Crowned Mask

Moffat Takadiwa, 2026

Born and living in the Mbare neighbourhood of Harare, one of the largest recycling and informal economy centres in Zimbabwe, Takadiwa creates large-scale sculptures from technological waste and everyday objects. After collecting and sorting these small items by shape and colour, he assembles them with a community of makers into rich wall-mounted pieces. The work evokes a post-industrial fabric and confers upon ordinary materials the aura of a ritualistic, even sacred object. His practice translates his concerns about overconsumption, inequality, colonialism, and the environment..

Moffat Takadiwa

Zimbabwean artist born in 1983, Moffat Takadiwa assembles large-scale wall installations from collected waste — keyboard keys, bottle caps, toothpaste tubes — gathered in the local markets of Harare. His works interrogate the impact of Western consumerism on African societies and the global circulation of goods. He is widely regarded as one of the most compelling voices in contemporary African art.