Square Chikwanda (born 1972) is a Zimbabweansculptor, living and working in Harare, Zimbabwe. He first learned his art from his father, also a Zimbabwean sculptor.
Born in Mvurwi, Chikwanda moved to the Tengenenge Sculpture Community with his father at the age of seven.[1] There his father taught him at an early age to wash and polish stone. He finished primary school and learned the art of sculpture to become a full-time artist at the age of thirteen, developing his own style. At the Community he had several students, of whom Jonathan Mhondorohuma became a good friend. In 1993 he left the community to work in Harare at the Chapungu Sculpture Park. At this park, Chikwanda continued expanding his artistic know-how, which made him one of the leading Harare sculptors. As of 2006[update], he works on his own in Chitungwiza, a Harare suburb.[2] His work has been exhibited worldwide.
Style
Chikwanda's sculptures deal mostly with portraits and animals e.g. "Blind Portrait",[3] Berlin, Germany or "Hippo",[4] Tengenenge, Zimbabwe. His figures are generally very square and stylised: arms, legs and fingers are often square and show hard lines; noses have knife sharp edges. His sculptures remind indeed the art-deco figures of the 1930-1940 and are always polished to a high degree of perfection.[citation needed] He uses local Zimbabawean stone, including springstone.[5]
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