Asteria Malinzi

Self Portraits by Asteria Malinzi

Born (1991)  in Singida, Tanzania. Lives and works in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

History, the ocean, found objects and personal experiences are usually the protagonist of her personal works. Through historical references, she gains inspiration by past happenings and uses her camera as a medium for her reinterpretation of these happenings. In her work, Malinzi uses herself as a point of reference and and subject matter through the use of self portraiture.

Asteria Malinzi is a fine art photographer, content creator, curator and artist manager. She completed her BA (Hons) in Business Management and Marketing at the University of Derby in the United Kingdom in 2012. She then went on to pursue photography and relocated to Cape Town, South Africa where in 2015 she graduated from the Cape Town School of Photography.

Since graduating, she has participated in several group exhibitions in South Africa, Tanzania, Kenya and Egypt. She currently works full-time at Toyota Tanzania as a content creator, part-time as a gallery manager at Rangi Gallery and has started an artist residency called Artists Residency of Kigamboni (ARK).

She is a board member for Muda Africa and Alliance Francaise DSM. She is currently based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.