Troy Makaza
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.
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