(In)Formerly known as The Botswana Pavilion, TBP Artist Collective is an artist collective and platform founded in 2019. It comprises of core members Kim Karabo Makin, LegakwanaLeo Makgekgenene, Rrangwane, Thebe Phetogo, and Thero Makepe. TBP is committed to the creative development and artistic archiving of Botswana.

The collective’s work addresses a lack of representation in both local and international art spaces, drawing inspiration from the concept of a national pavilion at global events like the Venice Biennale. By promoting local creativity and deepening the understanding of Botswana’s aesthetic character, TBP Artist Collective aims to bridge the gaps between fine art, visual art, and traditional arts and crafts.

TBP Artist Collective has successfully hosted four chapters — three physical exhibitions and one virtual exhibition. These include No Return at Gallery MOMO in Cape Town in 2019, Subjective Nationhood at the Botswana National Art Gallery in Gaborone in 2019, Collective Ties — a virtual exhibition in 2020 supported by Pro Helvetia Johannesburg, with online interactions in partnership with the British Council - SouthernAfricaArts, and Maš(w)i a Ditoro (tsa Rona) at Sakhile&Me in Frankfurt in 2022. Additionally, TBP Collective participated in Unfinished Camp at the invitation of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary African Art (MOCAA). TBP produced the video Kgolokwe: Separated Intersections, which premiered at the House of Electronic Arts in Basel in 2021 and was later screened at The Shed in New York in 2021, Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town in 2021, Pivô Arte e Pesquisa in São Paulo in 2022, and Savvy Contemporary Späti Circuit in Berlin in 2022.