Farieda Nazier is a multimodal artist, academic, and activist whose Afro-feminist practice explores how the histories of colonialism and apartheid continue to shape our present. From 2017 to 2024, she led the Department of Jewellery Design and Manufacture at the University of Johannesburg and is currently serving as Curator and Senior Lecturer at the FADA Gallery.

Her work integrates leadership, research, and teaching in higher education, with a focus on transformative art practices. Through both creative and textual research, she has made significant contributions to decolonial and feminist discourse. Recently, Nazier’s research has challenged colonial curatorial practices that render museums static and exclusionary. Through her theory of Transformative Art Practice and counter-exhibitions at the Apartheid Museum and the Castle of Good Hope, she reimagines museums as dynamic sites of critical consciousness. Her approach combines art, pedagogy, and decolonial theory to provide new models for socially engaged, inclusive, and transformational curatorial practices.

Nazier has exhibited and curated extensively, collaborating with institutions such as the Apartheid Museum, the Castle of Good Hope, Galerie Handwerk, and the Nirox Foundation. She is also a co-editor of “Politics of Design: Privilege and Prejudice in Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and South Africa.”

Her work continues to inspire new ways of thinking about art, identity, and justice.