About: Athi-Patra Ruga

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Athi-Patra Ruga (born in 1984) is a South African artist who uses performance, photography, video, textiles, and printmaking to explore notions of utopia and dystopia, material and memory. His work explores the body in relation to sensuality, culture, and ideology, often creating cultural hybrids. Themes such as sexuality, HIV/AIDS, African culture, and the place of queerness within post-apartheid South Africa also permeate his work.

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  • Athi-Patra Ruga (born in 1984) is a South African artist who uses performance, photography, video, textiles, and printmaking to explore notions of utopia and dystopia, material and memory. His work explores the body in relation to sensuality, culture, and ideology, often creating cultural hybrids. Themes such as sexuality, HIV/AIDS, African culture, and the place of queerness within post-apartheid South Africa also permeate his work. (en)
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  • 1984-03-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Standard Bank Young Artist for Performance 2015, Malick Sedibe Prize for Photography (en)
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  • 1984-03-09 (xsd:date)
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  • Umtata, South Africa (en)
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  • Performance, Fashion, Tapestry, Mixed Media (en)
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  • Athi-Patra Ruga (en)
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  • South African (en)
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  • Malibongwe Tyilo (en)
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  • Belgravia Art Centre, 2001. Gordon Flack Davison Design Academy, 2004. (en)
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  • Athi-Patra Ruga (born in 1984) is a South African artist who uses performance, photography, video, textiles, and printmaking to explore notions of utopia and dystopia, material and memory. His work explores the body in relation to sensuality, culture, and ideology, often creating cultural hybrids. Themes such as sexuality, HIV/AIDS, African culture, and the place of queerness within post-apartheid South Africa also permeate his work. (en)
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  • Athi-Patra Ruga (en)
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