Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi recieves the 2023 painting prize on the basis of her work Ceremony, described by the judges as 'laden with rich nuanced and multifaceted meanings around notions of race, gender, identity and class'.

Works by Steven Cohen, Simon Gush, Aziz Hazara, Moshekwa Langa, Paulo Nazareth, Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, Penny Siopis are included in Sowing Watermelon Seeds a curated programme by 16/16 running parallel to the Lagos Biennial that features screenings and workshops on international solidarity. 

Hammer Projects: Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi takes place as a site-specific mural and installation in the museum's lobby, demarcating 'a portal into a world where dynamics of power, nationalism, patriarchy, and excellence are as much on display as the athletes themselves'.

Edson Chagas, Mawande Ka Zenzile, Dada Khanyisa, Moshekwa Langa, Neo Matloga, Simphiwe Ndzube, Serge Alain Nitegeka, Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi and Barthélémy Toguo exhibit in Africa Supernova at Kunsthal KAde. Drawn from the collection of Carla and Pieter Schulting, the show aims to provide 'a layered picture of how African artists reflect on their self-image'.

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi exhibits in Resistance Training: Arts, Sports, and Civil Rights at the Broad Museum of Art,  Michigan State University.  The show focuses on the 'shared values between artists and athletes in the advancement of social justice-related issues'.

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi features in Fix Your Pony, the fifth in a series of sports-focused exhibitions taking place at the Naughton Gallery at Queen’s University in Belfast. The show uses athletics to explore a range of issues around diversity and inclusion.

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi features in CHAMPS at the Granville Centre Art Gallery. The exhibition 'mines the influences and drives of sport such as competition, movement and pushing one’s body to its limits'. 

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi features in Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, a travelling exhibition showing at the Orlando Museum of Art. The show was previously installed at the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, and has a stated focus on migration, channelling 'the second-generation experience in a series of diverse artistic commissions exploring cross-cultural artistic realities'.

A presentation of works by  Mawande Ka Zenzile, Simphiwe Ndzube,Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi and Frida Orupabo takes place at Kiang Malingue as part of a collaborative exchange between the galleries. This show marks each artist's Hong Kong debut.

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi features in THE GYM at Soho Studios, a project that combines exhibits, performance, lectures and training sessions. It proposes alternatives to 'stereotypical body cultures and neoliberal-based self-optimization'.

Neo Matloga, Meleko Mokgosi and Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi feature in When We See Us at the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. Spanning works from the 1920s to the present, the show explores Black self-representation through portraiture and figuration. 

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi exhibits in New Formations at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. Featuring artworks that focus on athletics and collective procession, the show 'explores modes of kinship, alliance, and competition'.

The Africa Center launches its new permanent collection with an exhibition featuring works by Serge Alain Nitegeka, Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi and Barthélémy Toguo. The collection aims to stand 'against reducing contemporary African art to a single story'.

Equations for a Body at Rest, a multi-site and multimedia artwork by Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi, takes place at Eastside Projects and across the city. The work tracks 'the history and symbolic presentation of the Commonwealth Games from its genesis in empire to the current day'.  

Mame-Diarra Niang and Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi will feature in the 15th Sharjah Biennale. This highly anticipated edition, including over 150 artists, was conceived by Okwui Enwezor and is curated by Hoor Al Qasimi under the title Thinking Historically in the Present.

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi and Frida Orupabo are among the artists included in How to Make a Country at FRAC Poitou-Charentes. Curated by Lerato Bereng as part of France's Africa2020 season, the exhibition 'deciphers the fundamental criteria for constituting a nation'.  

Dada Khanyisa and Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi feature in Mixed Company at the Norval Foundation. The group exhibition explores 'the act of gathering, pictured through the eyes of eleven modern and contemporary artists from southern Africa'. 

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi is included in the fourth edition of the Boda Boda Lounge Project. This iteration of the digital and video art festival is titled Now bite the hand that feeds you and takes place across 22 spaces within the continent.

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi exhibits in FIVE, a virtual group exhibition by We Buy Gold, curated by Nina Chanel Abney. The works have been selected for their ability to articulate what has been felt and experienced during lockdown. 

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi presents a new wall painting at the The Africa Center taking further key themes and imagery from her ongoing Gymnasium series. Created over a period of two weeks, during which the public were invited to watch her at work, the mural will be officially unveiled from Thursday 10 October.

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi features in That's What She Said at Constitution Hill. This the first in a series of exhibitions that seek to create 'not only a temporary community of witnesses; it will also result in an archive of women’s narratives'.

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi has recieved the 15th Tollman Award for the Visual Arts. Founded in 2003, the award is given in support of young artists who have received critical recognition but are hampered by limited resources to realise the potential of their work.