Thomas Muziyirwa Bio
Biography
Born 1987, Rusape, Zimbabwe. Lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe
Having trained in video and design in 2011-2012, Muziyirwa’s practice spans documentary filmmaking, animation and video. Despite different media and approaches, the themes in his work is invariably and intensely and empathetically involved with the lives of the people Zimbabwe, the most vulnerable and most affected by social, economic and political strife. While his documentaries confront the pain points directly, animation and video are opportunities for more layered and lyrical views, playing with metaphor and humour. Muziyirwa’s work has been shown at numerous international festivals and exhibitions including Zimbabwe International Film Festival (2013), , Video Nomad at Dakar Biennale 2014, Infect the City festival, Cape Town, South Africa (2015), Analogue Eye, National Arts Festival in Grahamstown South Africa (2015) and Weiner Festwochen, Vienna Austria (2015) , Subabienale Dakar OFF, Senegal(2016) and Another Antipodes/urban axis, Perth, Australia (2017).
Educational Qualifications
2004: 7 subject Ordinary level Pass, Tsindi Secondary School
2006: 5 points Advanced level passes including English, Neshangwe High School
2012: Certificate in website programing and designing, People’s College
2011: Certificate in video art and sound recording, Swedish Arts Association
Exhibitions and selected works
2019: Luxor Africa Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt
2018: Zimbabwe International Film Festival, Harare, Zimbabwe
2018: International Images Film Festival, Harare, Zimbabwe
2018: Zanzibar International Film Festival, Zanzibar, Tanzania
2017: ANOTHER ANTIPODES contemporary African art exhibition, Perth, Australia
2016: “Kuwadzana” a solo exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2016: 'I am because you are', First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2016: Senegal DarkArt Biennale Festival of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
2015: Weiner Festwochen Projects in Vienna, Austria
2015: Infect the City festival, Cape town, South Africa
2014: Morse Code distress call video art exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2014: Fingo film festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
2014: Senegal DarkArt, Video Nomad, Dakar, Senegal
2014: Analogy Eye, Video art Africa, Rhodes University, South Africa
2014: In Perpetual Motion, two collaborative video art exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2014: HIFA Harare No Limits Exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2013: HIFA No Limits Exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2013: Zimbabwe International Film Festival, Harare, Zimababwe
2013: Life in My City Photo Festival, Lagos, Nigerian
Residency
2019: Dok.network Africa Residency, Munich, Germany
Workshops and Prizes
2014: Prize - Outstanding Video project on HIFA No Limits Exhibition 2014 First Floor Gallery Harare
2014: Sound recording workshop by Radio Continental Drift in association with First Floor Gallery Harare
2013: Documentary film workshop by Lucas Soars Films Brazil and Pamberi Trust Zimbabwe
2013: Filmmaking workshop by Freie Kunstakademie Baden- Wurttenmberg Germany in association with Zimbabwe Germany Society and Zimbabwe Film Festival Trust December
2011: Video art and Sound workshop by The Swedish Art Grants Committee’s International Program for Visual Arts
Biography
Born 1987, Rusape, Zimbabwe. Lives and works in Harare, Zimbabwe
Having trained in video and design in 2011-2012, Muziyirwa’s practice spans documentary filmmaking, animation and video. Despite different media and approaches, the themes in his work is invariably and intensely and empathetically involved with the lives of the people Zimbabwe, the most vulnerable and most affected by social, economic and political strife. While his documentaries confront the pain points directly, animation and video are opportunities for more layered and lyrical views, playing with metaphor and humour. Muziyirwa’s work has been shown at numerous international festivals and exhibitions including Zimbabwe International Film Festival (2013), , Video Nomad at Dakar Biennale 2014, Infect the City festival, Cape Town, South Africa (2015), Analogue Eye, National Arts Festival in Grahamstown South Africa (2015) and Weiner Festwochen, Vienna Austria (2015) , Subabienale Dakar OFF, Senegal(2016) and Another Antipodes/urban axis, Perth, Australia (2017).
Educational Qualifications
2004: 7 subject Ordinary level Pass, Tsindi Secondary School
2006: 5 points Advanced level passes including English, Neshangwe High School
2012: Certificate in website programing and designing, People’s College
2011: Certificate in video art and sound recording, Swedish Arts Association
Exhibitions and selected works
2019: Luxor Africa Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt
2018: Zimbabwe International Film Festival, Harare, Zimbabwe
2018: International Images Film Festival, Harare, Zimbabwe
2018: Zanzibar International Film Festival, Zanzibar, Tanzania
2017: ANOTHER ANTIPODES contemporary African art exhibition, Perth, Australia
2016: “Kuwadzana” a solo exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2016: 'I am because you are', First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2016: Senegal DarkArt Biennale Festival of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
2015: Weiner Festwochen Projects in Vienna, Austria
2015: Infect the City festival, Cape town, South Africa
2014: Morse Code distress call video art exhibition, Berlin, Germany
2014: Fingo film festival, Grahamstown, South Africa
2014: Senegal DarkArt, Video Nomad, Dakar, Senegal
2014: Analogy Eye, Video art Africa, Rhodes University, South Africa
2014: In Perpetual Motion, two collaborative video art exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2014: HIFA Harare No Limits Exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2013: HIFA No Limits Exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2013: Zimbabwe International Film Festival, Harare, Zimababwe
2013: Life in My City Photo Festival, Lagos, Nigerian
Residency
2019: Dok.network Africa Residency, Munich, Germany
Workshops and Prizes
2014: Prize - Outstanding Video project on HIFA No Limits Exhibition 2014 First Floor Gallery Harare
2014: Sound recording workshop by Radio Continental Drift in association with First Floor Gallery Harare
2013: Documentary film workshop by Lucas Soars Films Brazil and Pamberi Trust Zimbabwe
2013: Filmmaking workshop by Freie Kunstakademie Baden- Wurttenmberg Germany in association with Zimbabwe Germany Society and Zimbabwe Film Festival Trust December
2011: Video art and Sound workshop by The Swedish Art Grants Committee’s International Program for Visual Arts
