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