Jade Nair

Jade Nair is the curator of the University of Cape Town’s fine art gallery, the Michaelis Galleries . She mobilises an interest in social histories and restorative justice through curatorial practise to think through gender and race politics. Having worked in the art industry for over a decade, she has contributed to a wealth of exhibitions, digital archives, documentary films and book publications; collaborating widely across South Africa as well as internationally.

She has been invited to speak about her curatorial practice at Parsons Paris | The New School (2021), the University of Basel (2022), the University of Pretoria (2023), the Progress History Summit, Germany (2023), and UniArts Helsinki (2025).