Mahari Chabwera is a visual artist whose tapestry paintings explore meditation, energy, and self-mythologization through light-responsive materials such as glass seed beads, tempered glass, fabric, and shells. She holds a BFA in Painting & Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and has participated in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, 1708 Gallery, and The McColl Center.
Her work has been exhibited at institutions including the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, and is held in the permanent collections of The Reginald F. Lewis Museum and The University of Virginia. Chabwera is the recipient of awards from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Peale Museum, the Maryland State Arts Council, and Art Matters, and will begin her MFA in Painting at Cranbrook Academy of Art this fall.
