The artists
The people behind the work.
From Zimbabwe across Africa and beyond. We spend time with our artists, watch them work and learn how they see the world.
Batsirai MuskweA self-taught former stone carver who builds faces in layers of paint until the mask feels more alive than the face.13 works available
Prudence ChimutuwahCollages the push and pull of being a modern African woman, out of banknotes, magazines and sheet music.10 works available
Tonely NgwenyaBuilds his faces with a palette knife, ridge by ridge, the way a life builds a face.8 works available
Calvin ChimutuwahPaints Harare’s children when they think no one is looking.4 works available
Evans MutengaTurns down the wildlife and sunsets buyers expect from African art, and etches, prints and weaves the human figure instead.35 works available
Sky SalanjePaints the controlled chaos of a life lived half in town, half in the village.22 works available
Webster MubayirenyiPaints in terraces, like the farmed hillsides of rural Zimbabwe.2 works available
Alex ZipnapechkaLays on oil in thick ridges until Bali’s horses and fighting cocks seem to move off the canvas.2 works available
O'Neal Tanaka MaisiriPaints the traces people and places leave behind, then lets his audience add their own.6 in the studioAlso in the collection
Edsor Meque · Kieran Masocha · Walter Zuze · Alex Kapondora · Tapfuma Gupta · Blessed Tapiwa Munyaradze
In the studios
