In his practice, Moffat Takadiwa addresses contemporary consumer culture and postcolonialism through the appropriation of discarded everyday objects. The artist retrieves items such as computer keyboards, toothpaste tubes, bottle caps, and other plastic waste from recycling centers and landfills to transform them into sculptures and wall pieces.

Combining industrial objects with manual sewing techniques, his works result in richly composed arrangements of color, form, and texture that evoke tapestry. Takadiwa’s work points to a world interconnected by consumption, in which global capitalism seems to impose a certain homogeneity and standardization of ways of life—attested by the omnipresence of specific brands and forms—while challenging colonialism and its contemporary continuities, as well as its climatic consequences. With a global reach, his practice also enacts a process of recovering and valuing Zimbabwean traditions. Founder of Mbare Art Space, Takadiwa strengthens local communities through collective working practices while proposing new formal and linguistic structures.

Takadiwa held solo exhibitions at institutions worldwide, including Ripples of Gesture, Almeida & Dale, São Paulo, Brazil (2026); Recoded Memories, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, USA (2025); Tales of the Big River, Centre d’art contemporain, Gennevilliers, France (2024); Vestiges of Colonialism, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe (2023); and Witch Craft: Rethinking Power, Craft Contemporary, Los Angeles, USA (2021). His work was also featured in group shows such as the 36th Bienal de São Paulo, Not All Travellers Walk Roads – Of Humanity as Practice (2025); Tukku Magi: Rhythm’s, Latvian Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia (2025); Avantgarde & Liberation, Mumok, Vienna, Austria (2024); The Republic of Zimbabwe Pavillion at the 60th Venice Biennale, Foreigners Everywhere, Venice, Italy (2024); Color is the First Revelation of the World, Orange County Museum of Art, Costa Mesa, USA (2024); signifying the impossible song, Southern Guild, Los Angeles, USA (2024); Africa Supernova, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, Netherlands (2023); Nous sommes tous des lichens, Musée d’art contemporain de la Haute-Vienne – château de Rochechouart, France (2022); This is Not Africa: Unlearn What You Have Learned, ARoS Museum, Aarhus, Denmark (2021); Thread., Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, USA (2019); Stormy Weather, Museum Arnhem, Netherlands (2019); Second Hand: Selected Works from the Jameel Art Collection, Jameel Arts Centre, Dubai, UAE (2019); Material Insanity, Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco (2019); and Chinafrika. under construction, GfZK Leipzig, Germany (2017). In 2026, the artist received the Grand Prize of the Toyota Tsusho CFAO African Art Award.

Takadiwa’s works are part of collections such as Arsenal Contemporary Art, Canada; Art Jameel Centre, UAE; CC Foundation, China; CNAP, France; Fondation Villa Datris, France; Fondazione Golinelli, Italy; Fonds d’art contemporain, France; Institute Museum of Ghana, Ghana; Institute of Contemporary Art, USA; King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, Saudi Arabia; Mumok, Austria; MACAAL, Morocco; Roc Nation Collection, USA.