Haneem Christian
1996
Haneem Christian (b.1996-) is a visual poet from Cape Town, South Africa. Working through lens-based media, their practice centres and archives Queer and Pan-African narratives, histories and storytelling – holding community as sacred, divine and critical to their photographic ethics.
Christian has exhibited in notable exhibitions such as International Cape Town Art Fair, 1-54 New York, AKAA, Unseen photo Fair, and Taylor Wessing at the National Portrait Gallery, London. In February 2022, Christian was announced as the winner of the Pride Photo Award 2022. Christian is currently in residency with Magnum Photos. Christian was awarded the National Portrait Taylor Wessing Portrait Award 2022.
Christian is now strongly committed to creating curricula for students who use art as a means of education and emancipation. Bubblegum Club Magazine 2019 states, "Haneem is one of the leading forces of the South African future".
Eyes to See - Thandi Gula I
2022
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Eyes to See - Thandi Gula II
2022
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Eyes to See - Thandi Gula III
2022
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The Lover I
2022
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The Lover II
2022
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The Lover III
2022
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The Lover not shown
2022
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Artworks
Residencies:
PhotoVogue x Voice NFT Residency, 2022
Artist residency at Cove Park, Scotland, 2022
Mentorship:
“Re-presenting the Archive” hosted by Magnum Photos in collaboration with VANSA
Collections:
UCT Works of Art Collection, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Unisa Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
‘Embodying Her’, Muholi Art Institute, Cape Town, South Africa
Akaa Photo Fair, Paris, France
Taylor Wessing Portrait Exhibition, National Portrait Museum, Scotland
‘Incantations’, Eclectica Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2022
‘A Point of Departure’, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, EBONY/CURATED, Main Booth B3, South Africa
‘Pride Photo Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
‘Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize Exhibition’ National Portrait Museum, London, United Kingdom
2021
'In Flux’, First Floor Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
‘Unseen’ Photo Fair, Amsterdam, Europe
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (visual representation) EBONY/CURATED, New York, United States of America
2020
FNB Art Joburg, EBONY/CURATED, Johannesburg, South Africa
‘Feminist Utopia’, curated by Anelisa Mangcu, EBONY/CURATED, Cape Town, South Africa
The Otolith Group Xenogenesis, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Richmond, Virginia
