Matthew Maganga (b.1999) is a Tanzanian curator, writer, and researcher based between London, UK and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
His research and curatorial interests include documentary photography and similar lens-based practices; visual depictions of architectural afterlives, literary histories, and historical and contemporary photography collections.
He has previously worked as Curatorial Assistant at the 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial and as Associate Editor of the Triennial’s catalogue. His writing on photography, film, and architecture has been featured on ArchDaily, frieze, and The Architectural Review, amongst others.
He is an alumnus of the 2022 Frieze New Writers Programme and 2023 New Architecture Writers Programme. He holds a BA (Hons) in Architecture from the University of Kent and is currently undertaking an M.A in Contemporary Art Theory at Goldsmiths, University of London.
EDUCATION:
09/2024 - 09/2025 - MA Contemporary Art Theory - Goldsmiths, University of London
London, UK
05/2024 - 06/2024 - Rethinking Art Collections and Archives, Node Center for Curatorial Studies
Online
Course Leader: Tšhegofatšo Mabaso
09/2018 - 07/2021 - BA (Hons) Architecture - University of Kent
Canterbury, UK
Dissertation: ‘Adapt, not Adopt’: Anthony Almeida and Modernist Architecture in Africa after Independence.
Awarded Kent School of Architecture and Planning Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
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CURATORIAL & EDITORIAL WORK:
01/2024 - 11/2024 - Associate Editor, 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial Exhibition Catalogue
Associate Editor
Sharjah, UAE
Editors: Tosin Oshinowo, Julie Cirelli
Publisher: Park Books
Design: Morcos Key
06/2022 - 03/2024 - Curatorial Assistant, 2023 Sharjah Architecture Triennial
Sharjah, UAE
Curator: Tosin Oshinowo
02/2021 - 02/2023 - Contributing Writer, ArchDaily
Remote
ArchDaily editor: Christele Harrouk
RESIDENCIES:
01/2024 - 02/2024 - UTA-DO: African Cities Workshop
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Selected tutors: Huda Tayob, Wangui Kimari, Liza Cirolia, Stefan Ouma, Franka van Marrewijk, Yousuf Al-Bulushi
02/2023 - 12/2023 - New Architecture Writers Programme
London, UK
Selected tutors: Thomas Aquilina, Tom Wilkinson, Catherine Slessor, Maria McLintock, Kristina Rapacki
Cohort: Oluwatobiloba Ajayi, Davide Bugarin, Mir Jetha, Leela Keshav, Matthew Maganga, Ferial Massoud, Nne Owuasu, Maya Patel, Helen Weldegaber Tesfamariam
10/2022 - Frieze New Writers Programme 2022
London
Convenors: Frieze Magazine Team - Andrew Durbin (Editor-in-Chief), Vanessa Peterson (Associate Editor), Sean Burns (Assistant Editor), Claudia Kensani Saviotti (Content Operations Manager)
Cohort: Lou Collins, Ania Kaczynska, Matthew Maganga, Nevan Spier, Vaishna Surjid
Studio Visits: Magali Reus (b.1981)
Exhibition Visits: Garret Bradley, Safe, 2022 (Lisson Gallery), Veronica Ryan, Solo Exhibition, 2022 (Alison Jacques), Michael Craig-Martin, Past Present, 2022 (Cristea Roberts) Magali Reus, XII, 2022 (The Approach Gallery)
Exhibition Visits: Garret Bradley, Safe, 2022 (Lisson Gallery), Veronica Ryan, Solo Exhibition, 2022 (Alison Jacques), Michael Craig-Martin, Past Present, 2022 (Cristea Roberts) Magali Reus, XII, 2022 (The Approach Gallery)