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born 1964
Kimatho Mafafo (born 1964) is a South African multidisciplinary artist.
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I consider everything around me part of my artistic expression, and I want to utilize the space I inhabit
I feel like, in the world, there’s so much healing that’s needed to be done.
Because I work from my personal experience, my work is always reflective of what I go through in life.
At the end of the day, you have no choice but to trust in your creation
True joy lies in identifying with and loving myself as a Black person.
I feel there’s a sense of creativity that comes from living in an unstructured environment rather than being bound by strict rules.
As African people, we inherently possess vibrancy, and elements like the sun and what we eat significantly shape our essence.
As a woman, for me, black joy means having the freedom to express myself authentically, without boundaries or the fear of hurting anyone
There's something connecting with hope, with the universe, coming from somewhere that I don't know
There is a deep freedom in self-acceptance
You can't fake a feeling and then try to determine that I'm telling global stories. I'm expressing what I feel in the moment.
The joy of being Black comes from knowing and accepting who you are without trying to mimic other races
At this moment, I’m in a space of rediscovering joy, through finding and reinventing myself
I feel that as an artist, part of your role is to enlighten your community and teach others
Having different voices helps me to create beautiful works with more depth
Growing up in an environment where community service and artistic expression were prioritized profoundly shaped who I am today
Expressing my pain in that work, in the hopes that it would touch other women or enlighten them was a necessary emotional release
There’s a crisis of gender-based violence and women are being targeted
Humans are far from simple; we’re layered beings – especially females
Embracing the unknown has become a safe space for me