Tariro Mavondo is a multi-hyphenate artist, performer, poet, facilitator and executive artist leader.

Tariro’s artistry spans voiceover work for brands like LEXUS, BMX, and Thomas the Tank Engine, to making music and poetry with I Hold The Lion’s Paw, and championing diverse communities behind the scenes in the arts. She is currently the artistic director at Western Edge.

She was nominated for an ARIA Award with the Australian Art Orchestra (Best Jazz Album, 2021), and won an APRA AMCOS Award for Closed Beginnings and is about to release her second album with Peter Knight and Reuben Lewis.

In theatre, Tariro co-directed The Hate Race at Malthouse Theatre, was associate director of The Audition (Outer Urban Projects), and returned to acting in La Belle Epoque and St Kilda Tales.

A powerful voice in poetry, Tariro has featured at Slamalamadingdong, Melbourne Spoken Word & Poetry Festival, and more. Her work is published in Growing Up African in Australia (Black Inc.) and Going Down Swinging.