MY BEAUTY IS POISON is an ongoing series of hand-tufted surrealist self-portrait textile works inspired by and featuring the flame lily, a toxic climbing plant native to Malawi. Exploring power, sensuality, femininity, and myth-making, MY BEAUTY IS POISON depicts nighttime portraits and scenes, carrying the viewer through a journey of violence, vengeance, and a return to the self.
Chidyamaloto, 2024
(The Dream Eater)
91 x 122 cm / 36 x 48 in
Acrylic yarn, merino wool, cotton, polyester, and alpaca wool on monk's cloth
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M'mwazi Wanga, 2024
(In My Blood)
107x137 cm | 42x54 in
Acrylic and metallic yarn, cotton, alpaca wool, merino wool, bamboo viscose on monks cloth
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Ndilambilile Pansi Pa Mwezi, 2024
(Worship Me Under the Moon)
96 x 145 cm | 38 x 57 in
Acrylic and metallic yarn on monk's cloth
Chinaphadi Dzuwa, 2024
(She Really Killed the Sun)
122 x 145 cm | 48 x 57 in
Acrylic and metallic yarn on monk's cloth