Born 1980 in Zimbabwe. She lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Georgina Maxim is known for both working as an artist and curator with over a decade of arts management and curatorial practice. In 2012, she co-founded Village Unhu, an artist-run space in Harare that provides studio spaces, exhibitions, workshops and residency programs for young and professional artists. After completing her studies at the University of Chinhoyi, she taught visual arts for several years at the Prince Edward School, while managing the Delta Gallery, a historical gallery for contemporary art in Harare.
At the same time, Georgina Maxim developed her artistic practice by turning to textiles and using the techniques of embroidery, sewing and weaving to deconstruct, cut out and recompose second-hand clothes. Through her practice, Georgina Maxim creates unique pieces that escape any definition: the artist herself describes her work as an act of memory, a transcription of the moment, of the experiences and stories evoked by these used clothes.
In 2018, Georgina Maxim has been nominated for the Henrike Grohs Award (Goethe Institute, Abidjan). Her work has been exhibited in Zimbabwe (Delta Gallery, National Gallery of Zimbabwe) and internationally (Mojo Gallery in Dubai, 31 PROJECT in Paris and Goethe Institute in Salvador de Bahia).
In 2019, Georgina Maxim presented an installation for the Zimbabwean pavilion at the 58th Venice Biennale. In the same year, she took a master’s degree at the University of Bayreuth to deepen her curatorial practice. She also undertook a creative residency at the Goethe Institute in Salvador de Bahia.
In 2020 she exhibits at the Bargoin Museum (Clermont-Ferrand), at the FRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine in 2021, at the MuCAT in Abidjan as well as at the Somerset House in London in 2022.
In 2023 her work is presented at the HKW in Berlin as part of the exhibition O Quilombismo.In 2024 she is part of the group show " Unravel, the power and politics of textiles in art" at Barbican center in London and at Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Unravel. The power and politics of textiles in art, Barbican center
London- UK
Unravel. The power and politics of textiles in art, Stedelijk museum
Amsterdam- ND
2023
O Quilombismo, HKW, Berlin – DE
Memoria : récits d'une autre histoire, National Museum of Yaoundé - CMR
Effet de Groupe, 31 PROJECT, Paris - FR
Art Genève, 31 PROJECT, Geneva - CH
2022
A Different Now is Close Enough to Exhale on You, Curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town & Johannesburg – SA
Untitled, 31 PROJECT, Miami - USA
AKAA, 31 PROJECT, Paris - FR
KIAF, 31 PROJECT, Seoul - KR
ARCO, 31 PROJECT, Lisbon - PT
ART-O-RAMA, 31 PROJECT, Marseille - FR
Memoria : récits d’une autre Histoire, MuCAT, Abidjan - IC
Eternally Yours, Somerset House, Londres - UK
Art Paris Art Fair, 31 PROJECT, Paris - FR
Loose ends, Koop project, Brighton - UK
2021
Silence calling from one continent to another, Goodman Gallery,
Cape Town - SA
Threads, Duende Art Projects, Antwerp - BE
This place will become a memory, 31 PROJECT, Art Paris Art Fair – FR
Memoria: Accounts of another History, FRAC MÉCA, Bordeaux – FR
On fait des dessins dans la terre, 31 PROJECT – FR
Self-Continuity, AFIKARIS gallery, Paris – FR
Artissima, 31 PROJECT, Turin – IT
1:54, 31 PROJECT, London – UK
2020
Love Etc. International Festival of Extraordinary Textiles, Bargoin Museum, Clermont-Ferrand – FR
SMALL, 31 PROJECT, Paris – FR
Galeristes, 31 PROJECT, Paris – FR
2019
58th Venice Biennale, Zimbabwe Pavillion, Venice – IT
Your parents are so old – Solo show, 31 PROJECT, AKAA, Paris – FR
Concert for Birds – Goethe Institute, Salvador de Bahia – BR
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town – SA
2018
Summer Exhibition, Sulger-Buel Gallery, London – UK
AKAA, Sulger-Buel Gallery, Paris – FR
1:54, London – UK
FNB Johannesburg Art Fair, Johannesburg - SA
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town – SA
2017
FNB Johannesburg Art Fair, Johannesburg – SA
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town – SA
2016
Artists Book Exhibition, Mojo Gallery, Dubai – UAE
FNB Johannesburg Art Fair, Johannesburg – SA
Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town – SA
2015
FNB Johannesburg Art Fair, Johannesburg – SA
2008 - 2019
Group Exhibitions, Village Unhu, Harare – ZI (2012 - 2019)
Group Exhibitions, Gallery Delta, Harare – ZI (2008 - 2019)
Group Exhibitions, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare – ZI (2009 - 2019)
CURATOR | Selection
2021
Coin flip serie, a series of solo shows for emerging artists, Village Unhu, Harare – ZI
2019
We move forward by looking back, Village Unhu, Harare – ZI
Sanity is expensive, but madness is for free, Village Unhu, Harare – ZI
2017
Percy Manyonga, Eye Report, nommée pour le National Arts Merit Award, Village Unhu, Harare – ZI
2013 – 2019
Artistic Director at Village Unhu – Six exhibitions per year
RESIDENCIES
2020
Bag Factory Artists' Studios, Johannesburg – SA
2019
Vila Sul, Goethe Institute, Salvador de Bahia – BR
2017
Embassy of Foreign Artists, ProHelvetia, Geneva - CH
AWARDS
2018
Henrike Grohs Art Award, nominée, Goethe Institute, Abidjan – IC
PUBLICATIONS
2021
This place will become a memory, catalogue monography, Edition 31 PROJECT with the support of CNAP – Paris – FR
Oh Africart!, Editions du Chêne, Elizabeth Tchoungui, - Paris - FR
EDUCATION
2019
Masters AVVA, African Visual and Verbal Art, Universität Bayreuth and Iwalewahaus
2002
Creative Art and Design, Diploma in Education, University of Chinhoyi
WITH 31 PROJECT
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Effet de Groupe, group show, Paris - FR
2021
This place will become a memory, solo show, Paris - FR
On fait des dessins dans la terre, group show, Paris - FR
2020
SMALL, group show, Paris - FR
2019
Your parents are soo old, group show, Paris - FR
ARTFAIRS
2023
Art Genève, group show, Geneva - CH
2022
Untitled, duo show, Miami - USA
AKAA, group show, Paris - FR
KIAF, group show, Seoul - KR
ART-O-RAMA, Marseille - FR
ARCO, group show, Lisbon - PT
Art Paris Art Fair, group show, Paris – FR
2021
Artissima, group show, Turin - IT
1:54 Londres, group shows, Paris – FR
Art Paris Art Fair, solo show, Paris - FR
2020
Galeristes, group show, Paris - FR
2019
AKAA, solo show, Paris - FR
PUBLICATION
2021
This place will become a memory