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Virginia Chihota

Born in 1983, Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe

Lives and works in Podgorica, Montenegro

Overview

Virginia Chihota’s work explores black female subjectivity and the notion of ‘belonging’ as a form of cosmopolitanism. Across printmaking, drawing and painting, she suggests novel ways to think about dislocated subjects, domesticity and shifting identities. Born in Zimbabwe, Chihota has lived in Libya, Tunisia, Austria and Montenegro. Her itinerant experiences shape her work and her sense of self. She describes her practice as a ‘reflection on self-discovery in constantly changing circumstances’...Read more

Selected artworks
Virginia Chihota
Chibereko chakaramba kuudzirwa (The womb refused to be told), 2021
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Virginia Chihota
Ndombundira zvitsva I (I embrace the new), 2021
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