SYLVESTER MUBAYI Sylvester Mubayi was born in 1942 in the Chiota District, east of Harare. He left school at the age of 16, but it was 11 years later that his live changed direction when he met Tom Bloomefield, who offered him the chance to try his hand at [...]

BRIGHTON SANGO (1958-1995) Brighton Sango is one of Zimbabwe's second generation of sculptors, which has emerged since independence in 1980. He was born in 1958 in Guruve, a rural area northeast of Zimbabwe. Coming from a poor family and being one of seven children, he had to [...]

JOHN TAKAWIRA (1938-1989) Born in 1938 in Chegutu, John Takawira moved with his family to Inyanga--arguably the spiritual heartland of Shona sculpture--at the age of two. Twenty years later his introduction to carving came from Joram Mariga, a relative, and the man recognized as the first of [...]

HENRY MUNYARADZI (1931-1998) Henry Munyaradzi was born in Guruve in 1931. He had no formal education and spent his childhood herding cattle and hunting game. Munyaradzi's creative talent was to blossom many years later when, in 1967, he joined the rural community of sculptors at Tengenenge. Munyaradzi [...]

NORBERT SHAMUYARIRA Born in 1962 in the Chinhoyi District of Zimbabwe, Norbert Shamuyarira began sculpting at the age of 17 after a chance encounter with Bernard Takawira. For four years Shamuyarira worked with Takawira; since 1984 he has lived and worked on this own. Shamuyarira's sculptures, [...]

RICHARD MTEKI Richard Mteki was born in Harare, Zimbabwe in 1947. Following his primary education he studied at the Nyarutsetso Art Center, founded by the late Cannon Paterson. It was here that Mteki began to sculpt full-time. Inspired by the work which was being produced at the [...]

MOSES MASAYA (1947-1996) Moses Masaya was born in Inyanga in 1947, the son of a village headman. Like many other major sculptors, Masaya was influenced to sculpt by Joram Mariga, whose work he first saw in 1968. Two years later, he joined the rural community of [...]

DAMIAN MANUHWA Damian Manuhwa was born in 1952 in the Rusape District of Zimbabwe. His father, Fabian Manuhwa, carved in wood and had begun to carve while still in school. It was seeing the work in stone of Joram Mariga, however, that prompted Manuhawa to begin [...]

NICHOLAS MUKOMBERANWA (1940-2002) Nicholas Mukomberanwa is recognized as one of the most important artists in the community of Shona sculptors. He was among the first generation of artists to participate in Frank McEwen's Workshop School at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. HIs talent as an artist was [...]

EDWARD CHIWAWA Edward was born in Guruve, northern Zimbabwe, in about 1916. He began sculpting in 1970; he was inspired and encouraged by his cousin Henry Munyaradzi, who was already an established artist at the nearby Tengenenge sculpture community. Henry is now the most famous and [...]

SHEPHARD MADZIKATIRE Shephard Madzikatire was born in Zimbabwe in 1970. During his secondary education in private school he was introduced to stone sculpting by his cousin, the renowned sculptor Moses Masaya. Madzikatire's first sculptures were stylistically similar to those of his mentor. As a young artist [...]

EDRONCE RUKODZI Edronce Rukodzi was born in 1952 in the Guruve District, an area that rivals Inyanga as a source of Zimbabwe's creative talent. His interest in sculpting began in 1974 when he visited Henry Munyaradzi, a relative, at the Tengenenge sculpture community. For the next [...]

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