BIOGRAPHY
Nadia Ettwein (b.1984) is a contemporary lens-based artist based in Cape Town, South Africa.
With a degree in Information science, her work extended into photography by means of creating and preserving her own stories. Nadia’s work is an introspective exploration of social issues, personal identity, and domesticity in South Africa. Through her works, she authors and witness individuality and diversity of womanhood.
Nadia was named a CAP 2023 winner and shortlisted for thePhMuseum 2023 Women Photographers Grant. She was also a finalist for the 2023Gomma Photography Grant and has been recently nominated as a finalist for the2024 Prix Virginia award. Her work has been exhibited both nationally andinternationally, including being featured in the 2024 Athens Photo Festival.
She resonates with the complexities of the human experience, reflecting on her own identity and abuse. Nadia continues to work on projects in analogue, digital and printed mediums.
She is a Through The Lens Collective mentee.
FEATURED ON
- Featured on Latitudes Online.
ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2023 CAP prize winner
- 2023 PhMuseum Woman Photographer Grant - Shortlisted
- 2023 Gomma Photography Grant - Finalist
- 2024 Joop Swart Masterclass - Nominee
- 2024 Prix Virginia - Finalist
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022
Shutterland by Lizamore and Associates. Johannesburg, South Africa.
(IM)Materiality by Notamuseaum. Lisbon, Portugal.
Everything, Everyone, Always by Through the lens collective. Johannesburg, South Africa.
2023
Portrait Show by Through the Lens Collective. Johannesburg, South Africa.
2024
August House Contra Fair. Through the Lens Collective, Johannesburg. South Africa.
Athens Photo Festival 2024. Athens, Greece.
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