Nadine Mathenjwa
Nadine Noluthando Mathenjwa is a young woman born and raised in Gauteng South Africa. In 2021 Nadine graduated at Artistproof studio where she practiced printmaking working in different mediums such as Cyanotyp, Screenprint, Linocut and etching. With the help of Artistproof studio. Nadine’s work has been exhibited at Turbine Artfair 2022, Investec Capetown Art Fair 2022, ABSA virtual space in 2021 and her grad show “A version of us” in 2021. Nadine aspires to further her study’s in fashion She currently resides in Johannesburg producing work and entering competitions
in the hopes of getting her works seen worldwide.
“My body of work focuses on the hybrid cultures that western society introduced my ancestors to, I am a young black woman navigating for an identity in a society where information on native cultures has been washed down, as most young people I find solace in fashion it has become a great part of my evolved culture, my self expression, identity and individuality. As much as my work is about paying homage to the lifestyle that my ancestors and family chose to make out of colonisation my work is also about the subcultures that the millennials and genZ have created, particularly those of fashion and luxury or ghetto fabulous lifestyle. These subcultures have become part of the movement towards changing the narrative about what it is to be young, African and cultured.
I often use tribal patterns on the figures which are a representation of the information on ancient African beliefs and history that I unravel through watching documentaries and finding books on African spirituality, with the patterns I aim to shift the demonised notions on African spirituality and rituals.”
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