Thenjiwe Nkosi

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi (born 1980) is a South African-American painter and multi-media artist.[1][2] In 2019, she won the 15th Tollmand Award, an annual South African award for visual artist.[3][4][5][6]

Early years and education

Nkosi was born in 1980 in New York to a South African father in exile and a Greek-American mother. She moved to Harare in1989 then Johannesburg in 1992. She holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York.[1][7][3][8][6]

Career

Usually Nkosi's works investigate power and its structures in politics, architecture and society. She has exhibited her paintings and films in several countries including South Africa, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Vernice and Portugal. Some of shows she has exhibited at include; the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg, the ifa Gallery in Berlin, the South London Gallery and Tate Modern in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rio de Janeiro, Joburg Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale and the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.[1][7][2][8][5] She has been an artist in residence at the XXVIIes Aterliers Internationaux, FRAC des Pays de la Loire in France, VAIVEM in Sao Paulo, Vanilla Facts in Berlin, Cruces International, Montevideo and the Bag Factory Artist Residency.[3]

Personal life

Nkosi is a mother of one child.[2] She lives and works in Johannesburg.[2]

Awards
  • 2004 - She won the Philippe Wamba Prize in African Studies[3]
  • 2019 - She won the 15th Tollmand Award[4][3]

References
  1. "Studio VU welcomes Thenjiwe Nkosi on January 10, 2018". Vanderbilt University. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  2. "Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi". www.nandos.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  3. STEVENSON. "STEVENSON". STEVENSON. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  4. "South African Artist Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi Receives the 15th Tollman Award | Contemporary And". www.contemporaryand.com (in German). Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  5. "Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi: Gymnasium". The Africa Center. 2019-09-13. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  6. "Artist Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi reveals—and defies—the white supremacist underpinnings of elite gymnastics". Document Journal. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  7. "Event: Frieze New York: Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi". Mariane Ibrahim Gallery. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
  8. "Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi". frieze.com. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
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