Kapwani Kiwanga (b. 1978, Hamilton, Canada) is a French and Canadian artist based between Paris and Berlin. She studied Anthropology and Comparative Religion at McGill University in Montreal before pursuing art at l’École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Kiwanga has been shortlisted for the 2025 Joan Miró Prize and received the Zürich Art Prize in 2022. She won the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2020, the Frieze Artist Award in 2018, and the Sobey Art Award in 2018. In 2024, she represented Canada at the 60th International Venice Art Biennale. Kiwanga’s solo exhibitions include venues such as: Copenhagen Contemporary (DK); Serralves Foundation, Porto (PT); Bozar, Brussels (BE); Remai Modern, Saskatoon (CA); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (DE); Capc, Bordeaux (FR); MOCA, Toronto (CA); Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zürich (CH); New Museum, New York (USA); Haus der Kunst, Munich (DE); South London Gallery (UK); Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR); among others. She is represented by Galerie Poggi, Paris; Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, Cape Town, and London; and Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin.