grants and awards

 

2016  “Foreign Policy” award, US Government, Washington, USA

2015  Scholarship African Arts Centre of Johannesburg for a residency in Miami (Dec. 2015)

2013  UNESCO Brasil Aschberg, Award for Fine Arts, Brazil

2014 Recipient of the Africa Centre AIR Fountainhead Residency, Miami, United States

2013 Shortlisted for The Sovereign Middle East and African Art Prize 2013

2012 First Prize awarded by The Protection Project, Photography Contest, Washington DC

2012 VISA pour la Création , Residency Grant by the French Institute (L’Institut Français, Paris)

2012 AIR (Artist in Residency) by Kuona Trust, Nairobi, Kenya

2012 Crossing Point Residency Program during the Rencontres d’Arles 2012

2012 Nominated for The Prix Pictet 2012

2012 Photographers’ Portfolio Meeting, organized by Goethe Institut Johannesburg: the artist integrates the curatorial and artist residency with Goethe Institute Johannesburg to be held in Congo

2011 Hasselblad Master Finalist

2011 Nominated for BES Photo Prize 2011, Lisbon-São Paulo

2011 3rd Prize from Stiftung EVZ, 8th Photography Competition

2011 3rd Prize at Biennial of TDM, Maputo

2011 Mozambican Talent Award from the French Embassy and French Cultural Centre for the ‘Women with Power Award Photo Contest’

2011 Award for Creation, awarded by the AECID (Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo) and The Spanish Embassy in Mozambique Santa Lucia Award, Spain

2011 Bag Factory artist residency program, Johannesburg, South Africa

2011 CACAU Casa das Artes Criação Ambiente Utopias, São Tomé Island

2009 Nominated Unicef Photo of The Year

2009 Honorable Mention – National Museum of Art, Maputo, Mozambique

2009 1st prize – Amandla Magazine, Johannesburg, South Africa

2009 2nd prize, Festival da Baia, Maputo, Mozambique