Miriro Mwandiambira
Biography
Born in 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe. Lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Having graduated from the National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Art Studio, 2014 in painting, Miriro immediately began experimenting with other media developing sculptural, installation and performance oriented projects. At the core of Mwandiambira’s practice is her commitment to being a voice of women in the contemporary social and cultural context of urban Zimbabwe, a tense and urgent mix of global pop culture, with strong traditional roots and beliefs. At the same time, Mwandiambira, asserts the domain of woman’s work and creativity into the space of art, in a way that does not entertain a compromise with or deference to the male dominated mediums and fields like painting and sculpture. Sewing, fashion, hair design and elements of self-decoration are legitimized and the divide between public and private domains is disrupted. In the past few years Miriro’s work has attracted the attention of both international curators and collectors, with a strong performance and installation practice, which has secured her the place at the prestigious RAW Academy in Dakar, Senegal in 2018.
Education
2021: Master of Art in Public Sphere, edhea, Switzerland
2018: RAW Academy, performance, Dakar, Senegal
2014: National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Art Studio, painting
Exhibitions
2023: Paper Weight (Group Exhibition), First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2022: Making Space (online)(Aasha, Teede, Webber, Mutema, Mwandiambira, Mushate, Tauzeni)
2021: Vacancy [Zanele Mutema/Miriro Mwandiambira], First Floor Gallery Vic Falls, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
2020: Sugar Embodiment, Carré D’Art Musée, Nîme, France
2019: Home Affairs, Cape Town Art Week/featured project, Cape Town, South Africa
2018: Harare Contemporary, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2018: The Main Complaint, Zeitz MoCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
2018: Breaking Together, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2018: Next Level, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2018: The Main Complaint, Zeitz MoCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
2018: Breaking Together, solo exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe
2017: Another Antipodes/urban axis, PS Art Space, Fremantle, Australia
2017: Art Africa Art Fair, First Floor Gallery Harare
2017: L’élargissement des fantasmes (Eva Barois De Caevel curator), Galerie Maelle, Paris, France
2016: THAT Art Fair, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2016: 'I am because you are', First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2016: Hazard Show, First Floor Gallery Harare, Johannesburg, South Africa
2016: Woman, Solo Exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2015: Harare Block Party at First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2015: Kuyaruka; Coming of Age at First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2014: Annual Exhibition at National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2014: Final Year Show at National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Awards/Institutional Collections
2018: RAW Academy, Dakar, Senegal
2017: ST-ART collection, Tel Aviv, Israel
Born in 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe. Lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Having graduated from the National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Art Studio, 2014 in painting, Miriro immediately began experimenting with other media developing sculptural, installation and performance oriented projects. At the core of Mwandiambira’s practice is her commitment to being a voice of women in the contemporary social and cultural context of urban Zimbabwe, a tense and urgent mix of global pop culture, with strong traditional roots and beliefs. At the same time, Mwandiambira, asserts the domain of woman’s work and creativity into the space of art, in a way that does not entertain a compromise with or deference to the male dominated mediums and fields like painting and sculpture. Sewing, fashion, hair design and elements of self-decoration are legitimized and the divide between public and private domains is disrupted. In the past few years Miriro’s work has attracted the attention of both international curators and collectors, with a strong performance and installation practice, which has secured her the place at the prestigious RAW Academy in Dakar, Senegal in 2018.
Education
2021: Master of Art in Public Sphere, edhea, Switzerland
2018: RAW Academy, performance, Dakar, Senegal
2014: National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Art Studio, painting
Exhibitions
2023: Paper Weight (Group Exhibition), First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2022: Making Space (online)(Aasha, Teede, Webber, Mutema, Mwandiambira, Mushate, Tauzeni)
2021: Vacancy [Zanele Mutema/Miriro Mwandiambira], First Floor Gallery Vic Falls, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
2020: Sugar Embodiment, Carré D’Art Musée, Nîme, France
2019: Home Affairs, Cape Town Art Week/featured project, Cape Town, South Africa
2018: Harare Contemporary, Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2018: The Main Complaint, Zeitz MoCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
2018: Breaking Together, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2018: Next Level, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2018: The Main Complaint, Zeitz MoCAA, Cape Town, South Africa
2018: Breaking Together, solo exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe
2017: Another Antipodes/urban axis, PS Art Space, Fremantle, Australia
2017: Art Africa Art Fair, First Floor Gallery Harare
2017: L’élargissement des fantasmes (Eva Barois De Caevel curator), Galerie Maelle, Paris, France
2016: THAT Art Fair, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2016: 'I am because you are', First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2016: Hazard Show, First Floor Gallery Harare, Johannesburg, South Africa
2016: Woman, Solo Exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2015: Harare Block Party at First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2015: Kuyaruka; Coming of Age at First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2014: Annual Exhibition at National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2014: Final Year Show at National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Awards/Institutional Collections
2018: RAW Academy, Dakar, Senegal
2017: ST-ART collection, Tel Aviv, Israel