Terrence Musekiwa
TERRENCE MUSEKIWA (b. 1990, Seke, Zimbabwe)
Terrence Musekiwa comes from a long line of sculptors. He started carving stone at the age of five, at first helping his father and later moving away from traditional aesthetics. He breaks the divide between traditional and contemporary. While each work begins with the familiar toil of shaping the stone, works are then fused with a myriad of found and industrial objects including chains, plastics, glue, and resin. His visual language wrestles with convention to simultaneously challenge and pay homage to Zimbabwean tradition. His conceptual vernacular introduces a dialogue about present-day Zimbabwe, its mechanics, politics, micro and macro trade systems, hardships and a quality of magic that permeates the personal lives of its inhabitants.
Musekiwa earned his degree in fine art from The School of The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare (2013) and has completed numerous international art residencies in the past two years including OMI in New York, Tiroche DeLeon in Tel Aviv, and CTG-R: Newfoundland in Canada with the CTG Collective. His work has been exhibited and collected internationally, with his first institutional inclusion in 2016 at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe.
BORN 1990, CHITUNGWIZA, ZIMBABWE
LIVES AND WORKS IN HARARE, ZIMBABWE
EDUCATION
- 2009
Visual Art Studio Degree – School of The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
SOLO AND TWO-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
- 2019
A House in A House, hFACTOR, Lagos Island, Nigeria
Coming From Where We Are Going, Catinca Tabacaru, New York- 2018
The Watchers (with Justin Orvis Steimer), 50 Golborne, London
- 2017
Standing on a line, not being on either side, Catinca Tabacaru, New York
The Guardian and The Builder (with Justin Orvis Steimer), CTG Harare- 2014
Fearless Whispers, KooVha Creative Hub, Harare, Zimbabwe
MUSEUM & INSTITUTIONAL SHOWS
- 2019
Bêtes de Scène, Foundation Villa Datris, France
- 2018
Meeting Of The Minds National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare; Organizer: Mondrian Foundation & The Netherlands Embassy
- 2017
Annual Exhibition of Young Artists, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
Focus on ICAC, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare- 2016
Network Connected, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo
Zig Zag Zim, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare; curator: Catinca Tabacaru
SITE-SPECIFIC OUTDOOR WORKS
- 2019
Wisdom Giver, Troy, New York (private island)
- 2016
God of the Ocean, Pool’s Island, Canada (private collection)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2019
CTG-R: Finland 2019, Serlachius Museum, Mänttä, Finland
- 2018
CTG-R: ZIMBABWE 2018, CTG Harare, Zimbabwe
Folktales and Taboos #NL, Gallery SAANA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Power & Ancestors, WM Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Folktales and Taboos #NL, Galerie 23, Amsterdam, The Netherlands- 2017
The Blind Men and The Elephant, Tsoko Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
TERRA NOVA, Catinca Tabacaru, New York- 2016
Zig Zag Zim: Part II, Catinca Tabacaru, New York
Zig Zag Zim: Part I, Catinca Tabacaru, New York- 2015
From Nowhere, Village Unhu, Harare, Zimbabwe
Parallels, Hunt Fine Arts, New York
Open Day, Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions, Curators: Chikonzero Chazunguza & Catinca Tabacaru- 2011
Young Zimbabwean, Gallery H, Bangkok, Thailand
Art & The City, First Floor Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
Harare Paris, Pave d’Orsay, Paris, France
Bukira (Fresh Growth), Mujati, Musekiwa, Dzingai, First Floor Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- 2015
Waste no Waste: Trash Is Treasure (Winner), Harare Italian Embassy
- 2011
Peace of Art, Youth Art Competition (Finalist), Zimbabwe German Society
- 2010
Kristin Diehl Prize
RESIDENCIES
- 2019
Serlachius Museum, Mänttä, Finland
16 by 16, Lagos, Nigeria
Fountainhead Residency, Miami, USA- 2018
CTG-R: Zimbabwe in collaboration with DAI, Harare
Art OMI, New York
Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands- 2017
CTG-R: Zimbabwe in collaboration with DAI, Harare
- 2016
Tiroche DeLeon Collection Residency, Jaffa, Israel
CTG-R: Newfoundland, Pool’s Island, Canada- 2015
CTG-R: Zimbabwe in collaboration with DAI, Harare
COLLECTIONS
Villa Datris Foundation for Contemporary Sculpture
The National Gallery of Zimbabwe
Joel and Sherry Mallin
Noel Kirnon
John Friedman
Lonti Ebers
Tiroche DeLeon Collection
Africa First Collection
Richard and Eileen Ekstract