Founding Artistic Director

Siwa Mgoboza

Siwa Mgoboza is an visual artist, a curator, fine art educator and the founder of SIYABANGENA!. They trained at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT. Mgoboza is an internationally acclaimed artist, their work is in both public and private collections. They are currently at the University of Witwatersrand, pursuing an MA in Fine Art with a PMA (Post Merit Award), where they also part-time lecture.

They have curated for SIYABANGENA!, The BMW Young Collectors Culture Fest, The Turbine Art Fair Grad Show, the Smithsonian National  Museum of African Art (Washington, D.C.), NMAFA+ in Johannesburg, South Africa, The Moleksine Foundation AtWork Workshop in collaboration with Simon Njami (Con Hill) and Andrew Tshabangu (Soweto) and STILL ART.

Mgoboza serves as the Founding Director of STILL ART residency program and is the Associate Curator for the upcoming South African Pavilion for the Venice Biennale.

Studio Manager & Artist Liason

Reshavan Naicker

Reshavan Naicker is the Studio Manager and Artist Liaison at STILL ARTIST RESIDENCY, where they contribute to programming, public engagement, and institutional development. A creative facilitator with experience at The Studio Museum in Harlem and The Gordon Parks Foundation, their work is grounded in a commitment to artists from the Global South and reimagining infrastructures to sustain them. Their creative practice comprises installation, performance, and photography.