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PAST EXHIBITIONS


KNOWLEDGE RE-CREATION
This workshop offers a space for artists, activists, thinkers, curators and scholars to present their research, ideas and works in...
The Project Room
Oct 28, 20221 min read


Domestic Adventures
“Drawing is my favourite discipline, balanced by the exploration of the physical textures of wood and stone. I love the expressive...
Marita van Rooyen
Oct 20, 20222 min read


Just Because
“I’ve had a keen interest in expressing myself creatively ever since I can remember. I started drawing at an early age, scribbling in...
Marita van Rooyen
Sep 16, 20223 min read


Threads that Bind– A colourful tapestry of human interrelation
“This practice of drawing on hand-made paper, stitching, knotting, threading, combining, weaving and sorting, reminds me of the lightness...
Marita van Rooyen
Aug 11, 20222 min read


Meet my new partner Laschandre Coetzee
Long time collaborator of The Project Room Laschandre Coetzee will be coming on board as a partner with founder Frieda Lühl Laschandrè is...
The Project Room
Jul 21, 20221 min read


Find us now in Lazarett Square
After six years in Windhoek West's Jenner Street we have moved to a new location in the centre of town. Find us in future in Lazarette...
The Project Room
Jul 21, 20221 min read


Mens (gemaak) – a reflection on humanity
“Man was created from dust, received breath, became human and was given a name. In this way, we’re all the same, all human, but we’re...
Marita van Rooyen
Jul 19, 20222 min read


Black Lines
“Everything we create in life starts with a line, every drawing, painting, print or design. Lines represent repetition and rhythm,...
Marita van Rooyen
Jun 18, 20223 min read


Still Life Stories
“As with every show, I try to give the audience a good night out; show them something they may not have seen before. There are allusions...
Marita van Rooyen
Apr 8, 20222 min read


Art for Bank Windhoek
Over the last year, we had the great opportunity to collaborate with Windhoek-based interior design company Women Unleashed on the new...
The Project Room
Apr 3, 20222 min read


Re-Queering a Nation
“Being a white lesbian Namibian comes with a multitude of privileges, but also identity conflicts and challenges. Born and raised in a...
Marita van Rooyen
Mar 29, 20223 min read


Connecting Namibia to the Cape Town Art Fair
Art Fair “Over the past year and a half, the art world has transformed itself and adapted to our shifted way of thinking and doing, as a...
Marita van Rooyen
Feb 10, 20223 min read


In The Meantime
Group Exhibition IN THE MEANTIME looks to create a space in which we can contemplate what is important to us. Over the last two years our...
The Project Room
Nov 5, 20211 min read


Recollections in Colour
Francois de Necker – Art as Coincidental Abstraction “To me, the greatest challenge is to paint the same subject over and over, and have...
Marita van Rooyen
Oct 14, 20212 min read


O'tee
The last exhibition in 2020 will be a group show titled IN THE MEANTIME opening in November. Part of this exhibition will be the live...
The Project Room
Oct 1, 20212 min read


Normal Not Normal
Jo Rogge – On difference and belonging “Where to begin when being an Afrikaner was a shame? Being German of any sort was shameful. Being...
Marita van Rooyen
Sep 23, 20213 min read


Speak Out
Trianus Nakale uses his creative calling to express emotional social challenges through a combination of illustrations and text on paper....
Marita van Rooyen
Sep 9, 20211 min read


SPOTLIGHT ON: Marita van Rooyen
Marita van Rooyen grew up between a farm and small town in the east of Namibia, an environment that proofed to be the ideal setting to...
Marita van Rooyen
Aug 12, 20212 min read


SPOTLIGHT ON: Fatmeh Joubert
Fatmeh Joubert grew up in Sierra Leone, West Africa. As the oldest of six, she was raised by her Lebanese dad and Sierra Leonean mother....
The Project Room
Jun 22, 20211 min read


Rudolf Seibeb creates art for World Press Freedom Day
For the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, Namibian artist Rudolf Seibeb was recently invited to create an artwork for the German...
Martha Mukaiwa
Jun 22, 20212 min read


SPOTLIGHT ON: Lynette Musukubili
Lynette Musukubili was born and grew up in Windhoek. Discovering early that she can best express herself creatively, she decided to...
Marita van Rooyen
Jun 22, 20212 min read


In Memory of Paul Kiddo
In memory of this great Namibian painter Paul Kiddo(29 January - 5 April 2021) we repost this article from 2019. May your gentle soul...
Marita van Rooyen
Apr 8, 20213 min read


Nurture
(exhibition catalogue) NURTURE is a duo solo exhibition by mixed media artist Urte Remmert and sculptor Mitchell M Gatsi. Both artists...
The Project Room
Apr 2, 20211 min read


Em'Brace
(exhibition catalogue) EM'BRACE by Mitchell M Gatsi is his second solo exhibition of clay sculptures. Press: On Motherhood and Memories
The Project Room
Mar 10, 20211 min read
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