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London 2013

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Gresham Tapiwa NyaudeFirst Floor Gallery Harare

Born in 1988 in Harare, Zimbabwe. Lives and works in Harare.

Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, 'Remote Control', 2014, Oil and acrylic on board, 90 x 100 cm, Courtesy First Floor Gallery 

Mbare is Harare’s and perhaps Zimbabwe’s most vibrant and notorious ghetto. Allegedly ridden with hooliganism, violence and prostitution, Mbare is said to parallel the conditions of Harare for Zimbabweans during the colonial segregation era (in respect of its hardship and quality of living space). To this day Mbare retains the character of a port city with its bustling trade, shady deals and otherwise unremitting human traffic amid urban decay.

Born and raised in Mbare, Nyaude works against the propaganda that has been defined by the voice of the state. His images oscillate between figuration, abstraction and hallucination, drawing from the restless energy of the ghetto. Living on the verge of survival and demise has been somewhat of a call to poetry, at times proving brutal and at others sentimental or cynically satirical. His figures defy characterisation, underscored by the humanity of their quest to attain a quality of life that appears even beyond the reach of dreams.

Selected Artists

Maiga, Hamidou

Quenum, Gérard

Karel Nel

Gaba, Meschac

Seydou Keïta

Mudariki, Richard

Okhai Ojeikere, J.D.

Mahlangu, Esther

Artists 2013

  • A

    • Aboudia
    • Adama Kouyaté
    • Agbodjelou, Leonce Raphael
    • Amahiguéré Dolo
    • Amina Menia
  • B

    • Bandoma, Steve
    • Baudouin Mouanda
    • Boutté, Nathalie
  • C

    • Cyprien Tokoudagba
  • D

    • Dicko, Saidou
    • Dingwall, Justin
    • Donkor, Godfried
    • Douglas Camp, Sokari
  • E

    • Edson Chagas
    • El Baz, Mohamed
    • EL Loko
  • F

    • François-Xavier Gbré
    • Frank Marshall
    • Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
  • G

    • Gaba, Meschac
    • George Lilanga
    • Glover, Ablade
    • Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude
    • Guerresi, Maïmouna
  • H

    • Hajjaj, Hassan
    • Harandane Dicko
    • Hazoumè, Romuald
  • J

    • James Muriuki
  • K

    • Karel Nel
    • Karo Akpokiere
    • Katembo, Kiripi
    • Koko Robert Bi, Jems
  • L

    • Luzamba, Zemba
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Mahlangu, Esther
    • Maiga, Hamidou
    • Malick Sidibé
    • Mancoba, Ernest
    • Manuela Sambo
    • Mavis Tauzeni
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Miriam Syowia Kyambi
    • Moataz Nasr
    • Moke
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
    • Moschetti, Jean-Claude
    • Mudariki, Richard
    • Musekiwa, Terrence
  • N

    • Ndiaye, Cheikh
    • Nestor Da
    • Nzebo, Boris
  • O

    • Okhai Ojeikere, J.D.
    • Okore, Nnenna
    • Ové, Zak
    • Owusu-Ankomah
  • P

    • Paul Sika
    • Placido Guimaraes
    • Platter, Cameron
  • Q

    • Quenum, Gérard
  • R

    • Rachid Koraïchi
    • Richard Butler-Bowdon
  • S

    • Samba, Chéri
    • Sammy Baloji
    • Seydou Keïta
    • Shomali, Kura
    • Sinzogan, Julien
    • Soudan, Gor
    • Stanley, Ransome
  • T

    • Takadiwa, Moffat
  • U

    • Uche James-Iroha
  • V

    • Virginia Chihota
    • Virginia Ryan
  • W

    • Wycliffe Mundopa
  • Y

    • Younès Rahmoun
  • Z

    • Zangewa, Billie
    • Zinkpè, Dominique

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