International Visitors Programme
During Afrovibes Festival 2021, Athi-Patra Ruga presented his new video performance Over The Rainbow online at various locations. For both physical visitors and through live streams, his work was shown at the Compagnietheater and De Balie in Amsterdam, and in Rotterdam at Theater Zuidplein and twice at De Kunsthal. During several of these presentations, Athi-Patra Ruga interacted online with audiences and artists.
About Athi-Patra Ruga
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Athi-Patra Ruga (1984, South Africa) is a multimedia designer working with various media (videos, photographs, tapestries, textiles). He studied fashion design at the Gordon Flack Davidson Academy of Design in Johannesburg.
Athi Patra Ruga's work has been shown in various group and solo exhibitions, and are included in several museum collections, including those of the Iziko South African National Gallery (Cape Town), Museion Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Bolzano, Italy), CAAC Pigozzi Collection (Geneva) and Wedge Collection (Toronto, Canada).