoli. She then pursued a Master’s in Ceramics at the University of Wales, Cardiff in 2005. Gana identifies as a ceramist…
Coca-Cola, the world’s largest carbonated soft drink company, just debuted a new commercial for its New Magic campaign that that combines classic and modern works of art by international artists. Together with South African visual artist WonderBuhle, the advertisement includes modern artists from several countries, like Egypt’s Fatima…
EMOWAA names Aindrea Emelife as curator and Chike Okeke-Agulu as senior advisor in an effort to sharpen its emphasis on modern and contemporary art. Chika Okeke-Agulu (right) and Aindrea Emelife (left). Courtesy of EMOWAA. The EMOWAA (Edo Museum of West African Art) Trust announces the appointments of Professor…
The 15th annual Sharjah’s March Meeting of the Sharjah Art Foundation The Postcolonial Constellation: Art, Culture, Politics after 1960 brought together students from all over the world, curators, and artists to address important topics related to the main theme of the 15th Sharjah Biennial: Thinking Historically in the…
Ghanaian born visual artist, Yaw Owusu creates sculptural installations by transforming ordinary everyday materials into art pieces of elevated value. These installations symbolise the influence of global production and finance on art objects of surpassing beauty. Image courtesy of Africa in dialogue At the beginning of his career,…
Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD). Courtesy of MoAD The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) announced in February the creation of a joint curatorial position as part of a broader partnership that will support scholarship and public engagement…
The world’s first Islamic Arts Biennale is taking place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. This new event features a host of talented African artists and will be curated by South African architecture professor and principal of Counterspace design studio; Sumayya Vally. Vally is rapidly gaining recognition in both the…