Gabrielle Goliath
Through the ritual, sonic and social encounters of her art practice, Gabrielle Goliath attends (and tends) to histories and present-day conditions of differentially valued life, reaffirming ways in which black, brown, femme and queer practices perform the world differently. Convening what she terms “a radical familiar”, her works invite meetings in and across differences, in terms of complicity, relation and love.
Goliath’s outstanding contributions to contemporary art are well acknowledged in South Africa and globally. She was recently selected for the 2026 Apollo list of “40 Most Talented & Inspirational People Driving the Art World Forward Today”, and has received several awards, including the Future Generation Art Prize - Special Prize (2019), Standard Bank Young Artist Award (2019), and Institut Français, Afrique en créations Prize at the Bamako Biennale (2017). She has exhibited widely, with recent solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1, New York (2025); PinchukArtCentre, Kyiv (2025); Art City Bologna, Bologna (2025); Frac Bretagne, Villeurbanne/Rhône- Alpes (2025); Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh (2024/5); and B7L9, Tunis (2024). Goliath’s work is held in collections such as MoMA, Tate Modern, Kunsthalle Zürich, Mudam Luxembourg, Frac Bretagne, Taguchi Art Collection, and Iziko South African National Gallery. She lives and works in Johannesburg