Maria Mbereshu
Maria Mbereshu (b. 1984 Uvhungu-Vhungu in Rundu, Kavango Region), earned a Higher Diploma in Visual Arts from the University of Namibia in 2013, including Fashion and Textile Studies, and Visual Culture. Mbereshu recently attended the Bakers Bay artist retreat, held in Oranjemund, Namibia in 2022. Working with symbols drawn from her Sambyu culture as well as the banal everyday, Mbereshu works with repetition creating new forms in fields of abstract shapes. She is constantly experimenting with different materials to express ideas around domesticity and the home.
Mbereshu’s work has been included in various exhibitions locally and internationally, including: Education, arts, and culture conference exhibition NAGN, 2022; To the Land ll, Percil Forest Munich (group exhibition) 2022; Cross-Cultural Collaboration, Germany/Namibia (virtual residency) ~dotlab, 2021; #WhatsYourStory, COVID-19 Project, NAGN, 2020; Bank Windhoek Triennial, NAGN, 2020; Reflect: Namibia 30 years of independence, NAGN, 2018; Piece of Heaven exhibition, Gallery Hamara, University of Lapland and fringe festival, Australia, 2017; Werah Cafe and Gallery, Rundu, 2017; Textures and Textiles on fabric, NAGN, 2017; Booth Exhibition, NAGN, 2013; Land Matters in Art, Namibian art project, NAGN, 2010; UNAM annual student exhibition, NAGN and FNCC.
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