Mia Chaplin (b. 1990, Durban, South Africa) lives and works in Cape Town.

Working in oil and acrylic on canvas and paper, as well as bronze and plaster sculpture, Chaplin creates highly expressive works characterised by richly textured surfaces. Influenced by the aesthetics of Romanticism, Impressionism and the Italian Renaissance, she considers her work to be subjective impressions of the female experience, exploring themes of sexuality, sensuality, intimacy and violence.

Since completing her BFA at the Michaelis School of Fine Art in Cape Town in 2011, Chaplin has presented six solo exhibitions. She has also completed artist residencies at Fountainhead Residency, Miami (2023), where she received the Fountainhead Residency Artist Prize; Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris (2018); Nirox Arts Foundation, Johannesburg (2016); and OBRAS Foundation, Alentejo, Portugal (2015).

Chaplin has presented solo booths at Armory NY (2025 ), Artissima, Untitled Art, Miami Beach (2023), Turin (2022). Her work has also been included in group presentations at miart, Milan (2023, 2024); Art Brussels (2024, 2025); Investec Cape Town Art Fair (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026); Art Joburg; and Dallas Art Fair. Chaplin’s work is held in numerous international private and public collections, including the Spier Arts Trust and the Homestead Collection (South Africa), the LAM Museum (the Netherlands) and the Francesca Lavazza Collection (Italy).