Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi was born in 1980 in New York to a South African father in exile and a Greek-American mother. She moved to Harare in 1989, then Johannesburg in 1992. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Usually, Nkosi’s works investigate power and its structures in politics, architecture and society. She has exhibited her paintings and films in several countries including South Africa, United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Vernice and Portugal. Some of the shows she has exhibited at include: Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg, Ifa Gallery in Berlin, the South London Gallery and Tate Modern in London, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Rio de Janeiro, Joburg Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale and the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris.
Thenjiwe Nkosi
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