Zimbabwe
AfricanColours Artist Association (AAA) 4 Deary Avenue, Belgravia, Harare, Zimbabwe. Phone + 263 4252 962 / aaa@africancolours.com
PERSONAL DETAILS
Granete Ngirandi – Biography
Painter, Sculptor, Graphic Artist and Photographer. Born 1969 in Zimbabwe. Trained at the B.A.T. Visual Art Studios in Harare and Byam Shaw School of Art, London U.K. In Germany since 1998. Most of the works portray Zimbabwean history and culture.
EXHIBITIONS (single exhibitions are marked with a *)
1993-1997
Wood block Prints BAT Visual Art Studios, Harare (93), Zimbabwe.
Longman Zimbabwe, National Art Gallery, Harare (93,94,95,96,97), Zimbabwe.
Artport, Viitasaari (93,94,95), Finland.
John Boyne House, Standard Chartered Bank, Harare (94), Zimbabwe.
Moments in Time, National Art Gallery (95), Harare, Zimbabwe.
Mbile International Workshop, Lusaka (95), Zambia.
Zimbabwe Heritage, National Art Gallery, Harare (95,96), Zimbabwe.
Young Artists, Delta Gallery, Harare (96), Zimbabwe.
Namhla Lakusasa, New Work by Young Zimbabwean Artists, Balawayo Art Gallery, Bulawayo (96), Zimbabwe.
Westburn Park, Aberdeen (96), Scotland.
Thupelo International Workshop, Capetown (96), South Africa.
Aids Campain (96), Australia.
Graphics Exhibition, Delta Gallery, Harare (97), Zimbabwe.
Zimbabwe Heritage, Balawayo Art Gallery, Bulawayo (97), Zimbabwe.
Myth of Development, National Art Gallery, Harare (97), Zimbabwe.
1998
Young Artists, Delta Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Mythos Entwicklung, Werkstatt der Kulturen, Berlin, Germany.
Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Zimbabwe, Zambesi Trading, Berlin, Germany.
Give a Dam, National Gallery, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
1999
* Grafiken und Gemälde, Kinder- und Jugendtheater Speyer, Germany.
* "Africa Mosaic", National Gallery, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
2000
* "Africa, Africa!", Frauenbuchladen Xanthippe, Mannheim, Germany.
"Natur – Mensch", Nationalpark St. Andreasberg, Germany.
* "Kontrastreiche Bilder afrikanischen Lebens", Bettendorffsche Galerie im Schloßgarten, Germany.
"Paradies", Aktionsgemeinschaft Drogen e.V., Pforzheim, Germany.
2001
* "Seitenblicke", Mannheimer Kunstverein in BGN, Mannheim, Germany.
* "Out Of Africa", Rathausgalerie St. Ingbert, Germany.
* "African Fever", Kleinkunstbühne Klapsmühl' am Rathaus, Mannheim, Germany.
* "Malerei und Druckgrafik", Galerie Shona, Hamburg, Germany.
WORKSHOPS
Wood cut printing by Finnish Artist Anneli Klemola, 1993, National Art Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Children’s Art under Unicef, 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Jim Mooney 1995 at Henry Tayali Art Center, Lusaka, Zambia.
Mbile international Workshop 1995, Lusaka, Zambia Art Center.
Women‘s Art Workshop, Westburn Park. Aberdeen, Scottland.
Thupelo international workshop, Capetown, South Africa.
Monotypie, by Rainer Negrelli, 1998, Kulturzentrum Alte Feuerwache, Mannheim, Germany
Interkultureller Workshop Bildende Kunst, by Weltfriedensdienst, 1998, Berlin, Germany.
AWARDS
1996 Longman Award for Graphics, Harare, Zimbabwe.
1997 A highly Commended for Sculptor, Harare, Zimbabwe.
1997 Myth of Development, Harare, Zimbabwe.