Miriro Mwandiambira
She Remembered who she was
First Floor Gallery Harare
She Remembered who she was
First Floor Gallery Harare
In March 2015 Miriro Mwandiambira announced her arrival on the Harare art scene in Kuyaruka a break-out exhibition at First Floor Gallery Harare featuring introducing Mwandiambira and her peers Troy Makaza, Julio Rizhi and Takunda Regis Billiat. Unlike her male counterparts, who tempered the scale of their works, Miriro conquered her audiences with floor to ceiling paintings of giant high heel shoes, which were both a statement of intent and her unique approach to politicisation of the tension between perception and role of women.
Over the past decade, Mwandiambira’s practice expanded broadly to encompass textile and installation, performance, video and sound works. However broad, the core mission of her work remains defiant empowerment of women; a challenge to define herself on her own terms even if it means being judged, misunderstood and maligned before emerging victorious.
In “She Remembers Who She Was”, Mwandiambira returns to the symbolism of the larger-than-life stiletto heel. Designed to engender fragility the high heel shoe is reinterpreted with forceful dynamism, verve and self-determination. Paired with flowers and built on a basis of collaged images of stylised women sourced from fashion magazines, the canvases are loud and clear on the need to unapologetically take up space, reclaim space and visibility in a country where they are expected to be everything but.
As a woman with voice, Mwandiambira screams to create space for other women to be hear, when they speak. As an artist, Mwandiambira commits passionately and powerfully, to her privilege to speak and we salute her for it.
Valerie Kabov
Curator
©2025
Over the past decade, Mwandiambira’s practice expanded broadly to encompass textile and installation, performance, video and sound works. However broad, the core mission of her work remains defiant empowerment of women; a challenge to define herself on her own terms even if it means being judged, misunderstood and maligned before emerging victorious.
In “She Remembers Who She Was”, Mwandiambira returns to the symbolism of the larger-than-life stiletto heel. Designed to engender fragility the high heel shoe is reinterpreted with forceful dynamism, verve and self-determination. Paired with flowers and built on a basis of collaged images of stylised women sourced from fashion magazines, the canvases are loud and clear on the need to unapologetically take up space, reclaim space and visibility in a country where they are expected to be everything but.
As a woman with voice, Mwandiambira screams to create space for other women to be hear, when they speak. As an artist, Mwandiambira commits passionately and powerfully, to her privilege to speak and we salute her for it.
Valerie Kabov
Curator
©2025
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