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