Nqaba Shakes Fatman Mbolekwana aka ‘Shakes‘ is a visual arts practitioner, DJ, independent curator and cultural producer. Originally from Eastern Cape, Shakes grew up and did his high school and primary studies in Cape Town before relocating to Johannesburg and studying an advanced programme in photography at the Market Photo Workshop.

While his photographic work is centred around his own family ties and community, with a focus on discovering himself as a man and an artist. Shakes’ curatorial interests are closely linked with identity, memory, displacement and socio economic politics in South Africa and the diaspora.