A Selection of Works
My heart faints, my strength fails me
Air-drying clay
34 x 10 x 10 cm
2025
Heart's cry
Air-drying clay
25 x 10 x 10 cm
2024
Leaving but not gone
Air-drying clay
34 x 10 x 10 cm
2025
Installation Views
Installation View: Under the Aegis Gallery, featured in the group exhibition, "Layers of Being: Art as a Portal to Identity," 2025.
Installation View: Investec Cape Town Art Fair, 2025. Presented by the Cape Town Emerging Artist Programme.
Biography
Edinah Chagwedera (b. 2000, Zimbabwe) is a Cape Town-based artist whose paintings and sculptures explore the mental health struggles of Black youth. Her work has been showcased at prominent South African venues, including the Investec Cape Town Art Fair (ICTAF) 2025 and the RMB Latitudes Art Fair 2025, where she was featured as an Emerging Artist, sparking vital dialogue and reflection.
ABOUT MY WORK
My art explores the mental health struggles of Black youth, transforming their invisible burdens into tangible forms through painting and sculpture. Using air-drying clay, I sculpt figures adorned in vibrant, fashionable clothing representing their exterior façade with a cluster of red balloons obscuring their face—a powerful symbol of the complex, unseen stigma and silent struggles they carry. Through the use of air-drying clay and acrylic paint, I re-contextualize perceptions of mental health, fostering dialogue and creating a space for empathy, reflection, and healing.
