Gareth Nyandoro

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Gareth Nyandoro (1982, Bikita, Masvingo, Zimbabwe)

EDUCATION

2004 – 2008    Creative Art and Design at Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe

Final degree: Bachelor of Technology

2001 – 2003    Fine Art at Harare Polytechnic College, Harare, Zimbabwe

Final degree: National Diploma in Fine Art

AWARDS

2014   Rijksakademie artist in residency 2014-2015

2010    1st award, LIVE & DIRECT Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare    

2009    2^nd graphic award, THE LAND Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2006    Special Award, Kristin Diehl Sculpture Workshop, DED Cultural Development Centre,       Harare, Zimbabwe

EXHIBITIONS

2014    Zamboni for the Moose, Julliet Jongma, Amsterdam

2013   GROUP EXHIBITION, Zimbabwe Contemporary Art, Gallery 23 Amsterdam

2013    WEAVING LIFEsolo exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2012.   'MUTARIRI' solo exhibition at.   National Gallery of Zimbabwe

 2011    COLOR AFRICA, Munich, Germany

2011    EXPRESSIONS OF ZIMBABWE, Universite’d Avignon, France

2010    LESSEDRA - World Art Print Annual 2010, Bulgaria

2010   LIVE & DIRECT, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare

2009    UBUNTU PRINT EXHIBITION, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare

2009    REDEFINITIONS III – Gareth Nyandoro, Masimba Hwati, Munyaradzi Mazarire, Tapfuma Gutsa, Gallery Delta, Harare

2008    thupelo found objects worksop exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa

2008     DECENTRALISE ART, Dzimbanhete Arts Interactions, Norton

2008    Silver Jubilee of National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare

2006   REDIFINITIONS I – Gareth Nyandoro, Masimba Hwati, Munyaradzi Mazarire, Gallery Delta Harare

2005   Harare International Festival of the Arts(HIFA), National Gallery of    Zimbabwe, Harare

2003    XXX, Masimba Hwati, Munyaradzi Mazarire, Gareth Nyandoro, Gallery Delta Harare

2004-2012  GROUP EXHIBITIONS, Gallery Delta, Harare

WORKSHOPS AND RESIDENCIES

2012    Expressions of Zimbabwe, University of Avignon, France

2010    Artist in residency, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

2008   Thupelo International Found objects workshop, Cape Town, South Africa

2005   Batapata International Artists Workshop, Harare, Zimbabwe

Biografie

Currently my work combines elements of printmaking, laboriously cut out patterns and found materials, woven  into harmonious body of visual statements I use aesthetic ready mades which I find from between two cities Harare and Amsterdam specifically vendor markets where I buy or pick from streets.

‘With his work Nyandoro outlines a well-known and typical character in the urban everyday life: the vendor who displays his merchandise in front of him on a carpet, neatly arranged by color, form, and sort. Beneath the layer of his joyful pop art palette lies a more hidden satirical en critical message. In Harare street vending is illegal. The government clears the streets regularly. Informal traders trickle back but are forced to play hide-and-seek as police prowl the pavements on the lookout for illegal operators.’ Federieke Beunk