Tanaka Mazivanhanga Art on A Postcard

London based printmaker talks about AOAP 2025 entries

Art Vox met with and interviewed Tanaka Mazivanhanga, whose extraordinary printmaking earned her the prestigious Women in Art Prize 2024 for “Zviri mandiri (It is within me)” - a compelling work harmonising latex, screenprint, thread, and gold leaf. As part of her prize recognition, she was invited to contribute original postcard artworks to Art on a Postcard’s International Women’s Day initiative supporting the Hepatitis C Trust.

Mazivanhanga’s practice thrives at the intersection of architecture and art, documenting overlooked urban textures with remarkable sensitivity. After studying architecture at Kingston School of Art and completing her MA in Visual Arts: Printmaking at Camberwell College of Arts, she developed her distinctive approach to transforming the mundane into the mesmerizing. Through printmaking, casting, and object-making, she extracts hidden beauty from familiar surfaces, compelling viewers to slow down and reconsider their automated relationship with everyday environments.

Her acclaimed installation “Floating Islands” at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair exemplifies this vision – three mono-printed rice paper rolls suspended like musical notation, creating an immersive experience that rewards close inspection with intricate discoveries.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Submissions for Women in Art Prize Open
March 8th

Art on a Postcard International Women’s
Day
ONLINE AUCTION OPEN:
27 February - 13 March

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