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SOLO EXHIBITION
For this exhibition, Matikinca has also extended her artistic
practice to include printmaking. Historically, printmaking in
South Africa is associated with anti-apartheid protests, and
suggests that the education system has not evolved. The
use of embossing further speaks to the lack of facilities and
supplies. Learners who are able to afford new stationery sets
are held up as examples for less privileged students. Bronze
castings capture the precious nature of even the simplest of
resources. Even classroom tables become symbols of lack, a
lack of physical resources, as well as a lack of opportunities.
Matikinca aims to share the reality so many underprivileged
learners face and to bring awareness to their challenges.
Her intent is not only to bring awareness to the issue, but
to inspire the viewer to contribute by actively partaking in
changing the narrative set up for these learners by a failed
public schooling system.
BIOGRAPHY
Nosiviwe Beauty Matikinca was born in the City of
Cape Town and grew up in Hermanus. During her
educational stint in Cape Town, she attended Cedar
High School of the Arts and took extra art classes
at the Peter Clarke Art Centre. After moving back to
Hermanus, she continued her art training through
after-school art classes at the Enlighten Education
Trust with Zimbabwean artist Ashleigh Temple-Camp.
Matikinca received a Bachelor of Visual Arts degree at
Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha. In 2023 she
won the Sasol New Signatures Art Competition for her
work Ndiziphiwe – They were given to me, a ceramic
installation about underprivileged learners who wear
school shoes that are handed down to them by their
older siblings or family members.
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