Ann Mbuti (b. 1990) is a professor of process design and an independent writer specializing in contemporary art and pop culture. Her work focuses on artistic projects with the potential for social, political, or environmental change. She is currently exploring mythologies, oral history, science fiction, and the fusion of fact and fiction.
Ann lives and works in Zurich.

Own publications
Black Artists Now. Von El Anatsui bis Kara Walker; published by C.H. Beck.

Published in
frieze, e-flux, Documenta15 Handbook, Catalogue of the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2022, Texte zur Kunst, Monopol Magazine, Deutschlandfunk Kultur, STUDIO Magazine, ContemporaryAnd, SPEX, okayafrica, and others.

Connecting the dots
Ann's work is informed by her interest in the African diaspora, tricksterism, intersections, and ways to make art and culture more widely accessible. Currently she concentrates on mythologies, sci-fi, and the interplay of fact and fiction. 

After graduating in media studies and cultural publishing, she co-founded the online journal «kurious» for new forms of cultural journalism in 2017 and completed a traineeship at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2018.  In 2020, Ann co-founded the Public Fiction Group, a transdisciplinary collective with the intention of manufacturing other realities, which evolved into the PF Network, consisting of writers, filmmakers, theorists and curators.

In 2024, Ann was appointed professor of Process Design at HyperWerk, part of the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW. As part of the Institute for Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM), the HyperWerk lab focuses on how design can shape coexistence. Her research explores «making publics» and investigates the processes through which things are made public and how publics are formed.