Lemkus Gallery is proud to announce our current artist-in-residence, Brook-Lynn Norkie. Brook-Lynn (b. 2001) is an upcoming photographer based in Cape Town who recently graduated from the Michaelis School of Fine Art. 

Brook-Lynn’s work interrogates colonial thought and its afterlife through various forms of archives, from written documentation to oral histories. Important in this regard is her exploration of family lineage and its bearing on practices of self-identification in post-apartheid South Africa. This research journey serves a means of navigating her own positionality, but also holds relevance for people of colour grappling with notions of race, culture, and belonging. 

Brook-Lynn has been featured in two group exhibitions to date, Paintings of horses, in collaboration with Chairs and Tables (2023) by Under Projects, and Over/Under: Converging Cosmologies of the City (2024) at Lemkus Gallery. Her contribution to the Residency28 programme will culminate in her first solo presentation in a gallery setting.