2023 Adjudicators
Vincent Gonzalvez - France – Group GS
Biography
Vincent Gonzalvez is Head of the Residencies at Cité internationale des arts, artist residency that brings together artists in the heart of Paris and allows them to implement a creative or research project in all disciplines. Since its creation in 1965, Cité internationale des arts, private foundation recognized as a public utility, has been hosting […]
Armelle Dakouo – France – Group GS
Biography
Armelle Dakouo has been working in art and culture since 2008 in France and on the African continent. In 2010, she created the artistic label Onomo Visual Art for the group Onomo International in Dakar and produced travelling photo exhibitions between 2010 and 2013 in Senegal, Ivory Coast and Gabon. She moved to Casablanca in […]
Sophie Boule – South Africa – Group GS
Biography
Sophie joined the cultural diplomatic network in 2021 as a Cultural Attaché and Deputy Director of the French Institute of South Africa, after having been Deputy General Delegate for International Relations of the City of Paris, for 2 years. She was involved in the City of Paris in 1995 and was in charge of the […]
Alexia Walker – South Africa – Group GS
Biography
Alexia Walker is an independent art advisor based in Johannesburg. She established the art advisory Walker Art to help collectors build collections and better understand and manage the value of their art. She has modern and contemporary art expertise with a special focus on Africa. She works with private, corporate and institutional clients and has […]
Rudy King – USA – Group C
Biography
Rudy King is a multidisciplinary visual artist and international arts administrator. King’s upbringing of the arts was developed from her hometown Brooklyn, New York. Throughout her journey as a 31-year-old she has found inspiration from her time living in the south and in the East Africa country, Tanzania. Visually King is known for her black […]
Prof Patrique deGraft-Yankson – Ghana – Group C
Biography
Patrique deGraft-Yankson is an Associate Professor of Art and Design Education in the University of Education, Winneba, where he was the Dean of the School of Creative Arts between 2017 and 2022. His research interests contrast the argument for the preferences of exotic design tenets in contemporary art/design education in Africa, with a profound deconstructive […]
Rebecca Mzengi Corey – USA / Tanzania – Group C
Biography
Rebecca Mzengi Corey is an arts practitioner whose interdisciplinary work includes visual art, curation, filmmaking, and cultural institution building and management. She has held top leadership roles at Nafasi Art Space, Sauti za Busara music festival, and the Tanzania Heritage Project, making significant contributions to the cultural landscape of East Africa where she has lived […]
Dawn Sarah McGee – South Africa – Group B
Biography
Sarah McGee is a South African born art entrepreneur. The founder and director of M Studio Community, an art platform that has craved out a unique niche within the industry. A space that develops emerging minds and talent through curated opportunities. McGee has curated exhibitions for a variety of arenas, including corporate and private gallery […]
Dr Sandra Federici – Italy – Group B
Biography
Sandra Federici has been Editor-in-chief of the bi-annual journal Africa e Mediterraneo since 1999. She has coordinated educational projects and exhibitions around comics and contemporary art by African authors. She has edited many catalogues and dossiers about contemporary African art. In 2017 she completed a PhD at the Université de Lorraine, in co-tutorship with the […]
Lekgetho Makola – South Africa – Group B
Biography
Currently CEO of Javett Art Centre at UP, Lekgetho Makola is the former Head of Market Photo Workshop. He participated in a number of visual storytelling platforms that includes, the Rencontres de Bamako in Mali, New York Times portfolio reviews, Curator of UNCTAD 2021, The Art Bank SA, and Chair of World Press Photo Contest […]
Dr Katherina Fink – Germany – Group A
Biography
Dr Katharina Fink is an editor, a curator, a writer and an associate researcher of the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies (WiCDS) who enjoys shifting things into constellations. Together with Nadine Siegert, she runs iwalewabooks, a publishing house for art, discourse and archives based in South Africa, Nigeria and Germany. She is the head of […]
Tony Agbapuonwa – Nigerian – Group A
Biography
Tony Agbapuonwu is a curator and strategy consultant. He is the founder of Art Bridge Project, a community-based visual organization working at the intersection of artistic exchange, creative knowledge production, and curated projects with a mandate to educate artists and stretch the breadth of their practice. His curatorial practice focuses on the human psyche and […]
Prof Vulindlela P E Nyoni – South Africa – Group A
Biography
Nyoni is an Associate Professor and Head of the Visual Arts Department at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Prior to this he served as Senior lecturer in Printmaking at the Department of Visual Art at the University of Stellenbosch after his position of Director at the Centre for Visual Art, UKZN. Apart […]
