Cassi Namoda was born in Mozambique, holding duel Mozambique and American heritage. Fascinated with her family history, Namoda conflates figurative painting with historical narratives in a... Read full biography
Cassi Namoda was born in Mozambique, holding duel Mozambique and American heritage. Fascinated with her family history, Namoda conflates figurative painting with historical narratives in a postcolonial world. Thematically, her work emphasises the emotions that reflect those of her understanding of... Read full biography
Cassi Namoda was born in Mozambique, holding duel Mozambique and American heritage. Fascinated with her family history, Namoda conflates figurative painting with historical narratives in a postcolonial world. Thematically, her work emphasises the emotions that reflect those of her understanding of her ancestry. Referring to her work as 'cinematic' her work is consistently stooped in often complex narratives:"I briefly went to school to study cinematography at the Academy of Art University in... Read full biography
Cassi Namoda was born in Mozambique, holding duel Mozambique and American heritage. Fascinated with her family history, Namoda conflates figurative painting with historical narratives in a postcolonial world. Thematically, her work emphasises the emotions that reflect those of her understanding of her ancestry. Referring to her work as 'cinematic' her work is consistently stooped in often complex narratives:"I briefly went to school to study cinematography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. I was especially interested in visualization and narrative. Someone once told me, "In African culture, you're born as a griot, a storyteller." I think that was always innate in me – that I wanted to tell a story". (Cassi Namoda, ed.... Read full biography
Cassi Namoda was born in Mozambique, holding duel Mozambique and American heritage. Fascinated with her family history, Namoda conflates figurative painting with historical narratives in a postcolonial world. Thematically, her work emphasises the emotions that reflect those of her understanding of her ancestry. Referring to her work as 'cinematic' her work is consistently stooped in often complex narratives:"I briefly went to school to study cinematography at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. I was especially interested in visualization and narrative. Someone once told me, "In African culture, you're born as a griot, a storyteller." I think that was always innate in me – that I wanted to tell a story". (Cassi Namoda, ed. Stephanie Sporn, How I became an artist: Cassi Namoda, (Art Basel: Online article, 2025).Intertwining art and literature,... Read full biography
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