Anawana Haloba

b. 1978 in Livingstone, Zambia, lives and works in Oslo, Norway

Education

• Oslo National Academy of Fine Art, Olso, NO, 2002-06
• Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Commerce, Lusaka, ZM, 1998-2000

Residencies

• Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Liverpool, AU, January/March, project 'When the private became public', 2008
• Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten/Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, 2007-08
• Rockston Studio 1985, Lusaka, ZM, apprenticeship in stone sculpture, 2001-02

Fellowships/stipends

• Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Norway, 2008
• Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Norway, 2007
• Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, the Netherlands, 2007

Awards

• Res Artis, winner of a residency at the Casula Power House Arts Centre, Astralia, 2006
• Dak'art 2006, Dakar, SN, 'Prix spécial Franco-Allemand', 2006

(Selected) solo exhibitions

• Gallery 21-25, Oslo, Norway, 'Lamentations'
• NSA Gallery, Durban, ZA, 'Loud Silence', 2005
• Dakar, SN, 'Senseless Wars', 2004
• Lusaka, ZM, 'Anawana and Milumbe at Café d'Afrik', 2000

(Selected) group exhibitions

• La Biennale di Venezia, IT, 2009
• Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL, 'RijksakademieOPEN', (exh. cat.), 2008
• Manifesta 7, Bolzano, IT, 'The Rest of Now', 2008
• 16th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, AU, 'Revolutions – Forms that turn', 2008
• CAPE 2007, Cape Town, ZA, 'Trans cape', 2007
• Sharjah Biennial 8, Sharjah, AE, 'Still life. Art, ecology and the politics of change', (exh. cat.), 2007
• Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL, 'Open Ateliers', (exh. cat.), 2007
• Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, SN, (exh. cat.), 2006
• National Academy of Fine Art, Oslo, NO, 'Avgangsutstillingen 2006', 2006
• Ateliers des Tanneurs, Brussel, BE, 'Afrique-Europe : rêves croisés', (exh. cat.), 2006
• ProgMe, Rio de Janeiro, BR, 2005
• Konse Kubili, Lusaka, ZM, 2003
• Madison Insurance, Lusaka, ZM, 'Essence of a Woman', 2002
• Lusaka, ZM, 'Women's Eclipse of the sun', 2001
• African Union summit, Lusaka, ZM, 2001
• Lusaka, ZM, 'Towards the National Ngoma awards', 2000
• College of the Canyons Art Gallery, Santa Clarita (CA), US, 'Women beyond borders', 2000

(Selected) articles and reviews

• Art South Africa Magazine, 'Speaking in tongues', Ruth Kerkham Simbao, vol. 5.3 (Autumn), 2007
• NRC Handelsblad, 'Kalm wandelen voor de ijsbreker uit. Op de open Ateliers laten de deelnemers van de Rijksakademie hun werk zien', Manon Braat, (29 November), 2007
• de Volkskrant, 'Kunstenaar van nu lijkt wel scriptschrijver', Rutger Pontzen, (30 November), 2007
• Polvo Art Magazine, Chicago, US, 2005
• Mail & Guardian online, 'Louder than Silence', Alex Sudheim, (March), 2005
• 'No longer at Ease', Gabi Ngcobo, in: Young Artists' Project Catalogue, 2005
• Le Martin, SG, 'Ces mains de l'indicible souffrance', Massamba Mbeye, 2004
• The Harvard African, 'Salt Licked Maps', Ruth Kerkham Simbao, vol. 1, issue.1, p.25, 2002

Other

• Member of Zambia National Visual Council, 1992 – present
• Member of the Lusaka branch of the Visual Arts Council, 1998 – present
• Facilitator of the 'Newly Formed Art Forums' in Lusaka, ZM, 2004
• Tambacounda, SN, 'TGD4 International Workshop', 2004
• Helsinki, FI, 'Baltic & Nordic Sculpture Symposium', 2004
• Treasurer of the Lusaka branch of the Visual Arts Council, 2000-02
• Lusaka, ZM, 'National Women Workshop', 2001
• Founding member and treasurer of the National Women in Visual Arts Association (WIVAA), 2001
• Facilitator of the show 'Women's Eclipse of the sun', 2001
• Academy Without Walls (AWW); collaboration between Zambia Visual Arts Council, NORAD and Prof. Michael O'Donnell of the National Academy of Fine Art in Oslo, NO, 1999-2001
• Lusaka, ZM, 'Camera as a tool of making art (AWW)', 2000
• Lusaka, ZM, 'National Women Workshop', 2000