Reshma Chhiba
Reshma Chhiba (b. 1983, Springs, South Africa) is a visual artist and dancer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her multidisciplinary practice explores the intersection of contemporary visual art and classical Indian dance, drawing on feminist strategies, Hindu mythology and folk tales to challenge patriarchal expectations and interrogate race, gender, ethnicity and sexuality in post- apartheid South Africa. Working across analogue photography, soft sculpture, painting and performance, storytelling remains central to her practice.
Chhiba holds a BAFA (2005) and MAFA (2013) from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a diploma in Bharatanatyam (2002) from the Institute of Indian Art and Culture. She is a lecturer in Fine Arts and a PhD candidate in African Literature at Wits University. She co-founded Sarvavidya Natyaalaya (2010), a Johannesburg-based Bharatanatyam collective, and co-edited The Yoni Book (2019) with Nontobeko Ntombela. Her co-created dance production
Bhumi | Earth (2023) received the 2024 HSS Award for Best Public Performance.
Reshma Chhiba (b. 1983, Springs, South Africa) is a visual artist and dancer based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Her multidisciplinary practice explores the intersection of contemporary visual art and classical Indian dance, drawing on feminist strategies, Hindu mythology and folk tales to challenge patriarchal expectations and interrogate race, gender, ethnicity and sexuality in post- apartheid South Africa. Working across analogue photography, soft sculpture, painting and performance, storytelling remains central to her practice.
Chhiba holds a BAFA (2005) and MAFA (2013) from the University of the Witwatersrand, and a diploma in Bharatanatyam (2002) from the Institute of Indian Art and Culture. She is a lecturer in Fine Arts and a PhD candidate in African Literature at Wits University. She co-founded Sarvavidya Natyaalaya (2010), a Johannesburg-based Bharatanatyam collective, and co-edited The Yoni Book (2019) with Nontobeko Ntombela. Her co-created dance production
Bhumi | Earth (2023) received the 2024 HSS Award for Best Public Performance.
