ABOUT

Dr Farieda Nazier is a Johannesburg-based multimodal artist, curator, academic, and activist whose Afro-feminist practice explores the enduring legacies of colonialism and apartheid. Working across installation, performance, research, writing, and curatorial practice, she has developed a methodology she terms 'Transformative Art Practice', an approach that brings together art, pedagogy, and critical dialogue to foster individual and collective change.

Her interdisciplinary practice has led to collaborations with leading institutions including the Apartheid Museum, the Castle of Good Hope, the NIROX Foundation, and Galerie Handwerk (Germany). Recent curatorial projects include IMPACT is a verb (2025) and the Haxthäuser Hof Jewellery Symposium (2026). Recent exhibitions include participation in GROUNDED at A42 House, Johannesburg, and the Balmoral Schloss Bad Biennale in Germany.

Dr Nazier began her academic career at the University of Johannesburg in 2010. From 2017 to 2024, she served as Head of the Department of Jewellery Design and Manufacture and currently holds the position of Curator and Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) Gallery. As an educator, supervisor, and Creative Research Champion, she continues to contribute to postgraduate education, professional development, and research innovation.

Alongside her artistic and academic work, Dr Nazier is an increasingly sought-after mentor and coach, working with creative practitioners, emerging leaders, and business professionals to support transformative learning, leadership development, and creative growth.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • PhD Art and Design, University of Johannesburg (2025)

  • Master of Education, Glasgow School of Art and University of Glasgow (2010, Merit)

  • BTech Jewellery Design and Manufacture, Cape Technikon (2002)

  • National Diploma Jewellery Design and Manufacture, Cape Technikon (2001)

FURTHER EDUCATION

  • Women in Leadership Development Program (2018)

  • Introduction to Art Therapy (2016)

  • UJ Emerging Leadership Development Programme (2012)

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2025: Beyond Space and Time: Trophification (Lizamore & Associates); Musee de la Bete: On Mapping Bodily Territories (Nirox Sculpture Park).

  • 2023: Fauna, Flora and Other Living Organisms (Nirox Sculpture Park).

  • 2022: DMMO Retrospective (Kalashnikov Gallery).

  • 2020-2022: The Posterity Project (Castle of Good Hope).

  • 2019: Post Present Future (Apartheid Museum).

  • 2014: Tension Torsion: 20 Years On (Ithuba Arts Gallery).

  • 2012: After Math (Apartheid Museum).

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • Bad Biennale, Germany (2026);

  • Grounded, Johannesburg (2026);

  • Small Things, Villa Legodi (2024-2025);

  • International Symposia of Contemporary Jewellery Turnov, Czech Republic (2024);

  • All Along the Line, Galerie Handwerk, Munich (2024);

  • Right of Admission Retrospective (2021);

  • Right of Admission (2017);

  • Aluta Continua (2017);

  • Journey of Aspiration, 56th Venice Biennale (2015);

  • Between Democracies (2015);

  • Young 14 (2014);

  • MTN New Contemporaries (2012);

  • 360 Degrees (2011);

  • Glasgow exhibitions (2009);

  • Abundance (2007).

PERFORMANCES AND INTERVENTIONS

  • Modelling Hope (Schmuck, Munich, 2023);

  • Of Violence (SAVAH, 2022);

  • Monkey (2): Intervention-Contravention-Contradiction (Goethe Institute, Windhoek, 2019);

  • Finding Light in the Shadows (2018);

  • Journey of Aspiration (Venice Biennale, 2015);

  • Right of Admission with Alberta Whittle (2015).

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

  • Artist and Curator in Residence, Balmoral Schloss Residency, Germany (2026);

  • Artist in Residence, Trier University, Germany (2026);

  • Invited Artist Programme, Atelier in der Remise, Berlin (2025);

  • Visiting Artist Programme, Trier University (2025);

  • Artist in Residence, Nirox Sculpture Park (2023.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

  • Kappler (2027);

  • Darder (2027);

  • Bonisanga (2026);

  • Makubu (2025);

  • Do Rego (2023);

  • Peter (2015).