Kresiah Mukwazhi’s artistic practice explores themes of gender, exploitation,and colonialism, with a particular focus on the power of the female body and the patriarchal gaze in contemporary Africa. Drawing inspiration from the early encounters with her grandmother, a potter whose raw, hands-on approach to art left a deep impression, Mukwazhi’s work has evolved into an exploration of textiles, performance, and video. Central to her practice are works made from garments that she collects from pools of donated textiles, which become a medium for her reflections on societal constraints, forms of patriarchal resistance and the hypocrisy of neo-colonialism. Mukwazhi’s engagement with marginalized communities, particularly female sex workers in Harare, Zimbabwe, informs much of her work, also addressing issues of gender-based violence while simultaneously celebrating feminine energy and agency.

Kresiah Mukwazhi was born in 1992 in Harare, Zimbabwe, where she currently lives and works. She has been the subject of international exhibitions and biennials, including: Nottingham Contemporary (2023); Secession, Vienna (2023); Zimbabwean Pavilion, 59th Venice Biennial (2022); Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg (2022); South African National Gallery, Cape Town (2020); Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (MOCAA), Cape Town (2019); SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin (2017); The

National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo (2016), among others. Her monumental bra strap mural is currently shown at Museum Ludwig, Cologne, as part of the fourth iteration of the Schultze Projects curated by Yilmaz Dziewior. Kresiah Mukwazhi was recently the subject of a solo show at kaufmann repetto Milan and New York.

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