Alex Mawimbi

Alex Mawimbi
Born 1981 (age 36–37)
Kenya
Residence Rotterdam
Occupation Artist

Alex Mawimbi, formerly known as Ato Malinda,[1][2][3] is a multidisciplinary performance artist born in Kenya and based in Rotterdam.[4]

Early life and career

Alex Mawimbi (nee Lakareber Atokena Abe, a Ugandan name) was born on the 8th of August, 1981, in Nairobi, Kenya. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Transart Institute in New York.[5]

Her work explores the facets of African identity and authenticity in mediums including performance, drawing and painting, installation, ceramics, and video. She also focuses on gender and female sexuality, especially the stories of LGBTQ communities, and Western museum monolithic representation of Africa.[5]

At the 2010 SUD triennial in Douala, Cameroon, Mawimbi performed a piece on the myth of the water goddess Mami Wata. The goddess, whose myth originates just prior to the rise of colonialism, is said to simultaneously give bountiful wealth to and take the lives of her lovers. Mawimbi presents Mami Wata in the form of water energy rather than as a mermaid, and performed the myth in the mangroves of the Douala's Wouri River. The performance was both observed and recorded.[6]

In 2016, she was an awardee at the National Museum of African Art's first African Art Awards[7][8] and highlighted by The Wall Street Journal as an emerging artist.[9]

She is based in Rotterdam.[5]

Selected exhibitions

Solo

  • The Armory Show, Circle Art Gallery Boooth, 2016[5]
  • Kalao Panafrican Creations, Bilbao, "An Exploration of Self: Her Mirror", 2013[5]
  • Dans Mon Brun, Doual'art, 2009[5]

Group

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 7, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 27, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Alex Mawimbi". Contemporary And. Archived from the original on August 17, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  6. ↑ Pinther, Kerstin; Fischer, Berit; Nzewi, Ugochukwu-Smooth C., eds. (2015). New Spaces for Negotiating Art (and) Histories in Africa. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 124. ISBN 978-3-643-90626-7. Archived from the original on March 26, 2018.
  7. ↑ McGlone, Peggy (October 27, 2016). "At 80, Johnnetta Cole reflects on her career and the controversial Cosby exhibition". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on March 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 3, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2017.
  9. ↑ Crow, Kelly (May 11, 2016). "5 Artists to Watch". Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on March 6, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

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