Artist CV

(b 1994ZW. Lives and works in Cape Town)

Serraf’s work explores the surreal nature of navigating post-apartheid South Africa as a foreigner to construct meaning and discover belonging. The alien socio-political and physical landscapes of the country, reinforced by actions, reactions and interactions, continually conjure a sense of extreme displacement and a search for the familiar. “My work is informed by memories I have from when I was a child in Zimbabwe and my endeavour to understand the nostalgia I feel toward the unfamiliar,” she says. “In an attempt to figure out what I am and where I belong, I will continue to visualize my memories, thoughts and narratives.”

2021

Published in the South African National Life Orientation Curriculum alongside Zanele Muholi

British Journal of Photography shortlisted as top 20 photographers for WaterAid commission  

2020

Selected by Foam Museum as the youngest top 20 emerging artist

Paris Photo, Group Show [Postponed Due to COVID-19]

Foam Magazine Exhibition London Photo, [Postponed Due to COVID-19]

European Month of Photograph in Berlin with CO Berlin at Kuhlhaus

Amsterdam Unseen Photography Festival with Foam Museum, [Postponed Due to COVID-19]

International Pride Photo Award for Best Single Image

Africa Photo Awards Portraiture Finalist

Group Show, Studio Voop, South Africa

To Thine Own Self Be True, a Group Exhibition at Kelvin Corner Gallery 2019  

2018

VSCO exhibition in London and New York, pop up galleries

GA MASAITSEWENG, The Slave Lodge Gallery, South Africa  

2016

BA Fine Art specialising in Photography from Michaelis, UCT 

2017 

Post Graduate in Marketing Communications and Events Management from UCT