Meet Khanyisa Agnes Brancon

We are speaking to Khanyisa Agnes Brancon who is the 2025 BNAP (Blessing Ngobeni Art Prize) winner.

Join us in conversation with BNAP Curator, Palesa Suthane, artist Khanyisa Agnes Brancon and Africa Collect Director, Xolani Shezi as we unpack Khanyisa's work, her ambitions and the role played by BNAP in her journey.

Born Tzaneen, Limpopo, Khnayisa is an interdisciplinary artist who completed her BAFA at WITS. Her artistic practice employs photography, print making,and installation as mediums of expression. Brancon uses an interdisciplinary approach to textiles as vessels that honour the use of materiality in her work. Her practice is an excavation of time unravelling timelines of past and present histories. A moment of reclamation, her work creates narratives that hold space for memory, never forgetting what was. Grand themes of spacial genealogy, colonial erasure, maternal lineage, and indigenous knowledge systems are addressed throughout her work. She belongs to a collective bonded by the practice of printmaking with black women artists from Limpopo. The printmaking collective, Boteng, fuses materiality and black histories within its art practice. Brancon plans to actively contribute to the art ecosystem as a decision-maker by creating platforms of economic inclusion for artists. With her unwavering dedication to the practice of art, her direction leans towards establishing a multidisciplinary career path in professional artistic practice, institution affiliated curation and the pursuit of cultural entrepreneurship.

The BNAP Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering the growth and sustainability of emerging artists in Southern Africa's dynamic art landscape. The foundation was established following the success of The Blessing Ngobeni Art Prize, which was initiated by artists Blessing Ngobeni, with Teresa Firmino Kutala and Olwethu de Vos. This initiative was a direct response to the positive impact a residency award had on Blessing Ngobeni's own career. Together, the founders aimed to create a positive impact in the industry and help other artists overcome challenges they themselves faced. Olwethu de Vos serves as the Art Director and is a founder, while Teresa Firmino Kutala is the Financial Director and a founder. Blessing Ngobeni is the Chairman and founder.

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