Portia Zvavahera
Born22 March 1985
Harare, Zimbabwe
EducationVisual Arts Studio at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe; Harare Polytechnic
OccupationPainter
AwardsTollman Award for the Visual Arts

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

Early life

Zvavahera was born in Zimbabwe. She studied at the BAT Visual Arts Studio at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe from 2003 to 2005 and obtained a diploma in visual arts from Harare Polytechnic in 2006,[4] where she was taught by the Zimbabwean artist and printmaker Chiko Chazunguza.[5] Many of her paintings incorporate block-printed elements using oil-based printing ink.[6]

Career

In 2009, Zvavahera was an artist-in-residence at Greatmore Studios in Cape Town, South Africa.[5] Zvavahera represented Zimbabwe at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 as part of the exhibition Dudziro: Interrogating the Visions of Religious Beliefs.[5] She joined Stevenson, South Africa, in 2013.[4] Previously, Zvavahera exhibited her work at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and at Gallery Delta.[4]

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.[5][7] 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).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Valentine, Victoria L. (24 Oct 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 (2020-08-31). "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 2021-07-14.
  4. 1 2 3 Russ, Sabine (15 December 2015). "Portia Zvavahera by Netsayi". Bomb. Issue 134: 36–48.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Partridge, Matthew (September 2014). "Bright Young Things". Art South Africa. 13 (6165): 35–37. Bibcode:2013Sci...342.1418C.
  6. 1 2 O'Toole, Sean (March 2018). "Portia Zvavahera". Frieze. Issue 193: 174–175.
  7. ↑ "Portia Zvavahera - Biography". Stevenson. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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