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Troy Makaza

Born in 1995, Harare, Zimbabwe
Lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe
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Having specialized in painting in art school but always interested in form and texture, Makaza decided to develop his own hybrid medium which would enable him to unite his artistic goals. After experimenting with various materials, Makaza arrived at silicone a material which can be cast, painted with as well as woven and tied. Over the past eight years Makaza’s works progressively developed as an opportunity to speak both viscerally and philosophically to the issues Makaza finds compelling as a young Zimbabwean concerned with politics, history and power and their impact on daily lives of ordinary people as well as a globally engaged millennial. Resonating with traditional modes like weaving and tapestry but unequivocally contemporary, Makaza’s works articulate the conversation of what African and uniquely Zimbabwean contemporary can be – a paradigm internationally engaging and locally compelling. Makaza’s works has received early critical and collector acclaim, taking part in the 2018 survey of Zimbabwean contemporary art at Zeitz MoCAA, winning the Tomorrows/Today prize at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair in 2019, joining important institutional collections like that of Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden in Marrakech, Rollins College museum collection and noted private collections like Jorge Perez personal collection in Miami.

Selected Exhibitions
2024: Venice Biennale, Zimbabwe National Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2023: Artissima, First Floor Gallery Harare, Turin, Italy
2023: Untwisting the Fantasy, Galerie Poggi, Paris, France
2023: ARCOmadrid, Galerie Poggi, IFEMA Feria de Madrid, Spain
2023: The Armory Show, Javis Center, New York, USA
2023: La Première Pierre, Galerie Poggi, Paris, France
2022: Kufa izuva rimwe, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2022: Instinct of great survivors, Primo Marella Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland
2021: Dispatches from Zambesia, Art Basel Miami Beach, Nova, First Floor Gallery Harare, Miami, USA
2019: Tomorrows/Today (art fair prize winner) Cape Town Art Fair, First Floor Gallery Harare, Cape Town, South Africa

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Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude

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

Born and raised in Mbare, Harare and Zimbabwe’s most vibrant and notorious ghetto, Nyaude works against the sweeping identity, which has been defined for Zimbabweans by the voice of the state and domestic and international media. His images oscillated between figuration, abstraction and hallucination, drawing from the restless energy of his neighbourhood and its youth, in a country, where more than 70% of the population is under the age of 30. Living on the edge between survival and chaos has been a call to poetry, swinging between brutal and sentimental but almost invariably cynical and satirical. His gesturally rendered effigies of traditional proverbs and poignant vernacular idioms, defy characterisation other than the bursting drive to attain human dignity and quality of life that frequently appears beyond the reach of dreams. Nyaude’s work has achieved wide international critical and collector recognition, in 2018 he presented a major body of work in the USA as part of Songs for Sabotage at the New Museum Triennial. Nyaude’s workis in the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Museum of Contemporary African Art Al Maaden (Macaal), Rubell Family Collection, Jorge Perez personal collection and numerous notable private collections.

Recent exhibitions
2022: Ziva Munhu Wako, First Floor Gallery Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
2022: Negotiating Chaos: It’s the way it shatters that matters (Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude and Pebofatso Mokoena), Simone Subal Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
2022: The Joys of Self-Delusion, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai
2021: Premonition of Civil Peace, Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis
2021: Grey Spaces, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
​2020: True Optimism (solo), Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China
2019: Poetry of Rebels, Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude/Song Yuanuyan, Vanguard Gallery, Shanghai, China​
2019: Day and Night (Gresham Tapiwa Nyude and Wycliffe Mundopa), GNYP Gallery, Berlin
2019: Night and Day (Gresham Tapiwa Nyude and Wycliffe Mundopa), First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare

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Helen Teede

​Born 1989 in Harare, Zimbabwe
Lives and works between Margate, UK and Harare, Zimbabwe

Teede’s recent move to the UK has re-articulated ongoing questions around belonging and accountability. Being Zimbabwean, she is keenly aware of the fraught historical connection between the two countries. Her work addresses decoloniality and ecology, using her physical context as a catalyst for bridging epistemic divides. Paint is a living medium and partner in this process, and she regards her paintings as active interlocutors. Drawaing from personal experiences as well as philosophical and poetic works,she delves into the mythologies and taboos that influence the ways we live in the wold, taking inspiration from the queer and unruly beings that huant society and remind it of its fragility. Her recent painting present such beings in a process of becoming that is both abject and hopeful.

Education and Training
March 2023 - September 2024: Tracey Emin Art Residency
2020: Laurea Magistrale in Arti Visive (Masters in Visual Art), University IUAV, Venice, Italy. with 110/110 and Honours.
2013: Bachelor of Arts Honours in English Studies, with First Class at University of Cape Town, South Africa.
2012: Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Selected Exhibitions
2023: Paper Weight (Group Exhibition), First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2023: Tracey Emin Artist Residency Group exhibition, Margate, UK
2023: EXPO Chicago, First Floor Gallery Harare, Chicago, USA
2023: Messe Messe (Group Exhibition), First Floor Gallery Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
2023: Cocoon - Solo Exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2022: See You Through It (Group Exhibition), The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery, works from the Collection of Brad & Gabrielle Schuller, Worcester, MA, USA
2022: In the Zone (Group Exhibition), Alice Folker Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
2022: Sovereign Art Prize finalist exhibition, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa

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