The University of Johannesburg shared a video showing Noria Mabasa receiving her honorary doctorate on Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG – At the age of 84, renowned sculptor Noria Mabasa has received an honorary doctorate from the University of Johannesburg.
A video of her receiving her doctorate was shared by the University of Johannesburg on Wednesday.
It’s official!! ???????? Dr Noria Mabasa receives her honorary doctorate at the age of 84!
Thank you for your hard work and dedication in your craft and for sculpting the way in the art and design space. #UJGrad2023 pic.twitter.com/FJnYDVNB27
‘ University of Johannesburg (@go2uj) April 19, 2023
What an auspicious occasion honoring 50 years of absolute excellency within the art space, Noria Mabasa has really been a disruptor in western fine art.
We are pleased to witness this day where Ms Noria receives her honorary doctorate in art and design.#UJGrads2023 pic.twitter.com/oMiYg2XJlK
‘ University of Johannesburg (@go2uj) April 19, 2023
Born in Xigalo, Limpopo in 1938, Mabasa began sculpting in 1974. Noria Mabasa: Shaping Dreams was on display at Villa-Legodi Centre for Sculpture at NIROX Sculpture Park last year.
From traditional drums to pottery, murals and sculpture, art is present in all forms of Mabasa’s art.
Most of her work is centered on indigenous traditions of material culture production, particularly pottery and woodwork. Her art reflected her personal experiences and feelings related to apartheid and displacement, race, sex, and censure.
Noria Mabasa’s ‘Mother and Daughter’ sculpture. Picture: Villa Legodi website
Noria Mabasa was born May 10, 1938 in Xigalo in the Limpopo Province, Her skill made her the first black woman, and the only Venda woman in South Africa, to become a famous clay sculpturer and wood carver. pic.twitter.com/LLzVLEnhSr
‘ MduCeramicist (@MduduziMats) April 30, 2020
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