Kapwani Kiwanga

Kapwani Kiwanga
Born Hamilton, Canada. Lives and Works in Paris, France
Education
2007 - 2009
Le Fresnoy : Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France.
Diploma issued by the French Ministry of Culture (MA diploma equivalency)
2002
McGill University, Montréal, Canada.
Joint BA Anthropology / Comparative Religions (1st-class honours)
Residencies
2009
Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes et MU, Eindhoven, Pays-Bas.
2005 - 2007
La Seine : programme de recherche de l’Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts de Paris, France.
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Afrogalactica: Un abrégé de la future a performance for Contrechamp, Nantes
2011
Afrogalactica: a short history of the future a performance for Paris Photo 2011
Curator “Platform LIVE”: Chantal Pontbriand
Group Exhibitions
2012
Synchronicity II, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK
2011
Carte Blanche AfricAmerica, Anis Gras, Arcueil, France
Synchronicity, Photoquai and Baudoin Lebon Gallery, Paris, France
Kaleidoscope Arena, 4e Road to Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy
100 tekeningen tegen de Vietnam oorlog, Komplot, Brussels, Belgium
100 dessins contre la guerre du vietnam, Le commissariat, Paris, France
2010
Filmer la Musique, Point Ephémère, Paris, France.
2009
1 69A2, Curators: Eric Stephany and Xavier Mazzarol. 28, rue du Château d'eau, 75010 Paris, France.
Panorama 11, Le Fresnoy : studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France.
2008
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Alt-W: New Directions in Scottish Digital Culture, Glasgow Centre of Contemporary Art, Glasgow, UK.
Panorama 9-10, Le Fresnoy : Studio national des arts contemporains, Tourcoing, France.
2007
Double Take, Korean National University of the Arts; Seoul, South Korea.
2006
In the Centre Pompidou Centre Pompidou; Paris, France.
DepART Starhill Gallery; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Kuala Lumpur Tour et Retour L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo. Almería, Spain.
2005
Ricochet, Stills Gallery; Edinburgh, UK
Selected Festival Screenings
2011
International Short Film Festival Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Musique pointdoc, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris, France
Illégal Cinéma aux laboratoires d’Aubervilliers, Aubervilliers, France
Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
2010
La cité nationale de l’histoire de l’immigration, Paris, France
Edinburgh African Film Festival, Edinburgh, UK
2009
25th Vues d’Afriques Montéal, Canada
17th Festival CinéRail. Paris, France
2008
Kassel Documentary Film Festival, Kassel, Germany
10th BFM International Film Festival, London, UK
2007
Women’s International Film Festival – Seoul, Korea
2006
Interfilm Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Flickerfest International Film Festival, Sydney, Australia
Zanzibar International Film Festival, Stone Town, Tanzania
Urban Film Festival, Tehran, Iran
2005
British Film Institute’s Mama Africa Programme, Filmhouse; Edinburgh, Scotland
XII Edición Festival de Jóvenes Realizadores, Granada, Spain
Festival Internacional de Cine de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
Filmets International Film Festival, Badalona, Spain
European Parliament, Brussels, Belgium
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Broadcasts
2006
HBO (Eastern Europe)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
2005
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC 2)
Channel 4 (UK)
Link TV (USA)
2004
ITV Scottish Television (UK)
Publications
2009
Kiosk N°8, artist’s web publication, http://www.kiosk.clementineroy.com/KIOSKO8.htmlx.
Panorama 11, Exhibition Catalogue.
2008
Panorama 9 -10, Exhibition Catalogue.
2007
Double Take, La Seine en Corée, La Corée en Scène, Exhibition Catalogue.
2006
Kuala Lumpur, tour et retour, Exhibition Catalogue.
In the Centre Pompidou, Centre Pompidou, Exhibition Catalogue.
Albiac : Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Exhibition Catalogue.
DVD Publications
2008
Africalia (Belgium)
2005
Channel 4 Ideasfactory : Output (UK)
2004
Scottish Screen Best of 2004 (UK)
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Press Articles
2010
Profile : Kapwani Kiwanga, Thérèse Diatta, Amina Magazine
2006
Mitch Miller, “We’re Spartacus!“, Rough Cuts, August –September
2005
Scottish Arts Council, “Profile: Kapwani Kiwanga”, scottisharts.org.uk, March.
The Evening News (Edinburgh), “City's French film reigns in Spain“,14 November.
Anne-Marie Watson “Visual Arts Review, Ricochet Stills, Edinburgh” Issue 535, November.
2004
Amber Wilkinson, “Paris: Bon Voyage“, EyeForFilm.co.uk.
Ian Bell, “Whatever happened to saving things because they are beautiful?”, The Herald, 28 July
Teaching
2009-Present
Head Professor 2nd year Master of Fine Arts
EICAR (Ecole International de Cinéma et Réalisation) France.
2011
Workshop: Art and Public Space as part of the summer school program “Art and Design Management as
Creative Practice”. Parsons, Paris, France.
Community Arts
2005-2007
Co-founder, consultant and translator for Africa in Motion Film Festival; Edinburgh, UK
www.africa-in-motion.org.uk
http://www.stopandstir.org/projects.html
2005
Development Officer and Animator of video workshops for young people and adults from diverse
communities. Minorities in the Media; Edinburgh, UK
2004-2005
Development Officer and Trainer. Created and delivered Diverse Screen; a video training course for
people from diverse ethnic communities. Produced eight short films, organised their distribution and
exhibition. Training included creative and technical workshops, professional internships (BBC Scotland
and independent production companies).
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Speaker Engagements
2010
Round Table Participant “Africa meets its Diaspora”, United Nations, Paris.
2009
Artist Talk MU Foundation, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
2007
Artist Talk L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris.
2005
Artist Talk Intercultural Film Festival, The Lemon Tree Arts Centre; Aberdeen ,UK.
Round Table Participant regarding diversity and access in the media industry.
Positively Diverse Conference; Manchester, UK.
Juries
2012
Parsons school, Paris, France.
2007
L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France.
2005
Filmets International Film Festival, Badalona, Spain.
Edinburgh Mediabase, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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