We wanted to share a talk by transfeminisms co-curator Christine Eyene who will discuss some of the thinking behind the exhibition hosted at Mimosa House. We are very happy to see the works of our fellow Zanele Muholi, which were made during her residency at Tham Mnyele Foundation in 2009, in will be discussed the presentation, as she talks about her previous exhibitions and black feminist curatorial practice.

The talk is today at from 18:30 to 20:00 at Mimosa House in London.


Speaking from an African diasporic perspective, Eyene will reflect on some of the lineages that have informed her feminist art writing and curatorial practice: from lived experiences explored in works by Black British women artists such as Sonia Boyce DBE RA, Lubaina Himid CBE RA, Claudette Johnson MBE, and Marlene Smith; Black US feminism, and African writings such as Awa Thiam’s Speak out, Black sisters: Feminism and Oppression in Black Africa (first published in French in 1978) and N’Goné Fall’s essay ‘Providing a Space from Freedom: Women Artists from Africa’ published in the catalogue of Global Feminisms: New Direction in Contemporary Art (2007) curated by Maura Reilly (co-curator of transfeminisms) with Linda Nochlin; and collaborations with seminal figures such as the late Bisi Silva (1962-2019), and more recently with Himid’s Making Histories Visible research project.

This talk will also be an opportunity to share about the collaborative approach of transfeminisms and the experience of engaging with Daria Khan, Jennifer McCabe, and Maura Reilly’s diverse curatorial voices.

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