Artist: Tapfuma Gutsa

Recent Exhibitions

Born 1956 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Education

1970-73 St. Ignatius College in Chishawasha, Zimbabwe.
1978-79 Driefontein Mission School, Zimbabwe.
Mission: Woodcarving workshop under Cornelius Manguma.

1982 1st recipient of the British Council Arts Award in Zimbabwe. 1982-85 City and Guilds London School of Art, London, U.K. British Council Scholarship; Diploma in Sculpture 1st class honours Lectures: Alan Sly und Kim Amis. The artist has encouraged young and upcoming artists throughout his career. In the early 1980s Founder and Organizer of the UTONGA ART GROUP, Tafara, Harare, Zimbabwe. Since 1997 building and establishment of SURPRISE ART CENTRE, Shurugwi, Zimbabwe – a project designed to bring art to the people. Since 2005 member of the Offene Keramikwerstatt in WUK, Vienna, Austria. Tapfuma Gutsa lives and works at present in Vienna, Austria.

Other activities

1988-1990 Co-organiser of the 1st PACHIPAMWE International Art Workshops in Zimbabwe in conjunction with TRIANGLE ART TRUST 1994 PACHIPAMWE Zim-Sculpture Workshop in Shurugwi Participant in Triangle Art Trust Workshops:

THAPONG Art Workshop, Botswana, 1990
UJAMAA Art Workshop, Pemba, Mozambique, 1991
XAYAMACA Workshop, Crystall Springs, Jamaica, 1993
CYFUNIAD, Intern. Art W/Shop, Wales, U.K., 1999
KHOJ, Intern. Art W/Shop, Modinagar, India, 2001

Awards

1981 – Oxyco Weldart, National Gallery, Harare
1986 – Nedlaw Sculpture Award, National Gallery, Harare
1992 – Johnson & Fletcher Award, Ability in Wood, Harare
1993 – Artist’s Residency Programme, Delfina Studios, London
1995 – President’s Award of Honour, Zimbabwe Heritage, Harare
2003 – NAMA AWARD (National Award for the Arts) Best achievement Zimbabwean sculpture

Older Exhibitions

Year	Exhibition

1981	Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1985	NEW HORIZONS – Royal Festival Hall, London
1987	UTONGA – Sculptures and Drawings Harare. Solo Exhibition
1988	Drawings and Paintings by BERRY BICKLE & Sculptures by TAPFUMA GUTSA Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1989	PACHIPAMWE INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS W/SHOP, Exhibition; National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
1990	CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART – Studio Museum; Harlem, New York. Group Exhibition
1991	CONTEMPORARY STONE SCULPTURE FROM ZIMBABWE – Yorkshire Sculpture Park.VENICE BIENNALE – African Pavillon. NEW GENERATION – Tapfuma Gutsa, Eddie Masaya, Richard Jack, Brighton Sango, Norbert Shamuyarira Le Forum, Harare. HAVANNA BIENNALE – Cuba.
1992	SANDRO´S GALLERY, Harare. Tapfuma Gutsa – Sculptures & Nicole Gutsa Paintings
1993	GALLERY KNUTH GROTHE, Finland.OPEN STUDIOS, Group Exhibition Delfina Studios, London.
1994	STRONG WINDS, Stage Design, Arnolfini Theater, Bristol PALMENGARTEN, Frankfurt.ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, Harare. GALLERY DELTA, Harare.
1995	JOHANNESBURG BIENNALE.GENESIS Gallery Münsterland, Emsdetten, Germany. 180 DEGREES- Group Exhibition, Los Angeles.
1996	SEEKING PERMISSION – Solo Show at REECE GALLERY, New York
1997	LANDMARK – The Midlands Artists, NG Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.THE PAST – Pierre Gallery, Harare. Solo Exhibition. THE FUTURE National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare. Solo Exhibition. ONDAMBO – International Art Workshop Arandis, Namibia. SCULPTURE FROM ZIMBABWE, Melbourne, Australia.
1998	ZIMBABWE HERITAGE National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
1999	Artist’s Residency at Künstlerhaus Cuxhaven: Eddie Masaya, Richard Jack and Tapfuma Gutsa.VISITING LECTURER at the University of Georgia, Athens, U.S.A. SOUTH MEETS WEST – National Gallery, Accra, Ghana.
2000	SOUTH MEETS WEST Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland. Group Exhibition.KUNST AUS ZIMBABWE – KUNST IN ZIMBABWE, Bayreuth Museum, Germany.
2001	Art for the people – COMPLETION AND OPENING OF THE PROJECT SURPRISE ART CENTRE (plan and execution by Tapfuma Gutsa 1997 – 2001
2002	KAKUYU KE MUNYAKA – Gallery Dieleman, Chateau de Petit Leez, Belgium Group show together with Berry Bickle
2003	THE POWER, THE OBJECT THE OBJECT, THE POWER – Alliance Francaise, Harare. Solo Exhibition.ARTISTS RESIDENCY together with Rashid Jogee at Kuona Trust, Nairobi, Kenya.
2004	DAK`ART – Dakar Biennale, Senegal.HOPE – Botanical Gardens, Berlin. STEP INSIDE – Group Exhibition, Gallery Dieleman, Chateau de Petit Leez, Belgium. VISIONS OF ZIMBABWE – Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester. Group Exhibition. MATOMBO GALERIE facilitator of the 1st stone sculpture workshop, Mirabellgarten, Salzburg, Austria.
2005	GASWORKS – Six week residency, London.TRANSITIONS – Brunei Gallery, School of Afro-Asiatic Studies, University of London. Group Exhibition. LITTLE ZIMBABWE residency, Birkenreid, Germany. WASSER BRENT – Gallery Habari, Vienna. Group Exhibition. MATOMBO GALERIE facilitator of the 2nd stone sculpture workshop, Mirabellgarten, Salzburg, Austria.
2006	RENJE SANDANGA – October Gallery, London. Solo Exhibition
2007	UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Group Exhibition
2008	JOHANNESBURG ART FAIR South Africa.ANGAZA AFRIKA – October Gallery, London. Group Exhibition. BY GINDE: OF ZEN, A FEW POTS AND OTHER THINGS Galerie der Freischaffenden, Vienna, Austria. Solo Exhibition. HIDDEN STORIES de Grote of St. Bavokerk, Haarlem, Holland. Group Exhibition.