Itjhebe (Self Reflection)

Itjhebe (Self Reflection)

2016 Fabriano Academia paper, Archival ink pen 21 x 29.7 cm Your light is a perpetual flare but only you can keep it there. The source of the light is dark, an acquired inner beauty with a spark that radiates self-adoration.
Poverty Driven

Poverty Driven

2002. Metal and found objects 166 x 255 x 142 cm Disparate objects come together to reference the context from which they are sourced and to which they comment. Recycled and reconfigured in a labour intensive, creative way, they are reflections of a contemporary...
Pumzi

Pumzi

2009 Single channel video 20 mins Wanuri Kahiu’s sci-fi film, Pumzi, is about Africa in the future. The film takes its title from the Swahili word for “breath”. Set 35 years after a Third World War – a water war – it tells a story of belief...
Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve

2013 Fibreglass mannequins, Dutch wax printed cotton textile, fibreglass, wire, leather and steel baseplates 285 x 230 x 115 cm Adam and Eve  is a multi-media sculpture of two headless figures based on the biblical characters of the same name. It evokes the precise...