AVP CollabAvP is an arts collaborative comprising of visual artists; Sharlene Khan, Nono Motlhoki, and printmaker Lebo Mabusela ‘Monotypebabe’ alongside writer and editor Fouad Asfour. The collaborative meets over lunches and suppers, tea and drinks to discuss their artworks, everyday politics and their lived experiences. They have write and play together to think through creativities, … Read more AvP
20 APR – 30 JUN 2022Mpumelelo Buthelezi lives and works in Johannesburg. He is a photographer who studied photojournalism and documentary photography at the Market Photo Workshop. He graduated in 2017. Mpumelelo went on to exhibit his photographs at Social Art Award in Germany 2019, Transitions Rotterdam Foto Festival in the Netherlands in 2019, and … Read more Cassirer Welz Award Winner Mpumelelo Buthelezi
1 DEC 2021 – 29 FEB 2022BIOAndréa Hygino lives in Rio de Janeiro (BR) and works as a visual artist, university professor at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and art-educator at independent institutions. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts at UERJ and a Masters in Visual Languages at … Read more Andréa Hygino
01 OCT 2021 – 30 SEP 2022The Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Kutlwano Monyai and Princia Matungulu have been selected as joint recipients of the annual Young Womxn Studio Bursary, funded by Bag Factory alumni artist Sam Nhlengethwa. They will share a fully funded studio bursary at the Bag Factory for twelve months … Read more Kutlwano Monyai – Young Womxn Studio Bursary
1 OCT 2021 – 30 SEP 2022The Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Princia Matungulu and Kutlwano Monyai have been selected as joint recipients of the annual Young Womxn Studio Bursary, funded by Bag Factory alumni artist Sam Nhlengethwa. They will share a fully funded studio bursary at the Bag Factory for twelve months … Read more Princia Matungulu – Young Womxn Studio Bursary
1 NOV 2021 – 31 JAN 2022BIOTuva Björk is a video artist and documentary filmmaker from Helsinki, Finland. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts and an MFA in Artistic Film Directing both from Valand Academy of Art, Sweden. She has also studied at the Film and TV department in the University of the Witwatersrand … Read more Tuva Bjork
2 SEP 2021 – 30 NOV 2021Bag Factory is pleased to announce that EM Mirembe (Uganda) will join us in a fully-funded residency at the Bag Factory from 2 September to 30 November 2021. This residency is part of Art Connection Africa, a cooperation of KfW Stiftung and Triangle Network to foster visual art exchanges, capacity … Read more EM Mirembe
1 SEP 2021 – 30 NOV 2021We’re excited to announce that Kutlo Mabua (Botswana) will be joining us in a fully-funded residency at the Bag Factory from 1 Sep – 30 Nov 2021. This residency is part of Art Connection Africa, a cooperation of KfW Stiftung and Triangle Network to foster visual art exchanges, capacity … Read more Kutlo Mabua
Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Marcia Harvey Isaksson will undertake a fully-funded residency at the Bag Factory from 1 September 2022 – 30 November 2022. Marcia is supported by Iaspis, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden) International Program supporting international exchange for practitioners in the areas of visual art, design, craft and architecture. This … Read more Marcia Harvey Isaksson
1 FEB 2022 – 31 MAR 2022Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Sofia Ana Elise Steinvorth (Germany) will undertake a fully-funded residency at the Bag Factory from 27 Feb – 26 May 2021. As part of TURN 2 RESIDENCY The aim of the project is to facilitate research for emerging curators and cultural practitioners … Read more Sofia Ana Elise Steinvorth
