Nicholas Mukomberanwa

 

Nicholas Mukomberanwa was born in the Buhera District of Zimbabwe in 1940.

His interest in art developed from an early age while receiving an education at mission schools. He joined the "Workshop School" of The National Gallery in 1962 while a member of the the Harare Police Force.

He left The Harare Police in 1976 to become a full-time professional sculptor. His work is represented in the collections of the Museum of Mankind in London, Museum of Modern Art in New York, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, and in numerous private collections. Mukomberanwa has exhibited work here at Reece since 1988.

Selected Exhibitions

1997

Reece Sculpture Gallery,

New York, New York

1995

Reece Galleries, Inc.

New York, New York

1995

National Gallery of Zimbabwe - Retrospective exhibit

Harare, Zimbabwe

1994

Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition

Harare, Zimbabwe

1994

Reece Galleries, Inc. Shona Sculpture

New York, New York

1993

Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition

Harare, Zimbabwe

1992

Shona Sculpture International Symposium

Tokyo, Japan

1991

One-Person Exhibition

Sydney, Australia

1991

Reece Galleries, Inc. Henry & Nicholas

New York, New York

1991

One-Person Exhibition

Auckland, New Zealand

1990

Group Exhibition

Newcastle-on-Tyne, England

1990

Venice Biennale: African Sculpture Exhibition, Honorable Mention

Venezia, Italia

1990

Studio Museum: Mukomberanwa, Munyaradzi, Gutsa

New York, New York

1989

Gallery Shona Sculpture

Harare, Zimbabwe

1988

Africa Center, Contemporary Stone Sculpture from Zimbabwe

London, England

1987

Soul in Stone

Brisbane, Australia

1987

Soul in Stone

Melbourne, Australia

1987

Zimbabwe Heritage, UNESCO Exhibition

Paris, France

1987

Scultura della Shona de Zimbabwe

Roma, Italia

1987

African Influences Gallery, Emotion in Stone

Boston, Massachusetts

1986

Margam Castle, Shona Sculpture

Wales, Great Britain

1985

Tabak Kunsthaus, Moderne Skulpturen aus Zimbabwe

Vienna, Austria

1985

Irving Sculpture Gallery, Soul in Stone

Sydney, Australia

1985

Feingarter Gallery, One-Person Exhibition

Los Angeles, California

1985

Kunstschatze aus Afrika

Frankfurt, Deutschland

1984

Commonwealth Institute, One-Person Exhibition

London, England

1984

Waterperry House, Art in Action

Oxford, England

1983

National Gallery of Zimbabwe, P.G. Gallery

Harare, Zimbabwe

1983

Commonwealth Institute, One-Person Exhibition

London, England

1983

Institute of Directors, Spirit of Zimbabwe

London, England

1982

Gallery Delta, Sculpture & Graphics

Harare, Zimbabwe

1981-90

National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Nedlaw Sculpture Exhibition

Harare, Zimbabwe

1981

Gallery 10, One-Person Exhibition

London, England

1981

Commonwealth Institute, Art Form Africa

London, England

1981

Art in Action Festival

Oxford, England

1981

Zimbabwe House, Shona Sculpture

London, England

1979

Standard Bank Gallery, One-Person Exhibition

Harare, Zimbabwe

1978

Linda Goodman Gallery, One-Person Exhibition

Johannesburg, South Africa

1978

Gallery Delta

Harare, Zimbabwe

1977

Linda Goodman Gallery, One-Person Exhibition

Johannesburg, South Africa

1974

African Arts Festival

Chicago, Illinois

1972

Institute of Contemporary Artists, Shona Sculptors of Rhodesia

London, England

1971

Musee Rodin, La Sculpture Contemporaine des Shonas d'Afrique

Paris, France

1970

Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris

Paris, France

1969

Contemporary African Arts - Camden Center

London, England

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