Teede’s recent move to the UK has re-articulated ongoing questions around belonging and accountability. Being Zimbabwean, she is keenly aware of the fraught historical connection between the two countries. Her work addresses decoloniality and ecology, using her physical context as a catalyst for bridging epistemic divides. Paint is a living medium and partner in this process, and she regards her paintings as active interlocutors. Drawing from personal experience as well as philosophical and poetic works, she delves into the mythologies and taboos that influence the ways we live in the world, taking inspiration from the queer and unruly beings that haunt society and remind it of its fragility. Her recent paintings present such beings in a process of becoming that is both abject and hopeful.

Teede (b. 1988, Zimbabwe) is represented by First Floor Gallery Harare