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Hi there :)
Welcome to my space!

My name is Marilú Mapengo Námoda also known as Iseda Iyà
> Mother Nature Wa Bantu <
I* am a visionary artist,
healer, and post-activist;

In my current practice, I engage with the politics of giving birth to the futureS by exploring the possibility of Love as a political healing tool to heal the colonial wound in its multiple expressions of racism, hetero-patriarchy, and classism.
I enjoy experimenting with multiple hybrid formats that allow me to share my art within and beyond the institutional "showing" and so, to conceive my work I have been weaving the languages of Performance art, Afrikan cosmology & animist astrology, storytelling, Bantu writing symbols, healing rituals, and post-activist experiments.

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Could Love heal Colonial trauma?

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The artist's works has been featured at Atlantica: Contemporary Art from Mozambique and its Diaspora Published by Hangar books, 2020.

Santarcangelo festival (Santarcangelo, 2022), Spielart Festival (München, 2021), Kaserne Basel ( Basel, 2021), and Entretodos Human Rights Festival, ( Sao Paulo, 2019), among others are some of the spaces their work has been occupying.

Námoda holds a MA degree in Art Praxis and Theory (Dutch Art Institute, 2022), a Post-Graduation Degree in Gender Studies ( University of Iceland /UNU GEST Program – Reykjavik, 2016) and, a BA in Sociology (University Eduardo Mondlane - Maputo, 2013);

In 2022, she/they was one of the nominated artists in two international awards: The Berry Koedam Award offered by the Kunstinstituut Melly, Netherlands The Paulo Cunha e Silva Award offered by the Gallery of Porto Municipality, Portugal.