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Broken Ladders, 2011, 170x290 cm , oil on canvas
the Hand of Christ, 210, 92x79 cm , oil on canvas
Have you ever been cheated, 2012, 56x81cm oil on canvas
Presidential Palace, 2012, 165x145, oil on canvas
Rebirth, 2012, oil on canvas
Sacred Verse
Who are you, 2012, 84x71 cm, oil on canvas
the Kiss 2011, 110x124 cm, oil on canvas
Touch the sky, 2012, oil on canvas

Misheck Masamvu
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Biography

1980geboren in Penhalonga, Mutare, Zimbabwe
1993Dombotombo Primary School, Marondera
1994-97Rakodzi High School, Marondera
2005-07Studium in München an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste bei Prof. Jerry Zeniuk, Stipendiat des KAAD (Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst)
2007einmonatiges Aufenthaltsstipendium, Thamgidi Studio Foundation, Arnheim, Niederlande
2008dreimonatiges Aufenthaltsstipendium, Thamgidi Studio Foundation, Niederlande
2011dreimonatiges Aufenthaltsstipendium, Greatmore Studios, Kapstadt, Südafrika
Venedig Biennale
2016São Paulo Biennale
2020Sydney Biennale

Solo Exhibitions

2019"Hata" / Goodman Gallery, Kapstadt SA
2016"Still" / Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg SA "Still / Still" / Goodman Gallery, Kapstadt SA
2015"Misheck Masamvu" / Institut Française, Paris
2014"Life Sentence" / blank projects, Kapstadt
2012"IN SICHT" / Höhmannhaus, Augsburg
"Menschen – Dekonstruiert und geflickt" / Galerie Françoise Heitsch und Kulturallmende gUG, München
"Epitaph" / blank projects, Kapstadt SA
2009"Shame" / Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
"Disputed Seats" / Influx Contemporary Art, Lissabon, Portugal
2006"Relay" / München
"Colour of Sweat" / Bonn
2003"A Naked Mind II" / Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2002"A Naked mind I" / National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Group Exhibitions

2020 22nd Sydney Biennale / Sydney, Australia
2018"In Context: this past was waiting for me..." / Goodman Gallery, Kapstadt
"Five Bhobh Painting at the End of an Era" / Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Kapstadt
2017"All things being equal", Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Kapstadt
"When Heaven Meets the Earth", Heong Gallery, Downing College, Cambridge, UK
2016"In Context: Where We Are" / Goodman Gallery, Kapstadt
"New Revolutions: Goodman Gallery at 50" / Goodman Gallery, Kapstadt
"Incerteza Viva (Live Uncertainty)" / 32nd Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasilien
2015"Triangle", with Tayseer Barakat and Ismail Al Rifai, curated by Mohamed Abou Elnaga / The Mojo Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2014"next thing you know" / blank projects, Kapstadt SA
2013"Afropolicity" / Njelele Art Station, Harare, Zimbabwe
"Working Title" / Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
"Leatherette" /Gallery 23, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"blank projects" / Ithuba Arts Gallery, Johannesburg, SA
2012"HOME" / Cul de sac, London
2011"Heritage" / Sao Tome and Principe Biennale, Sao Tome, Afrika
"Seeing Ourselves" / Zimbabwe Pavilion, 54th Venice Art Biennale, Venedig
"colour africa 2011. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Zimbabwe" / München
"Focus on Southern African Art. Swaziland and Zimbabwe" / Kopenhagen
"Unleashed" / Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
"Strata" / Greatmore Studios, Kapstadt
2010"Africa 2.0, Is there a Contemporary African Art?" / Influx Contemporary Art, Lissabon
"Roots" / Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2009"Africa 53, The United Kingdom" / Gallery 23, Amsterdam
2008"Art Migration and Identity" / Africa Museum, CBK, Arnhem, Niederlande
"Hidden Stories" / Grote Kerk, Haarlem, Niederlande
"Many Rivers to Cross" / Cafe Gallery, London
"696" / National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
"Hidden Stories" / Haarlem, Niederlande
2006Dak’Art Biennale / Dakar, Senegal
2005"Other Dimensions" / Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
"Small Works" / Gallery Delta, Harare
2004"New Directions in Zimbabwean Contemporary Painting" / Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
"Legacy" / Pasinger Fabrik, München
2003"Olympiad" / Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2002"The Summer Exhibition" / Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2002-2004"Healthy Mind, Healthy Body Olympics" / Athen
2001"Africa Exhibit" / München
2000"colour africa 2000" / Rathausgalerie, München
"Colourfields Africa" / Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe