Talk:Masimba Hwati/Temp

Masimba Hwati, (Born 16th October 1982) is a Zimbabwean sculptor who lives and works in Harare. In 2015 he is one of three artists selected to represent the country at the Zimbabwe pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale.

Hwati grew up in Highfields, and trained in fine art from 2001 to 2003 at the Harare Polytechnic, where he later went on to teach 3 dimensional art. From the start of his career as an artist, he has engaged in creative pilgrimage to explore the use of anthropologically  relevant and poignant material in his work. This pilgrimage has driven him to constantly search for and create inspired by the symbolism and imbued energy of different materials, challenging current paradigms that define contemporary art. Historically significant soil, ancient African instruments, skulls, glass beads and python skin have all found their way into Hwati works, a style of work he refers to as The Energy of Objects. Masimba Hwati is represented by KooVha Gallery.

Hwati was awarded the National Art Merit Award in 2006, the highest individual art honour in Zimbabwe. His work has been exhibited around the world. Notable exhibitions include Church Santa Maria della Pieta, Pixels of Ubuntu/Unhu 56th Venice Biennale (2015), Quantumlogik, Gallery Delta Harare (2014), Between the Sheets, Gallery East Australia (2012), Colour Africa: zeitgenossische Kunst Aus Simbabwe kultruallmende, Munich (2011), Expression of Africa, Universite’  D’Avignon ,France (2009), Harare Biennale, National Gallery of Zimbabwe (2005). InfinityBeau (talk) 15:19, 17 September 2015 (UTC)