Gallery Chosi by Zimkhitha Xwashu opens in Durban
The official opening of Gallery Chosi will also be exhibiting 'The Visual Art of Creating Beyond the Apartheid
Imagination' on 21 August in Windermere, Durban.
There's a part of Durban that breathes culture and art and identifies a deeper understanding of our history and heritage from the perspective of visual art.
This part of our culture isn't always given the attention it deserves. For art lovers whose first love is connecting through beauty and interpretation, you will be happy to know that the official opening of Gallery Chosi in Windermere, Durban, is finally here.
Gallery Chosi was launched in 2020 as a newly established artist, a developmental, collaborative, and exhibition space with the Art and Conversations art project. The project has been running a series of pop-up art exhibitions and dialogues about artist development and sustainability strategies.
Zimkhitha Xwashu, the woman behind the vision of the gallery opening, was born in the Eastern Cape but currently resides in Durban.
Xwashu embarked on a journey to forge a career in the arts and culture industry while completing her studies at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. She completed an internship at KZNSA Gallery from 2022 to 2023, gaining hands-on experience in gallery management, project management, and curatorial practice as a gallery assistant.
Xwashu's work
focuses on special projects exploring physical space as a medium of engagement. These projects use art and space as potent tools to facilitate and foster connections and cultivate community. What better place than an art exhibition showcasing talented artists and disruptive conversations to get people together...
Check out the Q&A with one of KwaZulu-Natal's artists, Ukhona Mthethwa, exhibiting at the gallery this week, courtesy of Instagram.
Xwashu describes the opening of Gallery Chosi as an evolution into a "nomadic art space".
"Art & Conversations will continue being a pivotal part of CHOSI as we bring emerging artists and designers to the spotlight. The launch will take place simultaneously with our group exhibition opening, “The Visual Art of Creating Beyond the Apartheid Imagination”, which features artistic positions of three emerging visual artists who participated in the first cohort of the special project we ran in 2024", said Xwashu.
The opening of the exhibition: The Visual Art of Creating Beyond the Apartheid Imagination
- Date | 21 August 2025
- Time | 6 pm to 8 pm
- Venue | CommunityZA - 3 Millar Rd, Windermere, Durban
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