Githan Coopoo
b.1994, South Africa

BIOGRAPHY

Githan Coopoo, 26, was born in Cape Town, South Africa, and lives here today. Currently, he is a jewellery designer. Coopoo completed a Bachelor of Arts in English and Art History at the University of Cape Town in 2016, after which he began work at the Zeitz MOCAA as a curatorial assistant from 2017 to 2019. In early 2017 while still with the museum Coopoo, self taught, produced a line of ceramic earrings and accessories that saw him collaborate with various major fashion brands in South Africa and establish his own jewellery brand. He has shown his jewelry at fashion weeks internationally - including New York, Nigeria, Russia and most recently Paris Fashion week at the beginning of this year. His earrings were also nominated for the Most Beautiful Object in SA at the 2020 design Indaba.

EXHIBITIONS

House Party 2021.06.16–2021.08.31
The Spectacle 2020.12.14–2021.02.28
Apartment X THEFOURTH 2020.09.15–2020.10.31

SELECTED WORKS

— Available Works