Kudzanai-Violet Hwami (born 1993) is a Zimbabwean painter who lives and works in London, England.
Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Zeitz MOCAA museum, South Africa.
In 2022, Hwami shared her process and inspiration for her art in an interview with Amah-Rose Abrams from Wallpaper Magazine: Her process as an artist is meticulously planned and considered, starting with collaging images and creating the structure of a painting around them.
‘I spent a lot of time on the internet as a pre-teen and, in that socially awkward stage of my life, I found it more comfortable to escape and exist in cyberspace,’ she explains.
All my frustration and confusion was expressed through studying the queer body.’[10]Hwami has had several solo exhibitions, which include:[11]