Hasan and Husain Essop

Born and raised in Cape Town, twin brothers Hasan and Husain Essop have been collaborating since their graduation from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2007. During 2009 they completed a residency in Cuba – coinciding with the inclusion of their work on Integration and Resistance in the Global Age at the Havana Biennale – and facilitated a workshop on invitation from the University of Hamburg, Germany. In September 2011 the brothers completed a three-month residency at the prestigious Thami Mneyele Foundation in Amsterdam.

They have held solo exhibitions of their work at Goodman Gallery (South Africa) and Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde (Dubai), and their work has been featured in several international group exhibitions. In 2014 the brothers were awarded the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art.