Biography

Kapwani Kiwanga’s research-based practice examines the enduring impact of power asymmetries across history, disciplines, and places. Working across sculpture, installation, photography, video, and performance, she draws on marginalised and overlooked histories to challenge dominant narratives and imagine alternative futures. Through extensive archival and field research, she considers how social, political, and environmental systems shape lived experience. Her recent solo exhibitions include Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona; Serralves Foundation, Porto; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; CAPC, Bordeaux; MOCA Toronto; the New Museum, New York; and Haus der Kunst, Munich. She represented Canada at the 60th Venice Biennale (2024) with Trinket and has also participated in the Venice, São Paulo, Singapore, and Sydney biennials, alongside major site-specific and public commissions across Europe and North America. Kiwanga received the Joan Miró Prize (2025), a Guggenheim Fellowship (2023), the Zurich Art Prize (2022), the Marcel Duchamp Prize (2020), and both the Frieze Artist Award and the Sobey Art Award (2018).

Artworks

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