Walter Mariga is a Shona artist from Zimbabwe and the son of first generation Shona artist Joram Mariga. Walter Mariga is renown or his work with the human figure and torso.
As you have noticed in many of these clips of shona artists, it takes many people to finish a work, mainly to execute the variety of textures found in shona art. Walter Mariga learned his skill by assisting his father in the polishing of stones. Walter than started doing his own work in 1993.
In this clip we view Walter Mariga at work whilst he gives us an interview on his artistic background and inspiration:
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Be sure and check out my post on the artist’s father, first generation Shona artist Joram Mariga, who also worked with the figure.
Collen Nyanhongo is a Shona artist born in Zimbabwe in the year 1972 . He is the son of first generation Shona artist Claude Nyanhongo.
Collen Nyanhongo is unusual as a Shona artist as he works in an abstract style. He also works with the figure on occasion.
Nyanhongo is collected internationally and has shown his work on the continents of Africa, Europe, and North America.
The artist works mainly with opal and spring stone. The smooth part of the rock is a key element in his work. He achieves this by heating the rock and then infuse it with polish.
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In this clip we watch Collen Nyanhongo at work and also watch an interview with the artist:
Its great to see someone break the mold in the Nyanhongo family. Most artists work with the figure or some kind of representational realism. Collen Nyanhongo work is more about the process of creating his stone sculpture.
Okpu Eze was born in what is now Abia State,Nigeria in the year 1932. Eze attended college in Africa and London, England. Eze was both an accomplished painter and sculptor.
Whilst in London, Eze became involved with the art crowd and as a result was made an associate member of the Royal Society of British Artists. Eze also participated in the art world as an art critic in his native country of Nigeria.
Okpu Eze passed away in 1995.
Price range information: Works range from $4,000 to $30,000.
Eze was head of the Society of Nigerian Artists for many years before his passing.
Richard Mupumha is a great Shona artist born in Rusape, Zimbabwe in the year 1963.Richard Mupumha is the uncle to Onias Mupumha. Its easy to see how Onias was influenced as both of the artists like to work with floral and botanical works. Richard Mupumha also makes wonderful sculptures of women.
Like Laurence Lowry, please take not of the hands as they are quite large, strong, and powerful.
Richard Mupumha began carving with wood and working with clay as the age of twelve years old.
The artist has a nephew named Richard Mupumha Junior who will be an upcoming post.
In this clip we view a great figurative work by Richard Mupumha. I love the play with the two faces in overall basic shape:
Price range information: Works range from $500 to $5,000. Like many Shona artists Mupumha works with serpentine stone.
What a great family of artists! More on this family coming soon!
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.
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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.
Maynard Maenzanise is a contemporary Shona artist born in 1964 in Rusape, Zimbabwe. After finishing his general schooling the artist found work as a security guard. Maenzanise continued to create his artwork on the side. He soon took the plunge and slowly began to sell his artwork at local venues eventually quitting his guard job and becoming a full time artist.
Price range information: Works range from $300 to $3,000.
What I enjoy most about Maynard Maenzanise is his ability to produce what could be termed traditional shona art, simple shaped highly expressive characters. Maenzanise can also switch to more detailed highly realistic work.
The artist also sculpts remarkable usable art such as the bookends in the gallery. Another great fact about the artist is that he works in wood as well as the traditional stones found in the area.
Ablade Glover was born in Accra, Ghana in the year 1934. Glover is among the most popular living African artists. He works with thick paint and warm colors trying to capture the heat and atmosphere of the continent alongside the energy of the very large masses of people.
In this clip a great interview with Ablade Glover that begins with how he became an artist:
For his collegiate education Ablade Glover studied at The University of Art and Science and Technology located in Kumasi, Ghana. Glover also attended the Central School of Art and Design located in London,England. Glover also attended the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne in England. The artist also attended school in the United States at Kent State in Kent, Ohio and Ohio State University located in Columbia, Ohio.
Glover is collected internationally including the Prince and Princess of Japan.
Price range information: Works range from $5,000 to $20,000.
Colleen Madamombe was a Shona artist born in Harare, Zimbabwe in the year 1964. Colleen Madamombe earned a diploma in fine arts from the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. For the artist’s subject matter she enjoyed portraying the strong African women. She often worked portraying women doing something of their daily life including chores like carrying water, going to the market, and even having a child.
In the artist’s native of Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe International Film Festival the first place trophy after one of her characters.
Colleen Madamombe won the Best Female Artist of Zimbabwe three times.
In 1986 she married a fellow artist named Fabian Madamombe. Before she met him Colleen worked as a painter but after helping her husband with some projects Colleen began to produce sculptures. Below is an example of a mother and child sculpture by Fabian Madamombe.
Colleen Madamombe passed away in 2009.
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In this clip we visit the studio of Colleen Madamombe:
Lawrence Mukomberanwa is a Shona artist born in Ruwa, Zimbabwe in the year 1976. The artist began sculpting as a child with the encouragement of his father, first generation shona artist Nicholas Mukomberanwa. In addition to being an artist Lawrence Mukomberanwa studied to be an airline pilot. He became a pilot and worked in the field before choosing to become a full time professional artist. His mother was also a shona artist named Grace Mukomberanwa. She will be an upcoming post soon, the mother of so many artists must be noted in more depth!
Lawrence enjoys working with the face but also is very abstract in his approach. In fact some works actually look like three dimensional cubist works.
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Great to see the bloodlines of this great artistic family!
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