Fine Art

A time to Project and Pro-Act new images, sounds and Narratives? Black Detroit

I come from a school of thought that people gravitate towards that which is constantly projected before them. The Zezuru people in Zimbabwean culture as in most cultures on the Afrikan Continent are primarily and a profoundly...

Inventing the future

Imagine a country where artists have taken over - literally? Where every ministry, every business, even the army, is run by artists.  What kind of a country would that be?  At its very best, art is an...

Honai! – Photography exhibition by Nancy Mteki

I started photography in 2008, introduced by Buyaphi Mdledle from Cape Town. I have exhibited in Zimbabwe, South Afrika, Europe and other parts of Afrika. I enjoy collaborating with artists and engaging in workshops. Themes I enjoy tackling...

Art Residency in Zimbabwe – POVOKonvo with Xavier Robles de Medina

Xavier Robles de Medina is a Surinamese artist working in painting and sculpture. His sensibilities are deeply rooted in an observational drawing practice as well as an objective dissection of the painting as a three-dimensional object. He...

Dzimbanhete Artist Interactions

Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions (DAI) is an arts and culture resource centre that prioritises heritage preservation by promoting, enabling and giving space to endeavors, which strongly articulate traditional oral and material culture. DAI is situated along Bulawayo road,...

My Beautiful Home / Comba Indlu Ngobuciko

In 2014, Amagugu Heritage Trust in partnership with Veronique Attala and John Knight initiated the My Beautiful Home (MBH) hut painting competition in Matobo District. Due to the rapid spread of modernisation into the rural hinterland, the...

Nharira Caves at Dzimbanhete

The Nharira caves at Dzimbanhete house some of the oldest ancient rock paintings in Zimbabwe. Inspired by the history of this artistic ancestry, my cave drawings explore rock and cave spaces as predecessor to the canvas and...

Zimbabwean ceramic designer

Born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe and studied at Michealis School of Fine Art in Cape Town. Taught in various schools and the Harare Polytech. Took over Mutapo pottery 1992. Have exhibited locally with Delta Gallery and the National...

Art in metal

I was trying to find someone who could make me a mirror, I knew exactly what it needed to look like but had never done anything like it before.  We had a big container in our garden...

A case for the creative arts in Zimbabwe

The Creative Arts for many years in Zimbabwe have been understood to be less important than all the other subjects. Generally speaking some will quickly point out the complexities of mathematic and the sciences associating them with...
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Tora Gidi Uzvitonge

It’s rather unfortunate that the only visual reference that most Africans have of their history mostly come from colonial documents, and old...

Ambuya Nehanda In All Her Glory

I want my art to explore the fantasy of what if we treated women the same way we treated men. Would ambuya...

Desires And Archetypes

The image of Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana is bitterly etched into the collective consciousness of Zimbabwe. It comes from a photograph that was...

Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda 

POVO Afrika · Pauline - Handikanganwe Mbuya Nehanda Just a girl in the world and you had to be...