South African, Nomusa Makhubu is 23 years old.
Currently reading towards M.A. (Art History), she made her studies in B. Fine Art, Rhodes University, 2006


Exhibitions and Awards

• Student Exhibitions 2004, 2005, 2006
• Eastern Cape Artists Exhibition (
Paperworks) 2005
• Brett Kebble Art Awards, final selection, 2005
• Participated in Artists for Humanity: Women against child abuse print project 2006
• Participated in the Sun International/ Tapologo Aids hospice
Positive Exhibition 2006,
• Gerard Sekoto Award, ABSA L’Atelier 2006.
• Joint exhibition (
Faces to Face), Internationale Cite Des Arts, Paris, 2007
• Woman of the year Award in the “art” category – Rhodes Amnesty International, 2006.
• Finalist in Sasol New Signatures, 2007
• Contemporary Visions Of Southern Africa, Pretoria Museum, 2007
• Jeune Creation Exhibition, Paris, November 2007
• GlamourAid, 2007
• Spier Contemporary, final selection, 2007

Work

- Art Assistant:
National Arts Festival 2004 –
“Through the looking glass”
National Arts Festival 2005 –
“Sounds Crazy”
National Arts Festival 2006 –
“Ancestral Voices”
- Cue Fringe Reviewer : National Arts Festival 2007
- Narrator (part-time/voluntary): South African Library for the Blind, 2004-present
First Year Tutor, Rhodes University: Würth Scholarship requirement, 2007.
Teaching Assistant, Rhodes University – 2008

Societies

• Secretary 2004/ Arts Co-ordinator 2005 for Kujenga Inchi Upia
dealing with community outreach programmes aimed at creating student involvement in teaching art, music, dance.
• Deputy Secretary - WASA (Women Academics Solidarity Association), 2007

Conferences

SAVAH (SouthAfrican Visual Art Historians), Paper presented:
“It’s Just Un-African” - Re-examining African Sexuality in Contemporary Art