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Portia Zvavahera
Born (1985-03-22) 22 March 1985 (age 39)
Harare, Zimbabwe
EducationVisual Art Studios at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe; Harare Polytechnic
OccupationPainter
AwardsTollman Award for the Visual Arts; FNB Art Prize

Portia Zvavahera (born 1985) is a Zimbabwean painter.[1][2][3]

Early life

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Zvavahera was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1985.[4] She studied at the BAT Visual Art Studios at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe from 2003 to 2004 and obtained a diploma in visual arts from Harare Polytechnic in 2006,[5] where she was taught by the Zimbabwean artist and printmaker Chiko Chazunguza.[6] Many of her paintings incorporate block-printed elements using oil-based printing ink.[7]

Career

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In 2009, Zvavahera was an artist-in-residence at Greatmore Studios in Cape Town, South Africa.[6] Zvavahera represented Zimbabwe at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 as part of the exhibition Dudziro: Interrogating the Visions of Religious Beliefs.[6] She joined Stevenson, South Africa, in 2013.[5] Previously, Zvavahera exhibited her work at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and at Gallery Delta.[5]

She won South Africa's Tollman Award for the Visual Arts in 2013 and South Africa's FNB (First National Bank) Art Prize in 2014.[6][8] In 2017, Zvavahera participated in a three-month residency at the Gasworks in London, United Kingdom, supported by the Institute of Contemporary Art Indian Ocean (ICAIO).[7]

Exhibitions[9]

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  • Kettle’s Yard - Cambridge, United Kingdom (October 2024 to February 2025)[10][11][12]
  • CaixaForum - Madrid - Revered and Feared. Feminine Power in Art and Belief (2024)[4]
  • Shah Garg Foundation - New York - Making Their Mark (2023)[13]
  • Museum de Fundatie - Zwolle, Netherlands - Brave New World: 16 Painters for the 21st Century, (2023)[14]
  • Musée d’Art Moderne - Paris, France The Power of My Hands (2021)[15]
  • David Zwirner - London, United Kingdom and New York, USA (2020–21)[16]
  • Pérez Art Museum - Miami, USA - Allied with Power: African and African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M Pérez Collection (2020)[17]
  • El Espacio 23 - Miami, USA - Witness: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection (2020)[18]
  • The Warehouse - Dallas Psychic Wounds: On Art and Trauma (2020)[4]
  • 6th Lubumbashi Biennale, Democratic Republic of Congo - Future Genealogies: Stories from the Equatorial Line (2019)[19]
  • De 11 Lijnen - Belgium - A dialogue with Gustav Klimt (2019 - 2020) [20]
  • Oaxaca - Hacer Noche/Crossing Night (2018)[4]
  • Garage Museum of Contemporary Art - Moscow - The Fabric of Felicity (2018)[21]
  • Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town- Five Bhobh – Painting at the End of an Era (2018)[22]
  • 10th Berlin Biennale - We don't need another hero (2018)[23]
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art - The Contested Body (2017)[24]
  • Minneapolis Institute of Art - steirischer herbst festival, Graz - Body Luggage (2016)[25]
  • Institute of Contemporary Art Indian Ocean, Mauritius - I Love You Sugar Kane (2016) [4]
  • Le Brass Cultural Centre of Forest, Belgium - African Odyssey (2015)[4]
  • Foundation De 11 - Lijnen, Oudenburg - Liberated Subjects: Present Tense (2015)[26]
  • Kunsthalle Faust - Hannover, Germany - Shifting Africa - What the Future Holds, Mediations Biennale (2014)[27]

References

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  1. ^ Valentine, Victoria L. (24 October 2020). "Zimbabwean Artist Portia Zvavahera Sets New Record at Phillips Evening Auction, Titus Kaphar Painting Far Exceeds Estimate". Culture Type. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  2. ^ Nyambabvu, Gilbert. "Zimbabwean Artist Portia Zvavahera Sets New Record at Phillips Evening Auction". ZBCNews.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ Rea, Naomi (31 August 2020). "Studio Visit: Zimbabwean Artist Portia Zvavahera on Why She Had to Escape to the Mountains to Create Her New Show at David Zwirner". Artnet News. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Portia Zvavahera - Biography". Stevenson. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  5. ^ a b c Russ, Sabine (15 December 2015). "Portia Zvavahera by Netsayi". Bomb (134): 36–48.
  6. ^ a b c d Partridge, Matthew (September 2014). "Bright Young Things". Art South Africa. 13 (6165): 35–37. Bibcode:2013Sci...342.1418C.
  7. ^ a b O'Toole, Sean (March 2018). "Portia Zvavahera". Frieze (193): 174–175.
  8. ^ "Portia Zvavahera - Biography". Stevenson. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  9. ^ STEVENSON. "STEVENSON". STEVENSON. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Panel Discussion: Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa". www.kettlesyard.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  11. ^ "Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa". Apollo Magazine. 18 October 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  12. ^ "Portia Zvavahera: enchanting dream visions". Varsity Online. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  13. ^ "Portia Zvavahera". Shah Garg Foundation. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Brave New World - Museum de Fundatie". www.museumdefundatie.nl. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  15. ^ agence, GAYA-La nouvelle (19 May 2021). "The Power of My Hands". www.mam.paris.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  16. ^ "Portia Zvavahera - Artworks & Biography". David Zwirner. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  17. ^ "Allied with Power: African & African Diaspora Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  18. ^ "El Espacio 23 | WITNESS: Afro Perspectives from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection". Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  19. ^ "Portia Zvavahera". Biennale de Lubumbashi. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  20. ^ "Portia Zvavahera – Gustav Klimt: A dialogue" (in Flemish). Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  21. ^ "The Fabric of Felicity". garagemca.org. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  22. ^ "Five Bhobh - Painting at the End of an Era". Zeitz MOCAA. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  23. ^ "We Don't Need Another Hero - Biennales - Berlin Biennale". www.berlinbiennale.de. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  24. ^ "The Contested Body | Minneapolis Institute of Art". new.artsmia.org. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  25. ^ "Body Luggage - steirischer herbst Archiv". archiv.steirischerherbst.at. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  26. ^ "Literated Subjects – Present Tense" (in Flemish). Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  27. ^ "Shifting Africa / Kulturzentrum Faust". www.kulturzentrum-faust.de. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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