ABOUT
Tanatsei Gambura is an artist and writer working translocally. She is the author of Things I Have Forgotten Before, and a recipient of the 2023 Andrew Grant Award. Tanatsei’s work has enjoyed an international audience for her work with exhibitions in Berlin, Accra, Amsterdam, and Los Angeles.
In the studio, Tanatsei is intrigued by the collusion between different ideas, materials, and forms. Drawing from lived experience, she contemplates the impact of land and place on memory and subjectivity. Tanatsei works primarily across installation, moving image, sound, text, and social practice, situating her work within public contexts. In both artistic and curatorial capacities, her engagements foreground collaboration and exchange.