Follow-up Orientation trip 2018

Dana Whabira

Function: Artist and founder of Njelele Art Station, Country: Zimbabwe Visiting period: 18 - 22 March Visiting year: 2019 Part of Follow-up Orientation trip 2018

Dana Whabira. Foto: Georges Senga

Dana Whabira is a Zimbabwean artist who lives and works in Harare. An architect by training, she studied art and design at Central Saint Martin’s College in London (2011). Whabira has exhibited widely, se represented Zimbabwe at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017) and participated at the Dak’Art Biennale (2018) in addition, to taking up residencies and giving talks locally and internationally.

In 2013, Whabira founded Njelele Art Station, an urban laboratory that focuses on contemporary, experimental and public art practice. Njelele is a meeting place for critical dialogue where ideas are birthed and resonate out into the city through projects that provoke discussion and engage with the general public.