Kudzanai-Violet Hwami: Incantations featured in Artsy’s 10 Must-See Shows during Frieze London 2025

'The Zimbabwean artist explores how we shape a unified sense of self in the digital age, piecing together seemingly disparate images that often relate to gender, the body, and religion. “Incantations” features her first series of bronze sculptures, which are in dialogue with wall-based vinyls and paintings.' 

'Ultimately, Hwami celebrates transformation and multiplicity, connecting with nuanced, exploratory expressions of contemporary queerness and Blackness.'

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Image: Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Atom Painting #6, 2025
Oil and acrylic on canvas
200 x 200 cm overall dimensions
78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in
© Kudzanai-Violet Hwami
Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro
October 9 2025