Encounters with the (Im)material

Matterings

Romancing the Stone

Beyond the Readymade

Curating

Curating

I approach curating as an extension of my creative and scholarly activities, presenting exhibitions as essays on African art. Most of my curatorial projects were developed from my written research, and propose new engagements with existing art collections. When curating, I consider the ways in which technologies of display construct the works on display. My aim is to disrupt hegemonic means of display by working thematically, presenting work from diverse geo-political and temporo-spatial contexts together. I explore engaging other senses through the use of sound, screens and innovative installations. I foreground work made by African women artists, and try to show works that have not been exhibited before. My exhibitions include robust educational programming through which I encourage a diversity of responses and interactions.

Curated Exhibitions

2024:

  • Umpteen Impossible Things Before Breakfast, curated by Gordon Froud and Alison Kearney, held at Gallery 2, Parkwood, Johannesburg, April- May, 2024.

2023:

  • Encounters with the (Im)material, curated by Alison Kearney, held at the Wits Art Museum, April- July, 2023. (Website and Education resource).

  • Mattering/Muttering, curated by Gordon Froud and Alison Kearney, held at Gallery 2, Parkwood, Johannesburg, March- April, 2023. (Catalogue).

2022: 

  • Romancing the Stone, curated by Ann-Marie Tully, Annemi Conradie-Chetty, Rachel Baasch and Alison Kearney, with assistance from Rina de Klerk, held at the KZNSA, Durban, 21 September- 23 October 2022. 

2018:

  • Beyond the Readymade, curated by Alison Kearney, held at theWits Art Museum, 13    June- 9 September 2018. (Catalogue and Education Resource).

Curated Exhibitions

2024:

  • Umpteen Impossible Things Before Breakfast, curated by Gordon Froud and Alison Kearney, held at Gallery 2, Parkwood, Johannesburg, April- May, 2024.

2023:

  • Encounters with the (Im)material, curated by Alison Kearney, held at the Wits Art Museum, April- July, 2023. (Website and Education resource).

  • Mattering/Muttering, curated by Gordon Froud and Alison Kearney, held at Gallery 2, Parkwood, Johannesburg, March- April, 2023. (Catalogue).

2022: 

  • Romancing the Stone, curated by Ann-Marie Tully, Annemi Conradie-Chetty, Rachel Baasch and Alison Kearney, with assistance from Rina de Klerk, held at the KZNSA, Durban, 21 September- 23 October 2022. 

2018:

  • Beyond the Readymade, curated by Alison Kearney, held at theWits Art Museum, 13    June- 9 September 2018. (Catalogue and Education Resource).

Curated Exhibitions

2024:

  • Umpteen Impossible Things Before Breakfast, curated by Gordon Froud and Alison Kearney, held at Gallery 2, Parkwood, Johannesburg, April- May, 2024.

2023:

  • Encounters with the (Im)material, curated by Alison Kearney, held at the Wits Art Museum, April- July, 2023. (Website and Education resource).

  • Mattering/Muttering, curated by Gordon Froud and Alison Kearney, held at Gallery 2, Parkwood, Johannesburg, March- April, 2023. (Catalogue).

2022: 

  • Romancing the Stone, curated by Ann-Marie Tully, Annemi Conradie-Chetty, Rachel Baasch and Alison Kearney, with assistance from Rina de Klerk, held at the KZNSA, Durban, 21 September- 23 October 2022. 

2018:

  • Beyond the Readymade, curated by Alison Kearney, held at theWits Art Museum, 13    June- 9 September 2018. (Catalogue and Education Resource).