New Africa Exhibition

AFRINOVA is a Switzerland-based creative platform that promotes contemporary art and design from Africa and the diaspora. 

We are inviting you and art lovers to an immersive experience where ART x DESIGN x CULTURE collide, giving us the NEW AFRICA exhibition. AFRINOVA will help show how the confluence of all of these factors is inspiring the multitude of creative interpretations and narratives from Africa and the diaspora. 

The pop up-exhibition will introduce and promote the concept of a new Africa. A uniquely curated experience for the Swiss and EU community to reconnect with Africa and its people in a new way.

The exhibition, hosted from 25 June 2021 – 3 July 2021 at Atelier Mondial in the city of Basel, is a contemporary African art occasion where 6 talented artists will showcase their art. Each artist will give audiences a glimpse into the creative contributions, celebrations and re-interpretations of culture and heritage taking place in their societies.

NEW AFRICA Exhibition Artists

Rediet Sisay is an Ethiopian artist based in Hamburg, Germany. With past exhibitions in Japan and Germany, Rediet’s modernist artworks are inspired by relationships from her upbringing among family and community.

Thabiso Phepeng is a South African abstractionist based in Zurich. Thabiso combines postmodern African art, abstract expressionism and graffiti influences.

Buhle Nkalashe is a mixed media artist who focuses on portraiture and incorporates cultural elements through patterns and colour. Named as one of SAATCHI’s 35 under 35 artists for 2020, Buhle documents the evolvement of African contemporary culture over the years.

Simphiwe Kaka is an emerging artist from Cape Town, South Africa. Sfumato and impasto are his chosen artistic techniques. Currently, his work explores the experiences of South African youth who have false hope brought upon by the ‘new South Africa’.

Selloane Moeti, a visual artist from Durban, South Africa. She specialises in oil painting and performance art – a body of work linked to cleansing, healing, dislocation and relocation. 

Patrick Planter was born and raised in Jamaica. The fine art photographer and photojournalist currently lives in Zurich, Switzerland. Patrick captures the reality of his own professionally picturesque endeavour.

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Keabetswe Boccomino is a South African interculturalist and founder of AFRINOVA. Her previous work as a research and writer at an innovation company motivated her to gain her Masters in Intercultural Communication at Universita della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano, Switzerland in 2019. With a mission to Inform, Engage and Collaborate towards building a crosscultural creative community, Keabetswe is using her passion to showcase the new narratives shared through contemporary African art.

Since its founding in April 2020, AFRINOVA represents emerging artists who have exhibited in various international platforms such as Turbine Art fair, Swiss Art Expo and the Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan.
The new perspective offered by AFRINOVA has resulted in exciting collaborations with Swiss-based art institutions and spaces for curation and dialogue.

For more information, visit the following link: www.afrinovart.com/newafrica
You can contact Keabetswe Boccomino via kea@afrinovart.com

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