Tabita Rezaire (RA / FR)

Tabita Rezaire (b.1989, Paris) is a French - of Guyanese and Danish descent - new media artist, health-tech-politics practitioner and Kemetic/ Kundalini Yoga teacher based in Johannesburg. She holds a Bachelor in Economics (Paris) and a Master in Artist Moving Image from Central Saint Martins College (London).

Rezaire’s practice unearths the possibilities of decolonial healing through the politics of technology. Navigating architectures of power - online and offline - her works tackle the pervasive matrix of coloniality and its affects on identity, technology, sexuality, health and spirituality. She uses the screen as an interface for her digital healing activism, thriving to offer substitute readings decentering occidental authority.

Rezaire is a founding member of NTU, half of the duo Malaxa, and mother of the energy house SENEB. She presented her first solo show Exotic Trade at the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg in 2017. Artsy declared her among the ‘emerging artists to watch for in 2017’, Artnet among the ‘international Black artists of 2016’, and True Africa amid the ‘top opinion makers of the African continent in 2015’.

Rezaire has shown her work internationally – Berlin Biennale, Tate Modern London, Museum of Modern Art Paris, MoCADA NY, The Broad LA and presented her work on numerous panels – Het Nieuwe Institut Rotterdam, Royal Academy The Hague, Kunsthalle Bern, National Gallery Harare, Cairotronica Cairo, Fakugezi Digital Art Africa Johannesburg.

She has curated screenings at the Institute of Contemporary Art London, led spiritual technology workshops worldwide and has her writings published by Intellect books.

Rezaire lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa.

http://www.tabitarezaire.com/