Kim Karabo Makin
b. 1994, Gaborone, Botswana. Lives and works between Gaborone and Cape Town.
Kim Karabo Makin is a multidisciplinary artist, and her practice combines sculpture, sound and installation, with a research base and unique spatial awareness. Her work is informed by her multiculturalism — with particular attention to the role that context plays in identity formation. Kim Karabo Makin is a founding member of the Botswana Pavilion, an artist collective interrogating Botswana’s creative identity.
Education
2021: Master of Fine Arts, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
2018: Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts, Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
Solo exhibitions
2022: The Doors of Culture Shall Be Opened, Linnaeus, Gaborone, Botswana
Group exhibitions
2025: Investec Cape Town Art Fair (with Suburbia Contemporary), Cape Town, South Africa
2024: FNB Art Joburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
2023: Yo o Sa Leleng, Botswana National Museum, Gaborone, Botswana
2022: We Are Afrika, World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA
2022: Maš(w)i a Ditoro (tsa Rona) (with The Botswana Pavilion), Sakhile&Me, Frankfurt, Germany
2021: Past, Present, Currents, ArtReach (at AVA Gallery), Cape Town, South Africa
2020: Home is where the art is, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town.
2020: The Mutha_Ship Landing, Salt River, Cape Town.
2020: The Botswana Pavilion: Collective Ties, Pro Helvetia Johannesburg [online exhibition].
2020: Past Present Currents, presented by Re-Curators for Latitudes Art Fair [online exhibition].
2020: Michaelis Masters Showcase, RMB Turbine Art Fair [online exhibition].
2019: Graduate Exhibition, RMB Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg.
2019: The Botswana Pavilion: Subjective Nationhood, Botswana National Art Gallery, Gaborone.
2019: The Botswana Pavilion: No Return, Gallery MOMO, Cape Town.
2019: Formally Known As, Association for Visual Arts Gallery, Cape Town.
2018: Grad Show 2018, Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town.
2018: 2018 Absa L’Atelier, ABSA Art Gallery, Johannesburg.
2018: The Devil Loves When We Loathe Ourselves, 99 Loop Gallery, Cape Town.
2017: The changing realities in which we live at UCT, Molly Blackburn, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
2015: Return to Sender, Centre for African Studies (CAS) Gallery, University of Cape Town, Cape Town.
Panels
2020: Moderator, Collective Ties: methods for creative and cultural exchange in the region, British Council, Johannesburg.
2020: Panelist, Culture, Tourism and the New Narrative, World Bank Art Program.
Residencies
2023: The Art House Residency, Wakefield, UK
Other
2024 - present: Vice-Chairperson / Executive Board Member, Art Residency Centre (ARC), Gaborone
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