CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART GRADUATE DREGREE EXHIBITION 2025  
GRADUATES \\ WORK \\ ABOUT \\
CHIEDZA
PASIPANODYA
DEPARTMENT
SCULPTURE

ORIGIN

HARARE, ZW -> 
TORONTO, CA







I am a multidisciplinary artist, award-winning curator, educator, and writer whose research-based practice is concerned with the fluidity of time, memory, and retrieval. Drawing from African diasporic aesthetics and metaphysical inquiry, I create sculptures and installations, inviting audiences to reconsider the meanings of objects, materials and sites through shifting perspectives. My creative process is spiraling and labor-intensive, mirroring my nonlinear understanding of time and the richly embodied traditions of global craft techniques such as pottery and fiber arts.

Central to my conceptual framework is the notion of “shimmering”—the subtle shift in perception and meaning of an object or idea based on one’s perspective, challenging audiences to reconsider their understanding. Exceeding this definition, shimmering asks viewers to consider how the perception of a work can change based on mood, context, or life experiences. This concept underpins my approach to artmaking, revealing that meaning and perception is active, fluid and changeable, even, as we engage with a work.

I have exhibited widely across North America and internationally, including at Catinca Tabacaru Gallery (Romania), Gardiner Museum, BAND Gallery, Art Gallery of Burlington (Canada), and Eastern Michigan University Gallery (USA), curated exhibitions at Ino Cho Paper Museum (Japan), The Art Gallery of Peterborough, and Nuit Blanche (Canada) and participated in artist residencies at the Watershed Centre for Ceramic Arts (USA), Dzimbanhete Arts and Cultural Interactions (Zimbabwe), and the Global Experience Project: Maria Thereza Alves (Italy). I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts in Criticism and Curatorial Practices from OCAD University (2019).



Mukatiende
2024, a mechanism for ablutions and celebrations, sisal rope, cotton twine, hardware cloth, high visibility polyester, varied dimensions adhesive, 35" x 28" x 18"
Untitled (Fruit)
2024, Clay, graphite, wax, 3" x 3" x 4"
Retso
2024, a mechanism for persuading benevolent Spirits (from any and all satellite sites such as this), Retso fabric, glass, mirror, wood, tobacco, varied dimensions