Bokani is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans abstract glass painting, installations, computational art and large-scale public works.
Through deep immersion in colour, she explores themes of freedom and power, grounded in the experience of ubunye (Ndebele for “oneness”).
Bokani invites viewers to see anew and to reflect on the fluid nature of self, structures of power, and the environment. The resulting artworks feel less made than channelled, dissolving the boundaries between artist, artwork, and viewer. In doing so, viewers are confronted with their own power, becoming complicit in both their individual and collective liberation.
Bokani is a London-based artist originally from Zimbabwe. She holds a BSc in Politics with Economics from the University of Bath (2009) and an MA in Computational Art from Goldsmiths, University of London (2022). Recent milestones include a solo residency and exhibition at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, the UK-survey museum group show Conversations, selection for the Gucci Art Program and winning the public vote on BBC One’s The Big Painting Challenge. Alongside her artistic practice, she is an active climate justice campaigner.
