Artist of the moment……..Onias Mupumha

{ April 11, 2014 @ 7:12 pm } · { Uncategorized }
{ Tags: africa, Flowers, harare, nature, onias mupumha, richard mupumha, sculptor, shona artist, zimbabwe }

 

 

Onias Mupumha is talented Shona artist renowned for his work with floral and botanical imagery in sculpture. Onias Mupumha was born in Rusape, Zimbabwe in the year 1978.

Mupumha learned to be an artist from his uncle, Richard Mupumha. His uncle helped him gain world wide clientele.

The artist is now based out of Harare, Zimbabwe.

Price range information: Sorry none available.

In this clip a brief interview with Onias Mupumha talking about working with flowers and cobalt stone:

I enjoy the fact that this artist is one of few shona artists specializing in floral and leaf works. Mupumha has fun with shapes and leaves are very animated and filled with energy as if blowing in the wind.

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