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nomusa.makhubu@uct.ac.za
Nomusa Makhubu works broadly in art interventionism, popular culture, live art and social engagement in African visual art. She was the recipient of the ABSA L’Atelier Gerard Sekoto Award in 2006 and the Prix du Studio National des Arts Contemporain, Le Fresnoy in 2014. She received the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) African Humanities Program fellowship award and was selected to be an African Studies Association (ASA) Presidential fellow in 2016. In 2017, she was also a UCT-Harvard Mandela fellow at the Hutchins Centre for African and African American Research, Harvard University. In that same year, she was the First Runner Up for the Department of Science and Technology (DST) Women in Science Awards. Recognising the need for broader creative mentorship, collaborative practice and socially responsive arts, she started the Creative Knowledge Resources project. She co-edited a Third Text Special Issue: ‘The Art of Change’ (2013) and later co-curated with Nkule Mabaso the international exhibition, Fantastic, in 2015 and The stronger we become in 2019 at the 58th Venice Biennale in Italy. Makhubu is a member of the South African Young Academy of Science (SAYAS).
National Research Foundation Rating: Y1
orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2546-4701
Peer-reviewed (accredited) Journal Articles
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Select Book Reviews in Peer-Reviewed Journals
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Artwork is represented in the following national and international collections
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Curated Exhibition
Responsibilities: Concept, selection of artworks, contextualization of artworks, writing, and curating. The exhibition led to the colloquium that took place on the 16th of September 2015 and a catalogue. The Colloquium speakers were Gabeba Baderoon (Penn State University), Harry Garuba (UCT), Anne-Maria Makhulu (Duke University), Imraan Coovadia (UCT), Chaired by Nomusa Makhubu
Group Exhibitions
Catalogue Essays
Michaelis School of Fine Art
University of Cape Town
31 -37 Orange Street Gardens
8001 Cape Town
South Africa
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