Chikonzero Chazunguza
Chikonzero Chazunguza | |
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Born | 13 January 1967 |
Nationality | Zimbabwean |
Occupation | Artist and educator |
Years active | 1987 |
Chikonzero (Chiko) Chazunguza is a Zimbabwean artist, activist and educator.[1][2][3]
Life and career[]
Chazunguza was born in 1967 in Harare, the capital of Rhodesia. In 1987 he won a scholarship to study in the Higher Institute of Arts "Nikolay Pavlovich" in Sofia, Bulgaria, where he got his master of fine arts degree. In Bulgaria Chazunguza studied classic subjects like printmaking and painting and spent seven years in the country, witnessing the collapse of the authoritarian regime and the transition to democracy.[2][1]
In 1994 he returned to Zimbabwe and began trying to combine his European education with local Zimbabwean art.[2][1] He has been active in many different fields, including teaching art for more than 15 years at various universities and colleges. He was Deputy Director of the and Head of the Department of Arts at Harare Polytechnic. Chazunguza participated as an adjudicator for the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and the . He coordinated numerous seminars and festivals and is the art director of several short films. At the same time he was engaged in many public activities in Harare.[1]
In 2015, Chazunguza, along with Masimba Hwati and , represented Zimbabwe at the 56th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.[2]
Chazunguza has won numerous awards and has exhibited in several solo exhibitions in Africa, Europe and North America.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e "Chikonzero Chazunguza". Africultures - Les mondes en relations. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d "Chikonzero Chazunguza, Masimba Hwati and Gareth Nyandoro are the representatives for the Zimbabwe Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia 56th International Art Exhibition". Biennial Foundation. 24 Feb 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Chikonzero Chazunguza". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Artists from Harare
- Zimbabwean painters
- Zimbabwean activists