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Thandiwe Msebenzi was born in 1991 and is an Artist working in the medium of photography. She grew up in Nyanga, Cape Town and graduated from Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2014. In her final year she was the recipient of the Tierney Photography Fellowship Award. In 2015 she became part of iQhiya collective taking part in AVA iQhiya solo show, FNB Joburg Art Fair, and Documenta 14. In 2016 Msebenzi was placed in the ABSA L'Atelier top ten and completed a four month residency at the Cape Town School of Photography culminating in a solo exhibition. She has been a speaker at the Design Indaba. Msebenzi currently works in her studio at Greatmore Studios in Woodstock.
Solo Exhibitions:
Upcoming, April 2019
Group Exhibitions
2017 Displacement, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town
2017 Hush Hush, SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Photo focus, SMITH, Cape Town
2017 Drought, Artwork Gallery, Cape Town
2017 [IN] APPROPRIATE, PH Centre, Cape Town
2016 Group show with iQuiya, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
2016 By Way of Hand, Cape Town School of Photography, Cape Town
2015 Kasi2Kasi Art Expo, Gugulethu
2015 Return to Sender, Centre for African Studies Gallery, Cape Town
2010 Group show at the Iziko National Annexure Gallery
International Exhibitions
2017 Documenta 14
Art Fairs
2018 FNB Joburg Art Fair (Upcoming)
2018 Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Greatmore Studios
Speaker
2017Design Indaba
2017 Dutch Design Week
Art Fairs
2015 THAT ART FAIR
2015 Turbine Art Fair, Fresh Produce
Residencies
2017 Four-month residency at The Cape Town School of Photography
Prizes
2018 Magnum Foundation Photography and Social Justice Fellow
2016 ABSA L'Atelier Top 10 Finalist
2014 Tierney Photography Fellowship Award
Media
https://www.magnumfoundation.org/socialjustice/
https://bubblegumclub.co.za/art-and-culture/thandiwe-msebenzi-an-interro...
http://www.designindaba.com/profiles/thandiwe-msebenzi