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Biography

I am an artist born and raised in Zimbabwe, now living in
Southern Sweden. As a painter but foremost a mother, I dive
into a discovery of selfhood, motherhood, daughterhood and
matrescence through my large acrylic works. I aim to enrich a
dialogue of a new female revolution that anchors itself in our
understanding of the spiritual DNA and experiences which bonds
grandmothers, mothers and daughters in the pathway of life;
past, future and present.

My Approach

My paintings are a sacred act, one of both resistance and
restoration. They are a response to the subtle, yet great harm
that I witness social media inflicting on the inner lives of my
daughters. In a world mediated by curated images and
momentary digital impressions, I turn to painting a s a means of
slowing down time, re-centering presence and reclaiming the
untold stories of our daughters. Through my art I construct
symbolic “filters”, not the digital kind, but spiritual veils that
both reveal and protect. These “filters” offer a deeper seeing, a
layered truth shaped by love, ancestral memory, intuition an the
unseen forces that guide us. My work is a call for change, a
gentle yet unyielding demand for a new way of being. In this
world of fragmentation, our daughters are growing up surrounded
by false mirrors. It is now a time for truth-telling and reclamation
of the feminine through love!

Press - Biographies

Marcus Bussey (PhD) is Senior Lecturer in History and Futures at the

University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. He has a keen interest in
anticipatory aesthetics and phenomenologies of grace.

Cecilia Kristoffersson is an artist and art educator born and raised in
Zimbabwe, now living in Southern Sweden. Through her paintings, Cecilia
aims to foster a dialogue of a new female revolution that anchors itself in our
understanding of our spiritual DNA and experiences. Experiences that bond
grandmothers, mothers and daughters in the pathway of life; past, future and
present.

Press - Abstract

Pasts, presents and futures fold in on each other and this is reflected in the
deliberately tribal image offered by Kristoffersson. In both image and poem
lies biography and memory both personal and also epochal. Time is sticky
and we must deal with that as best we can.

Link: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19467567241249718?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0b8St-9YYaGWXtIBYr7v60BIFnOcaDywxTktMRZp9YjYsNKvkTEdCSupU_aem_Abz19IRIZZBVT-eyDzcIfX-sgz6phGMS4iipBgZociqNRJdMTHPY44yMkQvwRcLG50QubZIKYTfRqFbvlWr5fdJU