Portia Zvavahera | |
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| Born | 22 March 1985 |
| Nationality |  Zimbabwe |
| Education | Visual Arts Studio at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe; Harare Polytechnic |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Awards | Tollman Award for the Visual Arts |
Portia Zvavahera (born 1985) is a Zimbabwean painter. [1] [2] [3]
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]
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]
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