| Sekai Machache | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989 Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Alma mater | Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design |
| Occupation | Visual Artist |
| Awards | Royal Scottish Academy Morton Award |
| Website | http://sekaimachache.com/ |
Sekai Machache is a visual artist and curator who lives in Glasgow, Scotland, and works internationally. She works primarily in photography and seeks to interrogate the notion of self.
Biography
Sekai Machache was born in 1989 in Harare, Zimbabwe. In 2012, Machache graduated from the Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (Dundee, Scotland). In 2020, she received the Morton Award for an artist working in lens-based media, presented by the Royal Scottish Academy. In the same year, her work featured in the Scottish Black Lives Matter Mural Trail. Between 2021 and 2023 she participated in the Talbot Rice Gallery Residency Programme. She is a founder and member of the Yon Afro Collective and in 2020, joined the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop as a trustee.
Works
- Body of Land: Ritual Manifestations - Street Level Photoworks, Glasgow (Glasgow International Festival 2021)
- Scottish Black Lives Matter Mural Trail (Slessor Gardens, Dundee)
- These Stories: The Divine Sky at Studio Pavilion, House for an Art Lover (Glasgow, Glasgow International Festival 2021)
- Projects 20: The Divine Sky at Stills Gallery, (Edinburgh Art Festival 2021)
- RESET: Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, (Edinburgh Art Festival 2021)
- Hypnagogia Glossolalia, Fringe of Colour Films, Edinburgh Art Festival 2021
References
- ^ "RSA Announces Its Artist Support Awards For 2020 | Artmag | All The Arts In Scotland". 30 September 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "Ones to watch in 2021: Sekai Machache, artist". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- "Many Voices Q&A with Sekai Machache". Bella Caledonia. 26 October 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- "Talbot Rice Residents | Talbot Rice Gallery". www.trg.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- "Sekai Machache | Talbot Rice Gallery". www.trg.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- "ESW Welcomes New Board Members". Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- "Aesthetica Magazine - Cosmic Reflections". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- "Glasgow International Stands to Attention | Ocula Feature". ocula.com. 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- "Sekai Machache: 'As artists we have the space to consciously create new narratives that can catalyse a process of healing'". The List. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- "Projects 20 | Sekai Machache". Stills. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- Davies, Ashley. "Edinburgh Art Festival — sounds and vision, all across the city". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- "Festival review: Fringe of Colour". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.