Kapwani Kiwanga is a Canadian and French artist who lives and works between Paris and Berlin. She studied anthropology and comparative religion at McGill, before attending l’École des Beaux-Arts de Paris. Kiwanga has had solo exhibitions around the world, from Munich to Shanghai, and she has won the Zurich Art Prize, the Marcel Duchamp Prize, the Frieze Artist Award, and the Sobey Art Award. In 2024, she represented Canada at the 60th International Venice Art Biennale.