Kapwani Kiwanga

Kapwani Kiwanga
Born 1978 (age 39–40)
Hamilton, Ontario
Residence Paris
Nationality Canadian
Education McGill University
Style video, installation, sound, performance
Website www.kapwanikiwanga.org

Kapwani Kiwanga is a Canadian artist working in Paris, France.[1]

Early life and education

Kiwanga was born in 1978 in Hamilton, Ontario and grew up there and in the nearby town of Brantford, where she took classes at the Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant.[1] She has said that she gained her perspective on colonialism and Canada's Indigenous people from her time in Brantford, which is situated on the Haldimand Tract in the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. Kiwanga later studied anthropology at McGill University in Montreal, and art at the "La Seine" program at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[2]

Work

Kiwanga's work is shaped by her academic background in anthropology and comparative religion, and often involves multiple formats and media in order to make possible a diversity of experiences for the viewer.[3] She employs strategies of social scientific research and documentary modes of presentation in her work.[4] In her Afrogalactica trilogy project (commenced 2011), Kiwanga plays the role of an anthropologist from the future whose research draws upon Afrofuturism, African astronomy and gender.[5]

Major exhibitions

Solo exhibitions of Kiwanga's work have been held at the Centre Georges Pompidou, CCA Glasgow, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo in Almeria, Spain, Salt Beyoglu in Istanbul, the South London Gallery, the Jeu de Paume, the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Paris Photo, and The Power Plant. Kiwanga was the 2016 Commissioned Artist at the Armory Show.[6] In January–March 2018, the Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant held a solo exhibition of Kiwanga's work entitled Kapwani Kiwanga: Clearing.[7]

Representation

Kiwanga is represented by Galerie Jérôme Poggi in Paris, Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg and Cape Town, and Galerie Tanja Wagner in Berlin.[2][8][9]

Awards

Kiwanga has received two BAFTA nominations for her film and video works.[6] In 2018 she was named the inaugural winner of the Frieze Artist Award.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Lee, Yaniya. "Kapwani Kiwanga Gets Personal". Canadian Art. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Kapwani Kiwanga". galeriepoggi.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  3. ↑ McLeod, Erin. "Kapwani Kiwanga: An Artist Anthropologist". Canadian Art. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Nathan, Emily (24 February 2016). "Up and Coming: Armory Artist Kapwani Kiwanga Explores the Social and Political Economy of Gift-Giving". Artsy. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Steingo, Gavin (2017). "Kapwani Kiwanga : spéculations extraterrestres" (PDF). Images Re-vues. 14: 3. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Commissioned artist for 2016:The Armory Show selects Kapwani Kiwanga". www.contemporaryand.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "2018 Exhibits – Glenhyrst - Brantford, ON". www.glenhyrst.ca. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "GOODMAN GALLERY: artists: Kapwani Kiwanga". www.goodman-gallery.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Galerie Tanja Wagner: Kapwani Kiwanga". tanjawagner.com. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
  10. ↑ Halio, Grace (15 February 2018). "Kapwani Kiwanga Named Winner of the Frieze Artist Award". ARTnews. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
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