Nafasi Art Space is non-profit contemporary art centre in Tanzania that provides a platform for artists through development, production, and entrepreneurship in the visual and performing arts by providing training, exchange, and exhibition of experimental arts locally, regionally, and internationally. … Read More
Welcome! Nafasi Art Space is a thriving multi-disciplinary contemporary art centre that seeks to further and enrich human potential through the arts. Nafasi is set in extensive open grounds consisting of studios, gallery and exhibition spaces, an art Academy, film amphitheater, … Read More
The 2020 Tanzania in Figures report, produced by Tanzania’s National Bureau of Statistics, shows that from 2016 to 2020 there were 25,164 crashes in the country, which claimed the lives of over 10,900 people. In 2019, the World Bank estimated … Read More
Tanzania has always been home to rich cultural traditions and expressive practices, from ngoma to Singeli, from henna tattooing to abstract contemporary art, and dozens of other art forms and media. Yet the process of developing a truly resilient ecosystem … Read More
In February this year, Nafasi Art Space launched a special fundraising campaign called “Breaking Barriers and Building Bonds.” If you’re reading this, you may already know about it! We’re excited to give you an update now that we’re two months … Read More
Interview With Luena Winifrid, a self-taught graphic designer and photographer and a a member of Nafasi Art Space, since 2018. He is the first Tanzanian artist who won the Absa L‘Atelier Award
We are pleased to announce our most diverse list of artists yet for our 2020 artist residency program. See the list here.
Mukwazhi is a contemporary multimedia artist and photographer based in Harare, Zimbabwe. After training as a photographer at Market Photo workshop in South Africa she has, with stunning results, recently began to train her eye for symbolism, texture and form … Read More
This month, Nafasi is proud to be hosting Flora Robinson, a French artist based in London who describes her work as a “cabinet of curiosities.” We sat down with her at the start of a 6 week residency for more … Read More