Sekai Machache

Sekai Machache is a Zimbabwean-Scottish visual artist and curator based in Scotland. Her work is a deep interrogation of the notion of self. She is interested in the relationship between spirituality, imagination and the role of the artist in disseminating symbolic imagery to provide a space for healing. Sekai works with a wide range of media including photography. Her photographic practice is formulated through digital compositions utilising body paint and muted lighting conditions to create images that appear to emerge from darkness. Sekai is the recipient of the 2020 RSA Morton Award and is an artist in residence with the Talbot Rice Residency Programme 2021-2023. She often works collaboratively and is a founding and organising member of Yon Afro Collective (YAC). 

In this short film below, Sekai shares her storytelling skills and passion for creating art through indigo dye technique. This short takes us deep into her world, providing a flow of intimate consciousness onto fabric.