From Healing to Expression: Erica Molefi

Phyllis Sanders
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Artist of the Month Feature | Erica Molefi

Erica Molefi is an emerging artist born and raised in Gaborone, Botswana, her work explores personal transformation, healing, and spiritual evolution through color, abstraction, and expressive storytelling. Working primarily in drawing and acrylic painting, her practice moves between semi-abstract and abstract compositions that combine illustrative imagery with poetic symbolism.

From an early age, Erica felt an instinctive pull toward artistic expression. She began drawing at twelve years old, first exploring art as an extracurricular subject before continuing her studies throughout secondary school. Over time, art became more than a skill, it became a language through which she could understand herself and the world around her.

“I was born with the urge to express myself best with colour,” she shares. “I realized my talent during the early years of my life, and I enjoyed it more than anything.”

Growth

Today, her work centers on themes of self-evolution, consciousness, and emotional healing. Much of her inspiration comes directly from lived experience, memories, resilience, and the process of moving through trauma toward growth. Through painting, she documents a journey from fear to love, from pain to renewal, using abstraction as a way to express what words alone cannot hold.

Her creative process is deeply intuitive, experimentation plays a central role in her practice, as ongoing self-study and exploration continue to shape her visual language.

Perseverance

Despite facing rejection through open calls and mentorship applications, she has remained committed to her path, viewing persistence as part of the artistic journey. Support from her mother and connections within her growing artistic community have helped her continue sharing her work with wider audiences.

For Erica, community means belonging among people who live for the beauty and power of art, artists, supporters, collectors, and collaborators alike. Being welcomed into creative spaces represents recognition, encouragement, and the opportunity to share her story with others who may see themselves reflected in her work.

Connection

Across her work, recurring themes of identity, cultural memory, and spiritual transformation emerge, inviting viewers into moments of introspection and emotional connection.

Looking ahead, Erica is currently preparing for her first mural project at a nursery school, an exciting milestone that reflects her desire to share art with younger generations. Long-term, she hopes to create spaces where art can serve as therapy and empowerment, especially for youth seeking safe environments to express themselves.

When asked what success means to her, she speaks less about recognition and more about impact: creating platforms where creativity can uplift others and where voices are heard through artistic expression.