[7] In 2011, Marasela began work as a full-time artist and was part of the Johannesburg Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015.

[8] Marasela's mother's collection of doilies and Victorian lace works, handed down in her family, influenced her artistic practice.

Marasela's work explores the experiences of Black, South African women across a range of media.

Her performances interweave these elements and multi-media works, making visible the dimension of the every day[9] through objects and clothes.

[13] Her work taps into cultural memories, such as using archival materials like newspapers and photographs printed onto colonial textiles.