education
2021 - MFA - Ruskin School of Art- University of Oxford, U.K
2014 - BA- Fashion Design - FEDISA, S.A
2011 - Bachelor of Economics- Rhodes University, S.A
solo
2022 - A Confluence of Parts, Alliance Française - Dar es salaam, Tanzania
2022 - To Dismantle a House (Solo Performance), South London Gallery - London, U.K.
select group
2022 - Je suis moi-même le soleil, 31 Project - Paris, France
2022 - Moving Mountains (ongoing), GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts - Leipzig, Germany
2021 - Boundless Space: The possibilities of Burning Man, Sotheby’s - New York, U.S.A.
2021 - The Intense Now, Maputo Fast Forward - Maputo, Mozambique
2021 - Terrains of Possibility, Rele Gallery - Lagos, Nigeria
2021 - Ruskin Shorts, Modern Art Oxford - Oxford, United Kingdom
2021 - Ferengi (The Strange), Villa Mondriaan - Winterswijk, Netherlands
2020 - Now bite the hand that feeds you, BodaBoda Lounge - Southern Africa, Switzerland & New York
2020 - Non-Representational, Stevenson Gallery (Online) - South Africa
2020 - Class of 2020, Circa Art - Piccadilly Circus, London, UK.
2020 - Magician: Black body and Portraiture, Fellows Of Contemporary Art - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2019 - Dégobillage et autres merveilles de l’excès - Quebec, Canada.
2019 – The main complaint, Zeitz MOCAA - Cape Town, South Africa.
panels, lectures and workshops
2022 - Workshop Symbolism, status and self: Pattern-making and Transfer Printing , Courtauld Gallery and Hospital Rooms - U.K.
2022 - Lecture African Digital Humanities: Digital Art, Carleton University invited by Dr. Chambi Chachage - Canada
2021 - Panel Womxnhood: Non-Binary and Queer inclusion , OSISA - South Africa
2020-21 Lectures and Workshops Nafasi Academy Mentor, Nafasi Art Space - Tanzania
2020 - Panel Surviving and Thriving: A Black History Month Artistic Celebration, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, London School of Economics - London, U.K.
2020 - Panel Art & Activism, Royal African Society, S.O.A.S. - University of London, U.K.
2020 - Panel Africa in 2020: Prospects and Forecasts, Royal African Society - University of Edinburgh, U.K.
2019 - Panel Fakugesi Digital Art Festival. Creative Economies, University of Johannesburg - South Africa
residencies and awards
2022 - Ingram Art Prize - Winner
2022 - Linenhall International Artist Residency - Castlebar, Ireland
2022 - South London Gallery and Roberts Institute of Art Performance Artist Residency - London, U.K.
2022 - Dentons Art Prize - Comendation
2022 - Henrike Grohs Award - Shortlisted
2021 - The Intense Now Residency [online], Maputo Fast Forward - Mozambique
2021 - The Vivien Leigh Prize - Winner
2019 - ARK (Artist Residency of Kigamboni) - Tanzania
2018 - British Council CollabNowNow Residency - Mozambique
2016 - International Design Awards - Silver Winner (African Fashion) - Los Angeles, U.S.A.
publication and features
2022 - The Red List & The Speech I would have given. In Other Words II (forthcoming), Metal Culture, pp.70-71
2021 - Long wait on a parallel street, Solitude Journal 3 - Mutations, Akademie Schloss Solitude and KfW Stiftung
2020 - Letter from Dar es Salaam, Jesse Gerard, Art Monthly Uk: Issue 442 Noc - Jan 20/21
2020 - (Z)Amani za Kale: A Former Glory(?), Rehema Chachage. Amani - Auf den Spuren einer kolonialen Forschungsstation in Tansania, edited by P. Wenzel Geißler, Rene Gerrets, Ann H. Kelly and Peter Mangesho, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2020, pp. 64-69. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839449592-010
2019 - Symptoms of a Pathology, Jesse Gerard. PSP Culture (online) https://www.psp-culture.com/art/symptoms-of-a-pathology/
2018 - Your Daughter is Calling (Poem), Poetry Potion 13, Black Letter Media (South Africa) SKU: 9772304810005
collections
The Ashmolean Museum
The Ingram Collection
Private Collections