Lindiwe Matshikiza

Lindiwe Matshikiza is a multidisciplinary artist, originally from Johannesburg, currently based in Marseille. She has a background in theatre-making and her creative practice includes performance, research, writing and directing for stage and screen, as well as for visual and sound art projects. Her projects are largely process-driven, intuitive, collaborative, and often take on more than one form over time. Lindiwe is also a community-taught filmmaker: Her directorial debut, One Take Grace, was a creative documentary made in collaboration with Mothiba Grace Bapela over ten years, for which they won the IDFA Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution (2021), BlackStar Best Feature Documentary (2022), and the Grand Prize, International Feature at RIDM (2022).