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I’m incredibly honoured to receive the Highly Commended Young Masters Emerging Woman Artist Award sponsored by Dr Chris Blatchley for my drawing, I’ve Never Kissed A Black Girl Before, 2021. Thank you so much to @youngmastersartprize , the judges, the sponsors, @cynthiacorbettgallery . Lastly big congratulations to all the shortlisted artists & winners.❤️ The exhibition runs till the 15th of October. Don’t miss it! Venue: Gallery 67, York Street, London, W1H 1QB. Shots by©️Cristina Schek . . #youngmastersemergingwomanartprize #youngmastersartprize #contemporaryart #ousmanesembene #lanoirede #blackbritishart #storytelling #natashamuluswela

Superrrr excited to be part of an amazing project…PORTRAIT OF A TOP BOY: a collection of 16 new portraits from UK based artists, including myself to mark the final chapter and commemorate the legacy of the characters who embody the iconic series, curated by the lovely & talented @ronanksm 🤎 Come through & see the exhibition. 📍@SomersetHouse Date: 9 - 13 September, 2023, 12pm - 6.30pm (Final entry 6pm)

Thank you so much to everyone who made it to the PV last night. I’m soo overwhelmed with the emotional response to my work. The Other Art Fair is on till Sunday the 12th, come through and see me at booth 145 🤎

Forever blessed to show work alongside my talented peers at Willkie Farr Gallagher LLP for “Power in the Archive: Reframing Black British Histories and Futures,” curated by @lisaandersonaa and @4.20.94 @blackbritishart . Thanks for having me 🤍 Perdu dans le Vide, 2025 80 x 100 cm Oil pastels, Oil Sticks on Fabriano Mounted on Canvas 📸 by Justin Du Toit #natashamuluswela #drawing #painting #contempoaryfigurepainting

From My Bones Will Rise Again to Will My Bones Rise Again? Will My Bones Rise Again? Reinterprets the legacy of Mbuya Nehanda, the Zimbabwean revolutionary and spirit medium executed for resisting colonial rule in Zimbabwe. I, myself am draped in the English flag before the tree where she was hanged, I embody both my ancestor, my family, identity, the living and the dead, collapsing personal and collective histories into a single image. The work interrogates colonial scars while asserting ancestral resilience. Mbuya Nehanda’s skull remains lost in the void of the world along with my painting. Waiting for both to be returned to their rightful home. Will My Bones Rise Again?, 2024 Oil on Canvas 170 x 160cm #zimbabwe🇿🇼 #mbuyanehanda #portrait

Thank you for joining us during Frieze Week for our milestone exhibition, Sweet 16: Young Masters Retrospective, celebrating sixteen years of artistic excellence, dialogue and innovation. It was an unforgettable week, filled with creativity, conversation and connection. As we look ahead to an exciting season, with Art Miami 2025 on the horizon, we’re taking a moment to reflect on the truly international spirit that defines the Young Masters Art Prize. Today we celebrate our Alumni Artists from Africa and he African Diaspora whose voices and visions continue to shape contemporary art across continents. From Nigeria to Zimbabwe, the Caribbean to South Africa, the Alumni Artists representing Africa and its diaspora in this Young Masters programme embody resilience, imagination and cultural dialogue. Illustrious guest artist (courtesy of Cristea Roberts Gallery) Yinka Shonibare CBE RA (Nigeria / UK) addresses and redefines post-colonial narratives through his globally acclaimed practice. EVEWRIGHT (UK / Jamaican heritage), a Young Masters 2014 finalist, transforms public spaces into platforms for Black British stories, while Natasha Muluswela (Zimbabwe / UK), Highly Commended for the Young Masters Emerging Woman Artist Award 2023, explores identity and migration through both faceless figures and African masks that create delicate poetic symbolism Dola Posh (Nigeria / UK), Young Masters Art Prize 2023 finalist, captures the intimate strength of motherhood and womanhood through photography, while multi-award-winning and Young Masters 2019 People's Choice Award Giggs Kgole (South Africa) examines postcolonial African narratives through oral history and fuses memory, heritage and innovation. @dolaposh @evewrightstudio @kgole_ @npariss @yinkashonibarestudio courtesy @cristearoberts Explore the collection in our shop (link in bio). /shop #YoungMastersArtPrize #Sweet16 #FriezeWeek #FriezeLondon #CynthiaCorbettGallery #ContemporaryArt #ArtExhibition #ArtCollectors #EmergingArtists #ArtLegacy #ArtHistoryReimagined #ModernMasters

A few moments from the openings of Sweet 16: Young Masters Retrospective at 67 York Street Gallery and New Construction: A Collective Journey at the Zimbabwean Embassy in London during Frieze Week 🇿🇼 Endlessly grateful to @cynthiacorbettgallery for including me among such an incredible lineup of artists 🤍 And a heartfelt thank you to @fungaimarima and @mzari._ for curating a beautiful exhibition celebrating Zimbabwean artists at our Embassy — you amazing women made me feel right back at home ❤️🇿🇼

A Whole Master of Art! Big congratulations to class of ‘25’ ❤️

Natasha Muluswela. Exhibiting as part of Subvert Your Gaze to Meet Mine. Natasha Muluswela (b. 1995, Zimbabwe) is a visual artist whose practice is rooted in drawing and painting, with a focus on contemporary figuration that explores themes of identity, representation, and social justice. Muluswela’s work engages critically with non-canonical approaches to art, drawing on frameworks of decolonisation, intersectionality, and marginalisation. Informed by her perspective as an African woman in the United Kingdom - - - - Subvert Your Gaze to Meet Mine Curated by Téa-Anya Earle 28/08/25 - 13/09/25 378 Essex Road, N1 3PF - - - - The Tender Trio, Natasha Muluswela, Graphite on paper mounted on oil on canvas, 80 x 120 cm, 2025 Kurasika ne kuwanikwa (Lost and Found), The Shadow of Self, Natasha Muluswela, Collected Mask from South Africa mounted on oil on Canvas, 60 x 60 cm, 2025 - - - - For more information about ‘Subvert Your Gaze to Meet Mine,’ visit the exhibition page at ilightcontemporary.com.  For all sales enquiries, dm or email us at [email protected] Images courtesy of Twilight Contemporary and Natasha Muluswela.

Introducing Natasha Muluswela @npariss ✨️of @rca_painting 2025 Graduate from @royalcollegeofart Natasha Muluswela (b. 1995, Zimbabwe) is a visual artist whose practice centers on drawing and painting, exploring contemporary figuration through themes of identity, representation, and social justice. Her work engages critically with decolonial, intersectional, and non-canonical frameworks, informed by her perspective as an African woman in the UK. Working primarily on paper, Muluswela’s process involves intuitive, meditative repetition using pencils, dry pigment, and graphite powder. She begins by envisioning and re-editing compositions, often revisiting sketches to build layered narratives. Her practice merges ancestral memory with contemporary experience, weaving diasporic stories into visual form and inviting critical engagement with cultural and political identities. She describes her broader vision as a “decolonisation of the conscious collective within the contemporary art frame.” Muluswela is set to graduate with an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in 2025. Her recent exhibitions include Nosakhari Able-Graphy (2024) an@topboynetflix at @somersethouse (2023), with her work acquired by the @nationalportraitgallery . She also created a public sculpture for @twr__org , now part of the permanent collection at the @UniversityofReading . She has exhibited with @Gucci Circolo as part of @home_by_ronanmckenzie Presents Collective Process and received several accolades, including the @acme.art Alternative Pathway Award (2022), @theotherartfair : New Futures winner (2023), and the Young Masters Emerging Woman Artist Award (2023). __________________________ Artwork 1, Kurasika ne kuwanikwa, Shadow of self, 2025 by Natasha Muluswela 2, My Bones Will Rise Again, 2024 by Natasha Muluswela 3, Without Us, There Is No You, 2025 by Natasha Muluswela © All rights reserved by Natasha Muluswela __________________________ Email: [email protected] Instagram: @npariss Website: /school-of-arts-humanities/painting-ma/profile/natasha-muluswela/ Portfolio link: /file/d/1YD9X4ryuM6hw0STY_H7f9q7neURTdifJ/view?usp=shari

Without Us, There Is No You, 2025 Interview with @rcablk 🤍

‘You Are Giving Your Ancestors Their Flowers’, powerful words by @curatingmoments . Without Us, There is No You, explores the ethereal presence of spirituality through ancestral figures revealed to me in a dream—my mothers, my guides, my protectors. Rendered in black and white, the two nude figures stand strong and timeless, holding traditional staffs, their gaze meeting the viewer’s with unwavering power. They are suspended in a dreamlike space, where light and darkness drift and blend, evoking both mystery and reverence. The minimal, magnetic framing—metallic bars securing the work on paper—invites a moment of contemplation, reinforcing the feeling that this vision is both sacred and fleeting. Who are they?
What do they carry?
Why have they come now? This work is a meditation on ancestral presence, strength, and the silent knowledge passed down through spirit and blood. A reminder that without them—there is no me. Without Us, There Is No You, 2025 Graphite, Gouache and Dry Pigment on Paper 180 x 100cm (Also, Thank you to everyone who supported & showed up for me. It doesn’t go unnoticed🤍) #natashamuluswela #rca2025