Gabi Ngcobo is Curator and Director of Kunstinstituut Melly, Rotterdam. In January 2024, she joined Kunstinstituut Melly in Rotterdam as its director. At Melly, she continues to foster critical dialogue, collective learning, and new forms of artistic collaboration.Before joining Melly, Gabi was Curatorial Director at the Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria (Javett-UP), where she played a key role in reimagining the institution as a “living academy.” Through exhibitions such as Handle with Care (2021) and Scenorama (2022), she activated collection-based research, collective learning, and transnational exchange. Alongside her institutional work, Gabi has developed numerous independent curatorial projects and collaborations across Africa, Europe, and beyond. As a member of the Hartwig Art Foundation commissioning committee (2021–2025), she contributed to the development of new commissions by Nolan Oswald Dennis, Luana Vitra, and Jabu Arnell. Gabi is widely recognised for her commitment to collaborative and experimental curatorial practices. She curated the 10th Berlin Biennale, We Don’t Need Another Hero (2018), and was a co-curator of the 32nd São Paulo Bienal, Incerteza Viva(2016), two landmark exhibitions that challenged dominant narratives and expanded the possibilities of artistic and political imagination.