TERRENCE MUSEKIWA (b. 1990, Seke, Zimbabwe)Terrence Musekiwa comes from a long line of sculptors; a generational skill learned from his father, Kennedy Musekiwa, and dominant in Zimbabwe’s art-making history for the past several centuries, with a highly personal found object...
Read MoreTERRENCE MUSEKIWA (b. 1990, Seke, Zimbabwe)
Terrence Musekiwa comes from a long line of sculptors; a generational skill learned from his father, Kennedy Musekiwa, and dominant in Zimbabwe’s art-making history for the past several centuries, with a highly personal found object assemblage. The work he produces is a direct continuation of oral histories which have survived and adapted to centuries of unrest. Oral histories often employ syncretism as a strategy of preservation and survival. This codification is present in Musekiwa’s work; he merges and materialises contemporary methods, philosophies, and materials, with ones rooted in generations of the past.
In 2009 he graduated from The School of The National Gallery of Zimbabwe with a Visual Art Studio Degree. Musekiwa’s highly curated consideration of materials and generational knowledge of carving stone shape his works into spiritual and political metaphors. Solo exhibitions include 'Standing on a line, not being on either side' at Catinca Tabacaru New York (2017); 'Coming From Where We Are Going,' Catinca Tabacaru, New York (2019); and 'A House in A House,' hFACTOR, Lagos Island, Nigeria (2019). In addition to private collections around the world, Musekiwa’s work has been acquired into the permanent collections of US Embassies, The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Villa Datris Foundation, Tiroche DeLeon Collection, and Joel and Sherry Mallin Collection. In 2022 Musekiwa represented Zimbabwe at the 59th Venice Biennial in the Zimbabwe Pavilion and was included in the 14th Dakar Biennale.
