EDUCATION |
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2022 |
Masters in Fine Art, University of Witwatersrand.
Awarded with Distinction.
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2017 – 2018 |
Family Constellations Training, African Constellations. |
2021 |
Masters in Public Health, University of Edinburgh |
2012 |
Astanga Yoga Teacher Training (YTT200), Haum of Yoga. |
2007 |
BA Social Anthropology and English, University of Cape Town.
Awarded with Distinction.
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COMMISIONED WORKS |
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2022 |
80min minute performance for Constellations. Curated by Brett Bailey. Spier Estate, Cape Town. |
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No One Gets Out of This Alive (Enfant). 20-40minute performance. Commissioned by Douglas Gimberg and Insitu_Africa as part of Pretext group exhibition, Salt River, Cape Town.
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‘Cruising Utopia’ solo installative performance ft. DRAGMOTHER (Tazmé Pillay) on the decks. Commissioned by Jay Pather and Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose, for the Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) Live Art Festival. Cape Town |
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Feel SomeTHING. 12 minute looped multichannel video and custom built rig. For Spier Light Art Festival. Commissioned by Jay Pather and Vaughn Sadie, Stellenbosch. |
2021 |
135 minute untitled performance for Constellations. Curated/directed by Brett Bailey. Spier Estate, Cape Town. |
2020 |
Together Apart. 45minute film. Commissioned by the National Arts Festival South Africa, Makhanda. |
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EXHIBITIONS /
PERFORMANCES
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2022 |
Constellations. Curated by Brett Bailey. Spier Estate, Cape Town. |
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Pretext group exhibition, curated by Douglas Gimberg, Insitu_Africa,Cape Town. |
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Vrek: Performance-at-the-edge-of-humanity-as-art with Tossie van Tonder in collaboration with Sumalgy Nuro and Garth Erasmus, Theatre Arts, Cape Town. |
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Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) Live Art Festival. Cape Town. Commissioned by Jay Pather and Luvuyo Equiano Nyawose. |
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Spier Light Art Festival. Commissioned by Jay Pather and Vaughn Sadie, Stellenbosch. |
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2021 |
Constellations. Curated by Brett Bailey. Spier Estate, Cape Town. |
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Music Dance 2021 Performances in collaboration with Tossie van Tonder, Vasco Mirine, Garth Erasmus and Sumalgy Nuro. Curated by Thalia Laric and Manuela Lucia Tessi. Theatre Arts, Cape Town. |
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Sasol New Signatures 2021 (group exhibition) Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria. |
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A Short Philosophy on Medium, (group exhibition) curated by Michele Rolstone and Henrietta Scholtz, AVA Gallery, Cape Town.
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We Need New Archetypes (solo), Black Dog Studios, Cape Town. |
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2020 |
Nonrepresentational, (group exhibition) Stevenson Gallery, Online. |
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Curated Programme National Arts Festival, Makhanda. |
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Thami Mnyele Fine Art Awards Exhibition, Ekhuruleni. |
2019 |
Sasol New Signatures, (group exhibition) Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria. |
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Its Rude to Stare but You’re Welcome to See, (group exhibition) curated by Isabella Chydenius, Michaelis Galleries Cape Town. |
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Institute for Creative Arts Live Art Workshop, Group Showcase, curated by Jay Pather, Cape Town, South Africa. |
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Bibliotheca 700, (group exhibition) Bag Factory, Johannesburg |
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Home Affairs, (group exhibition) curated by Astrid Gebhardt for Cape Town Art Week, Daor Contemporary Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa |
2018 |
I’ll Show You Mine If You Show Me Your Wallet, curated by Ed Young, Kalashnikovv Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Body Politic 2: Pathology, curated by Louise Westerhout, Cape Town, South Africa. |
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Buffer Zones, (group exhibition) curated by Juliana Irene Smith, Vaasa, Finland. |
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Any Body Dance Lab Group Showcase, curated by Kopano Maroga, Thalia Laric and Kristina Johnston, Cape Town, South Africa. |
2017 |
In Bed With Artists Exhibition, curated by Nico Athene and Sitaara Stodle, Cape Town, South Africa |
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Interactive installation In Bed With Artists Residency, curated by Nico Athene and Juliana Irene Smith, Cape Town, Johannesburg. |
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IN THE MEDIA |
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2022 |
Art Throb: https://artthrob.co.za/2021/11/08/in-bed-with-my-sister-nico-athenes-we-need-new-archetypes/ |
2019 |
Art Throb: https://artthrob.co.za/2019/10/25/memories-of-gender-its-rude-to-stare-but-youre-welcome-to-see-at-michaelis-galleries/ |
2018 |
City Press: https://city-press.news24.com/Voices/nico-athenes-metoo-statement-20180429 |
2018 |
Bubblegum Club: In Bed With Nico Athene – A Consideration of The Body and Embodied Labour as an Aesthetic |
2017 |
Huffington Post and City Press: Nico Athene is Disrupting the Art World By Holding a Residency in Her Bed |
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AWARDS and GRANTS |
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2022 |
Microgrant from the Centre for Human Rights and the Arts, and Open University Society Network at Bard Collage.
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2021 |
Sasol New Signatures Merit Award. |
2021 |
RINC funding, Wits School of the Arts, Wits University. |
2019 |
Sasol New Signatures Merit Award. |
2019 |
Postgraduate Research Grant, Wits University. |
2019 |
Arts Research Africa WSOA Mellon funded Masters Bursary. |
2007 |
Graduation BA with distinction in Social Anthropology
Class medal SAN3015S (Anthropology through ethnography)
Dean’s Merit List
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2006 |
Class medal REL2048S (Psychology of religion)
Dean’s Merit List
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2005 |
Entrance scholarship
Dean’s Merit List
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RESIDENCIES and CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
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2020 |
Arts Research Africa Symposium. Workshop Presentation: Approximating unKnowns as an Ethics Towards Encountering Difference
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2019 |
Arts, Objects and Archive Conference and Paper Presentation |
2019 |
Live Art Workshop Institute for Creative Arts with the support of Pro Helvitia, Michaelis, UCT, Cape Town |
2018 |
Sante Fe Art Institute, Artist in Residence, New Mexico, USA |
2018 |
Any Body Dance Lab, Artist in Residence, Cape Town, South Africa |
2018 |
Wiser Symposium on Well Sexuality, Panelist, University of Witswaterstrand, Johannesburg |
2018 |
Vermont Studio Centre, Artist in Residence, Vermont, USA |
2017 |
Arteles Creative Residency Program, Artist in Residence, Finland |
2014 |
Centre for the Archive, University of Cape Town, Research Resident ‘Body as Archive’ |
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