The Theme
What endures in the face of erasure and forgetting? The thinking behind To Have and to Hold.
Read the conceptTo Have and to Hold
The sixth edition of the Kaduna Fashion and Art Festival — our first as a biennial.
KAFART — the Kaduna Fashion and Art Festival — is a multidisciplinary festival celebrating contemporary art and fashion in Northern Nigeria and beyond. Five editions on, it has grown into a gathering where artists, designers and audiences meet: over 50 creatives platformed, participants from more than five countries, and a festival economy that ripples through Kaduna.
In 2026, KAFART enters a new phase as a biennial. To Have and to Hold reflects on what we choose to hold, what we let go, and the cost of holding on — within our histories, our cultures and our societies. It is also a step in KAFART's growth — from a festival into a lasting cultural institution for Northern Nigeria.
Find out more →KAFART 6
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The Venue
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua Hall, Kaduna — four days of exhibitions, runway and dialogue.
Plan your visit
Open Call
Artists and fashion designers: respond to the theme through your practice.
Coming soonParticipants
The artists and designers of KAFART 5 — while the KAFART 6 roster takes shape.
Adams Bature
Nigeria
Adenike Monebi Frances
Nigeria
Aichatou Dembele
Mali
Bola Yahaya
Nigeria
Cynthia Kishimi Samuel
Nigeria
Daniel Promise
Nigeria
Djibril Drame
Senegal
Faith Shemfe
Nigeria
Fatima Habib Damagun
Nigeria
Fatoumata Fily Sissoko
Mali
Ibrahim Afegbua
Nigeria
Jenom Martins
Nigeria
Jesse Josh
Nigeria
Ismael Mahamadou Laouli
Jimoh Taiye
Nigeria
Khadija Dikko
Nigeria
Kwatzira
Nigeria
Laurat Galadanci
Nigeria
Levy Pooe
South Africa
Madina Tangara
France
Mahmud Jimada
Nigeria
Mary Adah Ameh
Nigeria
Maryam Maigida
Nigeria
Munirat Hussaini
Nigeria
Niger Abui
Nike Adeniyi
Nigeria
Phoebe Ibrahim Abbas
Nigeria
Praise Aminu
Nigeria
Precious Sambo
Nigeria
Priscilla Ojo
Nigeria
Safiya Iyeh Idakwo
Nigeria
Saidu Abdulmumini
Nigeria
Samira Mohammed
Nigeria
Seun Adeniyi
Nigeria
Sildek Asev
Nigeria
Sumayah Fallatah
Saudi Arabia
Zakiyya Abubakar
Nigeria
Vurzie Kim
Nigeria
Editions
Explore the archive →Five editions of making space for Northern Nigeria's art and fashion.
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