Mariambibi Khan is a Lecturer in the Creative Jewellery and Metal Design Division at the University of Stellenbosch. She completed her Masters in Visual Art (Jewellery)(Cum Laude) at Stellenbosch University. She has also received a prize as the runner up in The South African Contemporary Jewellery Awards 2018 for her piece called Interlacing Identities, where an article was published in Creative Feel Magazine.

In 2017, Khan worked with the Jewellery Design & Manufacture Department of the University of Johannesburg on a short learning programme, Ukuluka: Artisanal Weaving Techniques in Contemporary African Jewellery Design, with renowned fashion designer David Tlale. She has a comprehensive knowledge of jewellery design and manufacture skills, obtained through years of experience in both the industry as well as creatively. In 2016 she had the opportunity of visiting the Jewelry Art Institute in New York, where she acquired knowledge and skills in granulation and setting.

Khan’s research interests lie in the diaspora of culture and identity as well as Islamic feminism, whilst incorporating the use of jewellery techniques such as Bobbin lace, crochet, ceramics, and metal work as a medium which she explores further in her master’s degree and current works.