Shenaz Mahomed

Shenaz Mohamed is not only an artist, but is completing her MFA (master’s in fine art) while working as an assistant curator at Fried Contemporary Art Gallery. The Pretoria-based artist uses handcut paper, photographs and even printmaking processes to create art of contrasting mediums. She describes her work as a negotiation of her identity and an interrogation of her daily practice as a Muslim woman, using these to relate her experiences back into art objects.

“[Art] gives a different perspective on the way we live our lives. It’s a different view of things. It gives us more depth in how we live and the way we see things and how we treat other people and interact with the world.

“So for me, the visual aspect is so important because it’s just a new way of thinking.”