Chipo Chipaziwa

September 17, 2024

Chipo Chipaziwa (she/her) is a performance artist based on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations (Vancouver, Canada). Her practice considers the performativity of her Black female body within the context of North America, whilst investigating the power dynamic of performer and audience. She has received her BA in Visual Arts at the University of British Columbia in 2019.

Chipaziwa has performed at The Polygon Gallery (2023); The Surrey Art Gallery (2022); and with the City of Vancouver (2021). Chipaziwa is a recipient of Canada Council for the Arts’s Concept to Realization Grant (2024); The BC Art Council’s Early Career Development Grant (2023); Canada Council for the Arts’s Research and Creation Grant (2023); the City of Vancouver’s Communities and Artists Shifting Culture Grant (2023); the City of Vancouver’s Cultural Learning and Sharing Grant (2022); and The BC Art Council’s Early Career Development Grant (2022).

She has been nominated for the Philip B. Lind Memorial Prize (2024), and her first artist book is scheduled to be released in November 2024.