Valerie Asiimwe Amani is a Tanzanian artist and writer whose anti-disciplinary practice investigates the relationship between body, language, and myth; exploring how they shape belonging, memory, and collective imagination. 

Drawing from personal contemporary experiences, feminist theory, and spiritual ecologies, Amani explores the permeable boundaries between the political, domestic, and intimate.  She has exhibited internationally, with presentations in Lagos, New York, Paris, Cape Town, London, Leipzig, Zanzibar, and Dar es Salaam. Recent exhibitions include Immortal Apples, Eternal Eggs at Hastings Contemporary and Amani: Kukita Kun’goa at Museen Stade, Germany.

She is the 2023 Foundwork Art Prize Honouree and a 2022 Ingram Prize winner. Her work has appeared in Art Monthly, Hyperallergic, and Texte zur Kunst. Amani is currently based in Oxford, where she is pursuing a practice-led DPhil in Fine Art at The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford.