Wynona Mutisi

Wynona Mutisi is an emerging multidisciplinary Zimbabwean artist, illustrator, and designer whose practice dynamically bridges the worlds of fine art printmaking, digital illustration, and publication layout. Operating out of Harare, Mutisi investigates the intimate complexities of identity, domesticity, and shared memory. Her creative ethos is deeply anchored in celebrating and archiving the experiences of Black women, drawing direct inspiration from the maternal figures and female networks that have shaped her personal life. A central pillar of Mutisi’s fine art practice is her exploration of Kumba, (home), a conceptual framework that examines home not merely as a fixed physical geography, but as a fluid collection of temporary shelters, memories, and emotional spaces. This thematic focus is deeply influenced by the lived realities of families raised by single mothers, capturing the specific dynamics of security, vulnerability, and resilience found within those domestic ecosystems. Visually, she translates these themes through a sophisticated fusion of traditional relief printmaking, book-binding materials, and interactive digital cartography that charts personal landscapes and architectural memories. Simultaneously, Mutisi seamlessly translates her fine art sensibilities into a highly impactful commercial design career. As an illustrator and art director for the pan-African weekly newspaper The Continent, she creates bold, editorial vector artwork and striking publication covers that visually anchor critical African news stories. Her commercial portfolio is defined by a vivid, joyful approach to color and character design, which challenges homogenized representations of African lives. Whether exhibiting her digital and material installations in contemporary group shows like Speak, Mnemosyne or designing layout systems for a global media audience, Mutisi’s overarching practice consistently champions the visibility, complexity, and quiet power of contemporary African womanhood.