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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.
Group Exhibitions
2017
Displacement, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town
Hush Hush, SMITH, Cape Town
Photo focus, SMITH, Cape Town
Drought, Artwork Gallery, Cape Town
[IN] APPROPRIATE, PH Centre, Cape Town
2016
Group show with iQuiya, AVA Gallery, Cape Town
By Way of Hand, Cape Town School of Photography, Cape Town
2015
Kasi2Kasi Art Expo, Gugulethu
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
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Greatmore Studios
Speaker
2017
Design Indaba
Dutch Design Week
Art Fairs:
2015
THAT ART FAIR
Turbine Art Fair, Fresh Produce
Residencies
2017
Four-month residency at The Cape Town School of Photography
Prizes
2014
Tierney Photography Fellowship Award
2016
ABSA L'Atelier Top 10 Finalist
Media:
http://www.designindaba.com/profiles/thandiwe-msebenzi