Cassi Namoda in conversation with Gaby Collins-Fernandez

Artist Cassi Namoda joins Brooklyn Rail contributor Gaby Collins-Fernandez for a conversation on Zoom.

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Cassi Namoda (b. 1988, Maputo, Mozambique) is a painter, performance artist, and storyteller whose work explores the complexities of everyday life in post-colonial Africa. Known for her vibrant figurative paintings, she weaves together personal memories, folklore, and cultural history to reflect on themes of identity, community, and spirituality. Namoda’s practice often captures fleeting moments of tenderness and resilience, rendered with an expressive palette and cinematic sensibility. She has exhibited internationally, with shows in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Cape Town, and her work is included in major institutional collections. Namoda lives and works in Biella Italy. 

Gaby Collins-Fernandez is an artist living and working in New York City. She holds degrees from Dartmouth College (BA) and the Yale School of Art (MFA, Painting/Printmaking). Her work has been shown in the US and internationally, including at Peter Freeman, Inc., the Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama and El Museo del Barrio, NY. Her work has been discussed in publications such as the Brooklyn Rail and artcritical, and on the video interview series, Gorky’s Granddaughter. She is a recipient of residencies at Yaddo (Saratoga Springs, NY), The Marble House Project (Dorset, VT), and a 2013 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Art Award. She is a founder and publisher of the annual magazine Precog, and a co-director of the artist-run art and music initiative BombPop!Up.