Haneem Christian

Haneem Christian is a visual poet from Cape Town, South Arica.

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 recently awarded the National Portrait Taylor Wessing Portrait Award 2022. Bubblegum Club Magazine states, “Haneem is one of the leading forces of the South African future”