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Artist Biography given by the Kuru Development Trust. 'Ankie (Nxadom Qhomatcã). Born in D'Kar during the 1930s or 40s, Ankie received no formal schooling. As a child she learned to do intricate beadwork from her mother who was a master of the craft. Ankie joined the art project in 1990, prior to which she had worked as a domestic helper and skilled craft producer.
Ankie loved to work on large canvases which she covered in abstract designs resembling the grid, cluster and maze-like designs which can be seen in the rock engravings of earlier San peoples. Her work was often humorous and at times depicted men's cloths or birds peering under bits of bark in their search for fat juicy grubs. She was also keen on working real beads into her paintings which added a three dimensional aspect to them.
Ankie died in 1994 from tuberculosis, leaving the project she added so much life to.' Taken from http://www.africaserver.nl/kuru/english/artists/ankie.htm
Event Date 12/2/2014
Author: Rachel Hand

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Presented by The Art Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. An acquisition project to build a collection of modern and contemporary work on paper from Australia, Canada and South Africa was undertaken over 2011-13 with the support of a grant under The Art Fund's RENEW programme. The collection was developed with the expert advice and generous assistance of Annie Coombes and Norman Vorano in relation to South African and Inuit artists respectively. Khadija Carroll, Anita Herle and Diana Wood Conroy also contributed to the selection process. Obtained from the Kuru Development Trust, Ghanzi, Botswana, November 2013
Event Date 12/2/2014
Author: maa

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Lithograph by Nxaedom Qhomaxa (Ankie), titled 'Nharo men and Skin Clothes', 1992, edition 36/50
Event Date 12/2/2014
Author: maa

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Exhibited: 'Crafting Colour: Beads, Pattern and Painting from the Kalahari', Cambridge MAA South Lecture Room, 24 June 2014 - 28 September 2014. Presented by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The display label text read: 'An early work by a female artist, this depicts Nharo speakers (a San language), alongside designs for a pair of beaded leather aprons. Even in black and white, this image highlights the importance of pattern in these images.'
Event Date 15/9/2014
Author: Remke van der Velden

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The 2014 exhibition label provides and alternative spelling for the Maker's last name which has been added to the field between brackets.
Event Date 15/7/2015
Author: Remke van der Velden