Portia Zvavahera

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

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

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]

References

  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. ^ "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.

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