Zizipho Poswa

Zizipho Poswa (born December 5, 1979) is a South African artist and ceramicist based in Cape Town.[1]

Zizipho Poswa
BornDecember 5, 1979 Edit this on Wikidata (age 43)
Mthatha Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater

Early life and education

Poswa was born on December 5, 1979 in Mthatha, and was educated at Cape Peninsula University of Technology.[1] She studied textile design in college.[2][3] She operates a studio called Imiso Ceramics with artist Andile Dyalvane.[1] Imiso pots are carried by retailer Anthropologie.[4]

Work

Poswa's work expresses African womanhood and the role that Xhosa women play in contemporary life.[1] She produces large-scale, hand-built sculptural pieces.[2] Her iLobola series draws inspiration from the Xhosa rituals of lobola, or bride-wealth, the tradition of paying the bride's family with cattle.[5] She has also drawn from the labor of rural women and traditional hairstyles.[4]

Career

Powsa has shown her work at Design Miami, Salon Art + Design, and Southern Guild gallery.[3] Her work was included in the exhibition Before Yesterday We Could Fly at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[6]

Their works are in these collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art.[1]

References
  1. "Zizipho Poswa". Southern Guild. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  2. "Discover Zizipho Poswa's Stunning Ceramic Sculptures". Architectural Digest. 20 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  3. Entertainment, The Magazine for Architectural. "SHAPED BY CULTURE: Ceramicist Zizipho Poswa Embraces the Past Through Large Scale Works". pinupmagazine.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  4. "The Power of Zizipho Poswa's Ceramics". SURFACE. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  5. Magazine, Wallpaper* (25 May 2021). "Zizipho Poswa: 'I celebrate my heritage, and I forge my own way'". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. "Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
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