Cassirer Welz Award Winner Mpumelelo Buthelezi

20 APR – 30 JUN 2022Mpumelelo Buthelezi lives and works in Johannesburg. He is a photographer who studied photojournalism and documentary photography at the Market Photo Workshop. He graduated in 2017. Mpumelelo went on to exhibit his photographs at Social Art Award in Germany 2019, Transitions Rotterdam Foto Festival in the Netherlands in 2019, and … Read more

Andréa Hygino

1 DEC 2021 – 29 FEB 2022BIOAndréa Hygino lives in Rio de Janeiro (BR) and works as a visual artist, university professor at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) and  art-educator at independent institutions. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts at UERJ and a Masters in Visual Languages at … Read more

Kutlwano Monyai – Young Womxn Studio Bursary

01 OCT 2021 – 30 SEP 2022The Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Kutlwano Monyai and Princia Matungulu have been selected as joint recipients of the annual Young Womxn Studio Bursary, funded by Bag Factory alumni artist Sam Nhlengethwa. They will share a fully funded studio bursary at the Bag Factory for twelve months … Read more

Princia Matungulu – Young Womxn Studio Bursary

1 OCT 2021 – 30 SEP 2022The Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Princia Matungulu and Kutlwano Monyai have been selected as joint recipients of the annual Young Womxn Studio Bursary, funded by Bag Factory alumni artist Sam Nhlengethwa. They will share a fully funded studio bursary at the Bag Factory for twelve months … Read more

Tuva Bjork

1 NOV 2021 – 31 JAN 2022BIOTuva Björk is a video artist and documentary filmmaker from Helsinki, Finland. She holds a BFA in Fine Arts and an MFA in Artistic Film Directing both from Valand Academy of Art, Sweden. She has also studied at the Film and TV department in the University of the Witwatersrand … Read more

EM Mirembe

2 SEP 2021 – 30 NOV 2021Bag Factory is pleased to announce that EM Mirembe (Uganda) will join us in a fully-funded residency at the Bag Factory from 2 September to 30 November 2021. This residency is part of Art Connection Africa, a cooperation of KfW Stiftung and Triangle Network to foster visual art exchanges, capacity … Read more

Kutlo Mabua

1 SEP 2021 – 30 NOV 2021We’re excited to announce that Kutlo Mabua (Botswana) will be joining us in a fully-funded residency at the Bag Factory from 1 Sep – 30 Nov 2021. This residency is part of Art Connection Africa, a cooperation of KfW Stiftung and Triangle Network to foster visual art exchanges, capacity … Read more

Marcia Harvey Isaksson

Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Marcia Harvey Isaksson will undertake a fully-funded residency at the Bag Factory from 1 September 2022 – 30 November 2022.  Marcia is supported by Iaspis, the Swedish Arts Grants Committee (Konstnärsnämnden) International Program supporting international exchange for practitioners in the areas of visual art, design, craft and architecture. This … Read more

Sofia Ana Elise Steinvorth

1 FEB 2022 – 31 MAR 2022Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Sofia Ana Elise Steinvorth (Germany) will undertake a fully-funded residency at the Bag Factory from 27 Feb – 26 May 2021. As part of TURN 2 RESIDENCY The aim of the project is to facilitate research for emerging curators and cultural practitioners … Read more

Federica Bueti 

1 OCT 2021 – 30 NOV 2021Bag Factory is delighted to announce that Federica Bueti (Germany) will undertake a fully-funded residency at the Bag Factory from 27 Feb – 26 May 2021. As part of TURN 2 RESIDENCY The aim of the project is to facilitate research for emerging curators and cultural practitioners with curatorial … Read more