Prudence Chituwanga

Artist Biography - Prudence Chimutuwah Artist Statement “My work is informed and inspired by the everyday life of women; their economic aspirations, desire for spirituality, need for attention and energy for hustling. Women are the incubators of society – what is within them is nurtured and multiplied hence my personal affiliation as a creative woman. I hope to deposit positive energy in women of my generation and beyond.” Prudence Chimutuwah is a contemporary visual artist who is fascinated with collage. Her work mainly depict women and the world they dominate or subordinate to. She is inspired by her gender and how it adapts to the ever changing socio-economic environment. She has a soft spot for the female young adults especially who have been through college and how they are coping with despair and desperate situations. She hopes for her work to narrate, describe and inform the audience on the evolving world of women in patriarchal societies. Prudence grew up in Chitungwiza. She was inspired by sculptors who worked from Chitungwiza Arts Center and near surroundings. She got introduced to practicing art from Mabelreign Girls High and was inspired by Seminar Mpofu and Colleen Madamombe, both prominent female sculptors. She studied at the National Gallery Visual Arts School from 2009 – 2011 and majored in painting and sculpture. Stone sculpture seem to be a male dominated field and this perception became an obstacle to her for a season as she wanted to focus on sculpture. From 2015 Prudence found an area that fascinated her – collage. From then on, she has been collecting material for recycling to produce her work. Prudence’s work is subtly influenced by contemporary African fashion, text and symbols. Her work fuses text from old novels, decommissioned Zimbabwe bank notes, magazines, newspapers, painting and print-making. Her achievements include participating in major group shows at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, International Art Fairs such as AKKA, being at residency at Greatmore Studios in Cape Town and Young Contemporary Artist in Nigeria. Her exhibition, PURPLE RHYTM, was nominated for best exhibition at NAMA 2020. She was also short listed as a finalist at ILO Green Enterprise competition for best mixed media artwork. She has received an Award of Merit for “Originality” from Gallery Delta, 2020. Her work proudly hangs in a few embassies in Harare, diplomats’ residencies and private homes and institutions in Zimbabwe and across the globe.

× Artist Biography - Prudence Chimutuwah Artist Statement “My work is informed and inspired by the everyday life of women; their economic aspirations, desire for spirituality, need for attention and energy for hustling. Women are the incubators of society – what is within them is nurtured and multiplied hence my personal affiliation as a creative woman. I hope to deposit positive energy in women of my generation and beyond.” Prudence Chimutuwah is a contemporary visual artist who is fascinated with collage. Her work mainly depict women and the world they dominate or subordinate to. She is inspired by her gender and how it adapts to the ever changing socio-economic environment. She has a soft spot for the female young adults especially who have been through college and how they are coping with despair and desperate situations. She hopes for her work to narrate, describe and inform the audience on the evolving world of women in patriarchal societies. Prudence grew up in Chitungwiza. She was inspired by sculptors who worked from Chitungwiza Arts Center and near surroundings. She got introduced to practicing art from Mabelreign Girls High and was inspired by Seminar Mpofu and Colleen Madamombe, both prominent female sculptors. She studied at the National Gallery Visual Arts School from 2009 – 2011 and majored in painting and sculpture. Stone sculpture seem to be a male dominated field and this perception became an obstacle to her for a season as she wanted to focus on sculpture. From 2015 Prudence found an area that fascinated her – collage. From then on, she has been collecting material for recycling to produce her work. Prudence’s work is subtly influenced by contemporary African fashion, text and symbols. Her work fuses text from old novels, decommissioned Zimbabwe bank notes, magazines, newspapers, painting and print-making. Her achievements include participating in major group shows at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, International Art Fairs such as AKKA, being at residency at Greatmore Studios in Cape Town and Young Contemporary Artist in Nigeria. Her exhibition, PURPLE RHYTM, was nominated for best exhibition at NAMA 2020. She was also short listed as a finalist at ILO Green Enterprise competition for best mixed media artwork. She has received an Award of Merit for “Originality” from Gallery Delta, 2020. Her work proudly hangs in a few embassies in Harare, diplomats’ residencies and private homes and institutions in Zimbabwe and across the globe.

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