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Tuli Mekondjo headed to Stellenbosch Triennale

Tuli Mekondjo’s star continues to rise as she prepares to show at the Stellenbosch Triennale. The prestigious event returns to the historic town of Stellenbosch from 19 February to 30 April under the theme ‘BA’ZINZILE: A Rehearsal for Breathing’, which features three exhibitions, namely ‘From the Vault’, ‘In the Current’ and ‘On the Cusp’. Tuli Mekondjo will make her triennale debut as a featured artist in ‘On the Cusp’, a platform designed to spotlight emerging artists from Africa and the diaspora. This year’s ‘On the Cusp’ cohort incudes artists from Colombia, Chile, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa. “It’s my very first time being invited to the Stellenbosch Triennale and I feel great,” says Tuli Mekondjo at her studio in Windhoek. The self-taught Namibian artist will be presenting the third iteration of her multidisciplinary ‘Eshina lyo ku topa topa/Typewriter’ within the triennale programme.