Refilwe Nkomo is a Johannesburg based multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator and community organiser producing cultural and artistic interventions, programmes and installations using various mediums including performance, video, text and dance at the intersection of arts and social justice. Her research, workshops and performance have been the recipient of numerous awards and presented in South Korea, Ghana, Botswana, Brazil, Germany and the United States of America. She has founded organisations and platforms including We Are Here (WAH), a non-profit organisation working with men and boys to dismantle gender-based violence, founded in 2010. She holds a B.Bus.Sci degree from the University of Cape Town and a Masters in Arts and Politics from New York University (Tisch School of the Arts|Art and Public Policy). Refilwe serves on the leadership committee of IMPACT (Imagining together Platform for Arts, Culture and Conflict Transformation) and is a Clore Chevening Fellow 2019/2020. She was previously co-director of !Kauru Contemporary Art.
