Fungai Marima’s work is influenced by ideas around the materiality of the body and its relationship to archiving. Looking into themes of displacement, memory, identity, and trauma. Marima uses methodologies within printmaking to assist in her production of artwork, in relation to thinking through making, process, object making and the archive. She physically uses the body to expose personal and collective narratives of the human experience that are often silenced/ignored within contemporary culture. Her recent work, Ndine Ndekha, a collaborative piece with George Petsikopoulos, a visual artist who researches traditional textile crafts and natural dye techniques. The piece ‘Ndine Ndekha’ made in Athens and Nea Makri, Greece, has an interest in thinking through performance in material engagement, the importance of collaboration and finding self in material culture, and how we can archive and reveal experiences through material exploration. Marima graduated from Camberwell College of Art in 2020 with a MA in Fine Art Printmaking. She has exhibited and presented at the Theodore Monod African art Museum, Dakar, New Art Exchange 2023/25 and the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. As well as being featured in many publications, her work is in private collections across the UK.
Fungai Marima’s work is influenced by ideas around the materiality of the body and its relationship to archiving. Looking into themes of displacement, memory, identity, and trauma. Marima uses methodologies within printmaking to assist in her production of artwork, in relation to thinking through making, process, object making and the archive. She physically uses the body to expose personal and collective narratives of the human experience that are often silenced/ignored within contemporary culture. Her recent work, Ndine Ndekha, a collaborative piece with George Petsikopoulos, a visual artist who researches traditional textile crafts and natural dye techniques. The piece ‘Ndine Ndekha’ made in Athens and Nea Makri, Greece, has an interest in thinking through performance in material engagement, the importance of collaboration and finding self in material culture, and how we can archive and reveal experiences through material exploration. Marima graduated from Camberwell College of Art in 2020 with a MA in Fine Art Printmaking. She has exhibited and presented at the Theodore Monod African art Museum, Dakar, New Art Exchange 2023/25 and the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. As well as being featured in many publications, her work is in private collections across the UK.