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Moffat Takadiwa

20151102155040-moffat_takadiwa__joy_pad__2014__found_spray_tops__160x_145_x_30_cm__copyright_the_artist__courtesy_tyburn_gallery — *Joy pad*, 2014 Found Spray Tops 160 X 145 X 30 Cm © Copyright the artist. Courtesy of Tyburn Gallery, London

20151102154644-moffat_takadiwa__dissemination_super_highway_to_africa__2014__computer_keys__140_x_107_x_30cm__copyright_the_artist__courtesy_tyburn_gallery — *Dissemination Super Highway to Africa*, 2014 Computer Keys 140 X 107 X 30cm © Copyright the artist. Courtesy of Tyburn Gallery, London

20151102155209-moffat_takadiwa__kamunhuwi_kendarama__2015__found_spray-can_debris__147_x_130_x_10cm___copyright_the_artist__courtesy_tyburn_gallery — *Kamunhuwi Kendarama*, 2015 Found Spray Can Debris 147 X 130 X 10 Cm © Copyright the artist. Courtesy of Tyburn Gallery, London

20151102154758-moffat_takadiwa__foreign_smell__2015__found_spray-can_debris__copyright_the_artist__courtesy_tyburn_gallery — *Foreign Smell*, 2015 Found Spray Can Debris © Copyright the artist. Courtesy of Tyburn Gallery, London

20151021181459-moffat_takadiwa__the_shonglish_translator__2015__found_laptop_keys__230_x_100_x_7cm__copyright_the_artist__courtesy_tyburn_gallery — *The Shonglish Translator*, 2015 Found Laptop Keys, 230 X 100 X 7cm © Copyright the artist, courtesy Tyburn Gallery

20151102154905-moffat_takadiwa__head_spin_2__2015__found_spray_tops__diameter_50_cm__copyright_the_artist__courtesy_tyburn_gallery — *Head spin 2*, 2015 Found Spray Tops Diameter 50 Cm © Copyright the artist. Courtesy of Tyburn Gallery, London

20151102154953-moffat_takadiwa__head_spin_3__2015__found_spray_tops__diameter_50_cm__copyright_the_artist__courtesy_tyburn_gallery — *Head spin 3*, 2015 Found Spray Tops Diameter 50 Cm © Copyright the artist. Courtesy of Tyburn Gallery, London

20151102155330-moffat_takadiwa__smell_of_foreign_policy__2015__found_bottle_caps_and_spray_tops__170_x_145_x_30cm__copyright_the_artist__courtesy_tyburn_gallery — *Smell of foreign policy*, 2015 Found Bottle Caps And Spray Tops 170 X 145 X 30 Cm © Copyright the artist. Courtesy of Tyburn Gallery, London

20151102154334-moffat_takadiwa_with_his_work__copyright_the_artist__courtesy_tyburn_gallery

Quick Facts

Birthplace

Karoi, Zimbabwe

Birth year

1983

Lives in

Harare

Works in

Harare

Schools

Harare Polytechnic College, 2008, BA Honors Fine Art

Representing galleries

Tyburn Gallery

Tags

sculpture, mixed-media

Statement

Moffat Takadiwa was born in 1983 in Karoi, Zimbabwe and currently lives and works in Harare.

He graduated with a BA Honors from Harare Polytechnic College, Zimbabwe in 2008.

Recent solo presentations include Foreign Objects at Tyburn Gallery, London (2015), and Africa Not Reachable! at First Floor Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe (2012). Takadiwa was a founding member of First Floor Gallery, an artist run space opened in 2009 which continues to support and show contemporary Zimbabwean artists.

In 2014 Takadiwa collaborated with the Australian artist Simeon Nelson on a large-scale sculptural installation All Our Ancestors following Nelson’s residency in Harare.

Group exhibitions include UNcertain Terms, WHATIFTHEWORLD, Cape Town, South Africa; Warp & Woof, The Hole, New York, USA; National Gallery of Zimbabwe Annual Show, Harare, Zimbabwe; Brand New Second Hand, Vigo Gallery, London, UK, all 2014 and Inexactly This, Kunstvlaai Festival of Independents, Amsterdam (2012).

Takadiwa has been a recipient of many awards since 2008, including the Award of Attendance from The Zimbabwe Olympic Committee, Harare, Zimbabwe in 2012 and an Award of Merit and Special Mention Prize for exhibitions at Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe both in 2010.

Exhibited with these artists

Moffat Takadiwa has Exhibited with these artists:

TAKUNDA REGIS BILLIAT

Frédéric Bruly Bouabre

Serge Attukwei Clottey

Paa Joe

Alek O.

Exhibited at these venues

Moffat Takadiwa has Exhibited at these venues:

former shoe factory “1st May” Riga

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