Grace Nyahangare

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Grace Nyahangare
Born (1996-09-02) September 2, 1996 (age 29)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Education National Gallery School of Visual Arts and Design (Harare)
Known forPainting, printmaking (monotype)
StyleAbstract, surreal figuration contemporary

Grace Nyahangare (born September 2, 1996) is a Zimbabwean contemporary visual artist whose monotype-informed paintings explore memory, trauma, motherhood and healing. [1] [2] She held her debut solo exhibition, Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora (We Don't Forget but We Heal) at First Floor Gallery Harare in 2023, [3] and presented a two-person show, Methods of Flight with Amanda Shingirai Mushate at Southern Guild Los Angeles in 2024-2025. [4] [5]

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Early life and education

Nyahangare was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on September 2, 1996. [6] [7] She attended Girls High School Harare where she began making art, [6] and later studied Visual Art at the National Gallery School of Visual Arts and Design in Harare (also known as the National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Arts Studios). [7] In 2022 she completed a three-month residency at First Floor Gallery Harare and formally joined the gallery in 2023. [8]

Style and themes

Nyahangare builds images through a process that begins with memories or photographs moves through monotype prints and culminates in oil-and-ink paintings the layered transformations yield dreamlike, fluid figures. [1] [7] She has described her figures as inspired by insecurity and vulnerability especially her own reframed as resilience. [9] Writing for Southern Guild, curators note her focus on the female body as a site of trauma and transcendence she often paints with her young daughter present in the studio. [4]

Career

Nyahangare's debut solo exhibition, Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora, opened at First Floor Gallery Harare in July August 2023, addressing recovery from personal trauma. [3] [10] In 2024 she presented Methods of Flight with Amanda Shingirai Mushate at Southern Guild Los Angeles (November 21, 2024, to February 1, 2025). [4] [5]

Between 2023 and 2025, Nyahangare has participated in international fairs and exhibitions including Investec Cape Town Art Fair (2023, 2024 & 2025), RMB Latitudes Art Fair (2024), FNB Art Joburg (2024) and Kuvhunura: The Harare School at Fondation Blachère in France (2024). [11] In 2025, her work featured in the digital-first exhibition project Goya & Africa hosted in Cape Town by Brundyn Arts & Culture and the Athena Art Foundation. [12] [13]

Reception

Zimbabwean arts press highlighted Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora for its candour and emotional register, noting the works as balm that acknowledges pain without self-pity. [10] International coverage and gallery texts have emphasized her imaginative dreamlike figuration and process driven approach. [2] [1] [4] She has also been profiled in independent arts media discussing women's visibility in Zimbabwe's art scene. [9]

Personal life

Nyahangare lives and works in Harare. She is a mother and has spoken about balancing childcare with studio practice curatorial notes mention her daughter's presence during painting sessions. [4]

Selected exhibitions

YearExhibitionVenue / LocationReference
2025Investec Cape Town Art Fair Cape Town, South Africa [11]
2025Goya & Africa (digital-first exhibition)Brundyn Arts & Culture, Cape Town [12] [13]
2024–2025Methods of Flight (with Amanda Shingirai Mushate)Southern Guild, Los Angeles, USA [4] [5]
2024Kuvhunura: The Harare School (group)Fondation Blachère, Bonnieux, France [11]
2024RMB Latitudes Art Fair (group) Johannesburg, South Africa [11]
2024FNB Art Joburg (group) Johannesburg, South Africa [11]
2024Investec Cape Town Art Fair (group) Cape Town, South Africa [11]
2023Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora (solo) First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe [3] [10]
2023Investec Cape Town Art Fair (group) Cape Town, South Africa [11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Grace Nyahangare". Latitudes Online. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Grace Nyahangare Artworks for Sale & More". Artsy. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Grace Nyahangare Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora". First Floor Gallery Harare. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Methods of Flight". Southern Guild. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Amanda Shingirai Mushate and Grace Nyahangare: Methods of Flight". Artsy. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Grace Nyahangare AtWork Notebook". AtWork Project. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  7. 1 2 3 "Nyahangare Bio". Goya & Africa. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Grace Nyahangare Bio/CV". First Floor Gallery Harare. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Kocsis, Katica. "Grace Nyahangare: "My figures are inspired by insecurities especially my own"". Focus on Black Art. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 Nyampenza, Nyadzombe (August 8, 2023). "Personal trauma inspires touching exhibition". The Standard (NewsDay). Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Grace Nyahangare Recent Exhibitions". First Floor Gallery Harare. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  12. 1 2 "'Goya and Africa' Bridges Centuries of Art in Cape Town this February". ART AFRICA Magazine. February 20, 2025. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  13. 1 2 "About Goya & Africa". Goya & Africa. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
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