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Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi

16 May 2022
Creative Knowledge Resources

Matshelane Xhakaza observes how Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi's Gymnasium and Heros series provide 'examples of how we can consider affect as a methodology for understanding notions of history, experience, sensation, and bodies in varying spaces in which we the subjects of visual practice move'

Harpers Bazaar, 1 April 2023

'Out Of Exile – Inside Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi’s Heroes Series': Alison Tay reflects on Nkosi's portraits on the occasion of the 15th Sharjah Biennial.

Latitudes Podcast, 22 November 2023

Making Art is a Way of Thinking and Releasing: Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi discusses her work with Refiloe Mpakanyane, delving into 'her studio practice, as well as her emphatic belief that love can be a force for meaningful change'

Wanted, 22 August 2022

Danielle Bowler reflects on Landings, paying close attention to how the works in the exhibition prompt 'new ways to be, think, feel, exist, resist'

Why Is That, February 2021

Understanding the Value Of Ar‪t‬: Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi discusses the value and pricing of art with Sara Hallatt and Nkgabiseng Motau

Africa is a Country, June 2020

'The structures we live in, and with, deeply affect how we feel and act. The dynamic that is created on the canvas when you place a human form inside a particular architecture therefore interests me on many levels: visual, psychological, ideological': Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi in conversation with Drew Thompson about portraiture, architecture and identity

WePresent, 10 April 2020

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi speaks to Alex Khal about Gymnasium, focusing on her upbringing, the foundations of her practice and 'why she refuses to conform to expectation'.