Catinca Tabacaru Gallery Collective

Admire Kamudzengerere

ADMIRE KAMUDZENGERERE (b. 1981, Harare, Zimbabwe)

Admire Kamudzengerere’s work explores identity, politics, and society, often informed by the multifaceted structural and social issues that have marked Zimbabwe’s last decade. Working in various media, he frequently reveals an unequal world in which the powerful ride roughshod over the weak.

Kamudzengerere completed the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten program in Amsterdam (2012). He mounted his first solo exhibition at Catinca Tabacaru New York in 2017, and that same year represented Zimbabwe at the 57th Venice Biennial. His work has was included in four additional international Biennials: Moscow (2013), Bamako (2017), Dakar (2018), and Cairo (2019). In the past two years he has been awarded two art fair prizes, the Purchase Prize by Northern Trust at EXPO Chicago (2017), and On Demand Prize by Snaporazverein at MiArt Milan (2018).

In addition to private collections around the world, Kamudzengerere’s work has been acquired into the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, the Block Museum at Northwestern University, and The Art Institute of Chicago.

BORN 1981, HARARE, ZIMBABWE

EDUCATION

2012

Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2003

National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Visual Arts Studios, Harare, Zimbabwe

BIENNIALS

2019

Eyes East Bound, 13th Cairo Biennial, Egypt; curator: Ehad Labban

2018

The Rebel, 13th Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal; curator: Simon Njami

2017

Afrotopia, 11th Biennale of African Photography, Bamako, Mali; curator: Marie-Ann Yamsi
Deconstructing Boundaries: Exploring Ideas of Belonging, 57th Venice Biennial, Zimbabwe Pavilion, Italy; curator: Raphael Chikukwa

2013

Playing Nature, The Fifth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (Special Projects), Russia; curator: Katia Krupennikova

MUSEUMS

2021

Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evenston, USA (catalogue)
Terrible Beauty. Elephant – Human – Ivory, Humboldt Forum, Berlin

2020

Stasi Frenetica – Artissima Unplugged, Palazzo Madama, Museo Civico d’Arte Antica, Torino; Curator: Ilaria Bonacossa

2019

Permanent Collections Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago; curators: Antawan Byrd & Matt Witkovsky
hybrID, Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany; curator: Anna Nowak

2018

Five Bhobh – Painting At The End Of An Era, Zeitz Mocaa, Cape Town, South Africa
Unknowing Knowns, Knowing Unknowns: (UNFINISHED), National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Romania
Meeting Of The Minds, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare; organizers: Mondrian Foundation & The Netherlands Embassy
New Feelings: Transformative Play and Discourse on Photography from a Diasporic Perspective, Center for Contemporary Art & Culture at PNCA, Portland, USA; curator: Modou Dieng

2016

Zig Zag Zim, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare; curator: Catinca Tabacaru

2010

The Fifth Column, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare (solo)
Harare International Festival of Arts, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

Ipapo Ipapo, curated by Alessandra Olivi, Galleria Anna Marra | Bubble’n’Squeak, Brussels

2019

Inside/ out, Catinca Tabacaru, New York

2018

1972 (with Rachel Monosov), Catinca Tabacaru, New York

2017

I am gonna…you. Till you run., Catinca Tabacaru, New York

2014

Antipathy, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2013

Galerie 23, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2010

Variations in the game, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

Group Show, Rele Gallery, Lagos

2021

Haipere nyaya yacho, Galeria Catinca Tabacaru, Bucharest

2020

CTG Collective: Berry Eaters, Catinca Tabacaru, CTG Harlem, New York
Messe in St. Agnes #2, König Galerie, Berlin

2018

Fear of Change: true scenes and flat screenes, Site131, Dallas

2017

Transcultural Protocol, ThalieLab Art Foundation, Brussels, Belgium; curator: Nathalie Guiot
Mono|Chrome, Miriam Shiell Fine Art, Toronto, Canada

2016

Zig Zag Zim, Catinca Tabacaru, New York

2014

Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2013

3 Man Show, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
Select Collection, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2012

Past and Present – A Retrospective Insight, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2011

Islamic International Festival of Art, Gorgan, Iran
Unleashed: 3 Man Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
Color Africa, Munich, Germany

2009

Zimbabwean Contemporary Arts, Dakar, Senegal

2008

Between in Line, Avignon University, Avignon, France

2006

Rembrandt: An African Response, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2005

Don Quicote, An African perspective, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2004

Seven Contemporary Young Artist, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2003

Young Artist exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

RESIDENCIES

2021

CTG ( R ): Bucharest, CTG Collective

2019

Serlachius Museums, Mänttä, Finland, a collaboration with CTG Collective
KulturKontakt, Vienna, Austria
AGA Lab, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2017

Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn
CTG ( R ): Zimbabwe, CTG Collective in collaboration with DAI, Harare

2016

Guns and Rain, Johannesburg, South Africa

2015

CTG ( R ): Zimbabwe, CTG Collective in collaboration with DAI, Harare

2014

Thami Mnyele Studios, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS

2019
Mack First Book Award (Shortlist)
2018

On Demand by Snaporazverein, miart, Milan; presented by Tyburn Gallery

2017

Northern Trust Purchase Prize, EXPO Chicago; presented by Catinca Tabacaru Gallery

2012

Ministeria van Buitenlandse Zaken – ICE

2011

Hivos Foundation, Artist Mediation and Travel Support

2010

The Fifth Column solo exhibition grant, Culture Fund Zimbabwe

2008

Francophone Exhibition, Second Prize in Drawings, Graphics and Prints
Gallery Delta, First Prize, Post Election Selection in Drawings, Graphics ​and Prints

2007

The Land, Gallery Delta, Paintings Category, Second Prize

2006

Spanish Embassy, First Prize for Best African Perspective, Don Quixote 400th Birthday
Netherlands Embassy, Third Prize for An African Response, Rembrandt 400th Birthday

SELECTED COLLECTIONS

The Art Institute of Chicago
Block Museum at Northwestern University
Fondation Blachère
National Gallery of Zimbabwe
U.S. Department of State
Fundation Sindika Dokolo
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten

Artist Talk w/ Admire Kamudzengerere
Join Admire Kamudzengerere as he discusses his joint exhibition, Haipere nyaya yacho, and the wider process of living and working in Bucharest’s post-communist environment which led him down a rabbit hole of exploring the many connections between the African continent and communism.
December 2, 2021 | 6.30PM