Thania Petersen is a multi-disciplinary artist. Her work is in the collections of notable museums and galleries including the
Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art and the
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa.
Biography
In her art, she uses photography, performance and installation to address themes of Islamophobia, imperialism and colonialism.
Petersen lives and works in
Cape Town,
South Africa.
Public Collections
*
Pérez Art Museum Miami
*
Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen
The (NMVW) () is an overarching museum organisation for the management of several ethnographic museums in the Netherlands, founded in 2014. It consists of the Tropenmuseum () in Amsterdam, the Afrika Museum in Berg en Dal, and the Museum Volk ...
, Rotterdam
*
National Museum of African Art,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
*
Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba
*
Durban Art Gallery
*
Iziko South African National Gallery
*
Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petersen, Thania
Artists from Cape Town
Living people
1980 births