Notes

Helen Teede was born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, and she currently lives and works between Harare and Venice, Italy. Her research and art practice are influenced by the relationship between power and writing and the historical trajectory therein. Her work is an exploration of the ways in which the earth's surface can be ‘read’, and how we determine our position as a species that marks the world in impactful ways. She is also interested in the role of place as it relates to her current situation of living between Africa and Europe and the different influences on her creative practices.

Teede received her Master’s in Visual Art at IUAV University of Venice, Italy in 2020 after achieving a BA in Fine Art at the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Michaelis School of Fine Art (2012) and a BA Honours in English at UCT. In 2018, she received a two-month Africa First residency in Tel Aviv, Israel. Teede has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions since 2008 including in Zimbabwe; South Africa; the UAE; Italy; France; Israel; Belgium; the USA; China; Switzerland; and Denmark.

Provenance

First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe, 2017.

Africa First, 2023.

Exhibited

Also Known As Africa Fair (AKAA), France, First Floor Gallery Harare, 10 November to 12 November 2017.