Photographer: David Thunander
About
Born: 1975 in Harare, Zimbabwe
Based: Since 1999 in Stockholm, Sweden
Education:
2024-2025 Royal Institute of Art, Further Education in Architecture and Critical Studies, (post-master one year course)
2014-2015 Sveriges Arkitekter, Program för professionsutveckling
2013 Kawashima Textile School, Kyoto
2005-2008 Beckmans College of Design, Stockholm
2004-2005 Nyckelviksskolan, Lidingö
2000-2001 ACCA (UK), Chartered Certified Accountant
1995-2000 University of South Africa, Bachelor of Accounting Science
Board member:
2024-ongoing Bildkonstnärsfonden, Konstnärsnämnden
2018-2022 Stockholms Arkitektförening
2017-2020 Handarbetets Vänner
Upcoming art exhibitions:
2026 "Stretching the Cord", Borås Biennial (group)
Recent art exhibitions:
2025 "Livet och trasornas väv", Sven-Harrys Konstmuseum (group)
2025 "X Marks the Spot", Galleri Svarta Gran, Dalarna (solo)
2025 "There Are Other Skies" SMoCA, Arizona (group)
2024 "The Glittering Field", AOA;87, Berlin (group)
2024 "transfeminisms, Chapter IV: Care and Kinship" Mimosa House, London (group)
2024 "Once Upon a Mountain", Orsa Kulturhus, Dalarna (solo)
2023-2024 "Weave Weft Woven", Röhsska museet, Gothenburg (group)
2023 "3,5% Over Generations", Husby (duo)
2023 "In:Tangible", Form och Design Center, Malmö (group)
2023 "Den Första Tropen", Galleri Trop, Stockholm (group)
2022 "It´s a Mixtape", Bag Factory, Johannesburg (group)
2022 "A Cacaphony", Lizamore Gallery, Johannesburg (group)
2021 "Matriarchs: Myths & Legends", Fiberspace, Stockholm (solo)
2020 "Knowledge Stones", Skantzen, Hallstahammar (solo)
2020 "Väva, Fläta, Fästa", Västerås Konstmuseum, Västerås (group)
2018 "Weavers in the West", Etnografiska Museum, Stockhom (solo)
Residencies:
2024 Lusaka Contemporary Art Center, Lusaka
2022 The Bag Factory, Johannesburg
2019 Ett kulturliv för alla, Hallstahammar
2018 Plats för det handgjorda, Etnografiska Museum + Slöjd Stockholm
Awards:
2022 Cathrine von Hausswolff stipendiet
2022 Dynamostipendiet, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2020 Project grant, Swedish Arts Grants Committee
Work experience:
2022 - present, Founder and head curator of Southnord
2015 - present, Founder and curator of Fiberspace
2012 - present, Founder of sqCircle AB
2008 - present, Interior Architect, member of Sveriges Arkitekter
2008 - present, Exhibition Designer
1995-2004, Auditor/Accountant
For information about the Afro-Nordic art platform, Southord, please visit southnord.com. For interior architectural, exhibition design and curatorial projects please visit sqcircle.se and for information about the textile art, crafts and design platform, Fiberspace, please visit fiberspace.se.
Interviews
MATRIARCHS, MYTHS + LEGENDS
Interview with Maria Rosenlöf during the first Matriarchs, Myths and Legends performance at Fiberspace. June 2021.
BAG FACTORY
Interview with Andile Buka during a three month residency period at the Bag Factory. Speaking about the methods and materials I was exploring at the time. November 2022.
WEAVE WEFT WOVEN
Interview with Maria Vatne Jansson during the exhibition Låt Hundra Blommor Blomma at Röhsska museet. Speaking about my performative installation - Weave Weft Woven. November 2023.
3,5% GENERATIONS
Interview with Sarah Tawiah after the duo exhibition in Husby that she curated. Speaking about my practice in general and operating as a POC cultural worker in the Nordics in particular. July 2024.
See other POC interviews at Tawiah Curating
X MARKS THE SPOT
Interview with Swedish radio P4 Dalarna in connection with my solo exhibition "X Marks the Spot" at Galleri Svarta Gran 9 May 2025.