Portia Zvavahera
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| Born | 22 March 1985 Juru, Zimbabwe |
| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Citizenship | Zimbabwe |
| Alma mater | Visual Arts Studio at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe; Harare Polytechnic |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Awards | Tollman Award for the Visual Arts |
Portia Zvavahera is an award-winning Zimbabwean painter. [1]
Biography
Zvavahera was born in Zimbabwe in 1985. She lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe. She studied at the BAT Visual Arts Studio at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe from 2003-2005 and obtained a Diploma in Visual Arts from Harare Polytechnic in 2006,[1] where she was taught by the Zimbabwean artist and printmaker Chiko Chazunguza.[2] Many of her paintings incorporate block-printed elements using oil-based printing ink.[3]
Career
In 2009, Zvavahera was an artist-in-residence at Greatmore Studios in Cape Town, South Africa.[2] Zvavahera represented Zimbabwe at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 as part of the exhibition Dudziro: Interrogating the Visions of Religious Beliefs.[2] She joined Stevenson, South Africa, in 2013.[1] Previously, Zvavahera exhibited her work at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and at Gallery Delta.[1] She won South Africa's Tollman Award in 2013 and South Africa's First National Bank Art Prize in 2014.[2] In 2017, Zvavahera participated in a three-month residency at the Gasworks Gallery in London, United Kingdom, supported by the Institute of Contemporary Art Indian Ocean (ICAIO).[3] In 2020, Zvavahera's painting, Arising from the Unknown (2019), was sold at auction for GBP 163,800.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Russ, Sabine (15 December 2015). "Portia Zvavahera by Netsayi". Bomb. Issue 134: 36–48.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Partridge, Matthew (September 2014). "Bright Young Things". Art South Africa. 13: 35–37.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 O'Toole, Sean (March 2018). "Portia Zvavahera". Frieze. Issue 193: 174–175.
- ↑ "Portia Zvavahera - Auction Results on Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
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