Chipo Chipaziwa

September 17, 2024

Chipo Chipaziwa is a performance artist based on the unceded territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples. Her practice examines the shifting power dynamics between performer and audience. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia.

Chipaziwa has performed nationally and internationally at Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation (Sweden, 2025); REFERENCE.POINT (England, 2025); and Art Metropole (Canada, 2025). Chipaziwa is a recipient of multiple grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, and the City of Vancouver, and has participated on grant assessment juries for both the Canada Council for the Arts and the City of Vancouver.In 2024, Chipaziwa was nominated for the Philip B. Lind Memorial Prize, and her first artist book, My Mother My Home, was published by Archive Books in November 2024.