Laura Nyahuye

Laura's work is driven by the conviction that art and creativity is a tool that can help us, see past race, class, age and create a better NOW, a better future...

Quoted by Laura "I have no desire to fit in"
#allhuman #fromthegroundup #hopeinthearts #forthenextgeneration

Laura Nyahuye is a Zimbabwean born artist and Founder/Creative Director at MAOKWO.

MAOKWO is an arts organisation supporting marginalised groups, refugees, asylum seekers and migrant artists, engaging communities using Art as a vehicle. Story of Maowko-Maokwo.

Laura is a creative visionary, a curator, creative writer, storyteller performer and speaker. Her work addresses social issues, such as marginalisation, representation in the arts and communities in general. Tokenism and tick box exercises are real life issues, affecting communities daily. Women's issues, hostile environments, migration, inclusion & exclusion, discrimination, power imbalance are themes you will find woven in Laura's work. Questions like 'what does the future look like for the next generation, minoritized groups and migrants' are at the core of what Laura, creatively responds to.

Her work challenges perceptions and provokes human beings' habitual though patterns concerning fellow humans. As a visionary, Laura believes the concept of Mushandirapamwe: Shona word translated - working together as one.