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, Kennedy Musekiwa, 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. 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.
Solo exhibitions include Standing on a line, not being on either side (2017) and Coming From Where We Are Going (2019), both at Catinca Tabacaru New York; and A House in A House at hFACTOR in Lagos, Nigeria (2019). In addition, he has been included in exhibitions internationally by public and private institutions in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Mantta, Utrecht, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Tel Aviv, Miami, New York, Mexico City, and Harare. His work has been acquired into the permanent collections of The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Villa Datris Foundation in France, and the US Department of State. In 2022, Musekiwa will represent Zimbabwe in the 59th Venice Biennial, and will be included in the 14th Dakar Biennale.
BORN 1990, CHITUNGWIZA, ZIMBABWE
LIVES AND WORKS BETWEEN HARARE AND BUCHAREST
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 Gallery, New York- 2018
The Watchers (with Justin Orvis Steimer), 50 Golborne, London
- 2017
Standing on a line, not being on either side, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York
The Guardian and The Builder (with Justin Orvis Steimer), CTG Harare- 2014
Fearless Whispers, KooVha Creative Hub, Harare, Zimbabwe
MUSEUM & INSTITUTIONAL SHOWS
- 2022
59th Venice Biennale, Zimbabwe Pavilion; Curator: Fadzai Muchemwa (forthcoming)
Ĩ Ndaffa Forger /Out of the Fire. 14th Dakar Biennale (forthcoming)- 2020
re-cyclage/sur-cyclage, Foundation Villa Datris, France
- 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 Gallery, New York- 2016
Zig Zag Zim: Part II, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, New York
Zig Zag Zim: Part I, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, 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