George Mahashe

Mahashe works in the field of photography, particularly at the intersection of artistic practice, archives, museums, and the afterlives of anthropology. His research takes Khelovedu[Khelobedu] as a central idea, drawing on its capacity to complicate ways of knowing and encouraging trans-disciplinarity. His current research project includes ‘––defunct context’ which engages the nexus of art, technology, and Indigenous Knowledge Systems. 

Mahashe’s recent publication ‘—defunct context: Ambivalence to Important Work’(2023) explores Photography through the format of an artist book and its assembly as a process of inscribing an archive of practice as a physical dreamscape. He recently presented the installation Pavilion Prototype III: Camera Obscura #0 Mafadi at 2026 Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale.  Mahashe is an Associate Professor at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town.