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, Amsterdam
- 2003
- National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Visual Arts Studios, Harare
- 2003
- Atelier Gallery Delta, Helen Lieros Lessons, Harare, Zimbabwe
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
- 2024
Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, Curators: Matt Witkovsky & Antawan Byrd, The Art Institute of Chicago, USA (forthcoming)
National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare; Catalogue: Percy Zvomouya (forthcoming)- 2023
Long-Distance Friendships, 14th Kaunas Biennial, curated by Inga Lace and Alicia Knock, Kaunas, LT
- 2021
Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts, Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Illinois (catalogue)
- 2020
Stasi Frenetica, 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, Curator: Anna Nowak
CTG: Finland, Serlachius Museum, Mantta, Finland; Curators: Catinca Tabacaru & Raphael Guilbert- 2018
FIVE BHOBH – Painting at the End of an Era, Zeitz Mocaa, Cape Town
Meeting Of The Minds, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare; Organizer: Mondrian Foundation & The Netherlands Embassy
Unknowing Knowns | Knowing Unknowns: (UNFINISHED), National Museum of Art, Bucharest, Romania
NEW FEELINGS: Transformative Play and Discourse on Photography from a Diasporic Perspective, Center for Contemporary Art & Culture
(PNCA), Portland, USA; Curator: Modou Dieng- 2016
Zig Zag Zim, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare; Curator: Catinca Tabacaru
- 2010
Harare International Festival of Arts, National Gallery of Zimbabwe
The Fifth Column, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare (solo)
Modern Art of Zimbabwe, The Korea Foundation Cultural Centre, Seoul
SOLO & TWO ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
- 2022
The Space Between, The Over Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- 2021
Haipere nyaya yacho (with Troy Makaza), Catinca Tabacaru, Bucharest
Ipapo Ipapo, Galleria Anna Marra, Brussels- 2019
- Inside/out, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York
- 2018
- 1972 (with Rachel Monosov), Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York
- 2017
- I am gonna…you. Till you run., Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York
- 2014
- Antipathy, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- 2010
- Variations in the game, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
BIENNIALS
- 2023
14th Kaunas Biennial: Long-distance Friendships, Lithuania; Curators: Alicia Knock & Inga Lāce
- 2019
13th Cairo Biennial: Eyes East Bound, Egypt; Curator: Ehad Labban
- 2018
13th Biennial of Contemporary African Art: The Rebel, Dakar, Senegal; Curator: Simon Njami
- 2017
11th Biennale of African Photography: Afrotopia, Bamako, Mali; Curator: Marie-Ann Yamsi
57th Venice Biennial, Zimbabwe Pavilion: Deconstructing Boundaries: Exploring Ideas of Belonging, Italy; Curator: Raphael Chikukwa- 2013
5th Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Special Projects: Playing Nature, Moscow, Russia; Curator: Katia Krupennikova
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2022
Group Show, Rele Gallery, LA, USA
- 2020
CTG Collective: Berry Eaters, Catinca Tabacaru, CTG Harlem, NY
Messe in St. Agnes #2, König Galerie, Berlin- 2018
Fear of Change: true scenes and flat screens, Site131, Dallas, TX
- 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
Galerie 23, Amsterdam, The Netherlands- 2012
Past and Present – A Retrospective Insight, Gallery Delta, Harare
- 2011
Islamic International Festival of Art, Gorgan, Iran
Unleashed: 3 Man Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare
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
- 2005
Don Quicote, An African perspective, Gallery Delta, Harare
- 2004
Seven Contemporary Young Artist, Gallery Delta, Harare
- 2003
Young Artist exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
RESIDENCIES
- 2022
Gaudi’s Casa Vicens Artist-In-Residence
- 2019
Serlachius Museum, Finland
AGA Lab, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kulturkontakt Austria Artists-in-Residence Programme, Vienna, Austria- 2017
Triangle Arts Association, Brooklyn, New York
CTG-R: Zimbabwe, CTG Collective in collaboration with Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions, Harare, Zimbabwe- 2016
Guns and Rain, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2015
CTG-R: Zimbabwe, CTG Collective in collaboration with
Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions, Harare, Zimbabwe- 2014
Thami Mnyele Studios, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
- 2019
Mack First Book Award (Shortlist)
- 2018
On Demand by Snaporazverein, miart, Milan
- 2017
Northern Trust Purchase Prize, EXPO Chicago
- 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, Gallery Delta- 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
National Gallery of Zimbabwe
Dokolo Collection, Uganda
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, The Netherlands
Fondation Blachère, France
US Embassies
The Scheryn Art Collection
Ackland Museum of Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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