Tafadzwa Tega
Tafadzwa Tega
(1985, Harare, Zimbabwe) attualmente vive e lavora in Sudafrica, dove si è
trasferito nel 2008. La sua carriera artistica ha inizio all’età di 10 anni,
ispirato dallo zio e dal fratello anch’essi artisti. Tega ha studiato alla
National Gallery dello Zimbawe, dove ha esposto per la prima voltale sue opere.
Dal 2012 ha mostrato i suoi lavori personali in diverse gallerie del Sudafrica
e i suoi dipinti sono stati acquisiti in numerose e importanti collezioni, sia
private che pubbliche, tra le quali la Spier Foundation e l’Università di Cape
Town in Sudafrica, la Fundacion AMMA in Messico e la Fundaciòn Canaria para el
Desarrollo de la Pintura (FCDP) in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spagna.
I suoi lavori
esplorano storie di migrazione, di rivendicazione del successo e del suo ruolo
nella società africana. Il senso di fallimento e paura che ne conseguono
dall’uscita dai confini territoriali d’appartenenza e il legame che prende
forma dalla tradizione delle proprie origini lasciate alle spalle. Racconti che
nascondono una preoccupazione collettiva e rivelano allo stesso tempo la spinta
al superamento delle narrazioni prefissate. I suoi soggetti sembrano sospesi in
tensione tra l’incertezza del futuro e una forte speranza di cambiamento, in
una celebrazione del presente.
Tafadzwa Tega (born 1985 in Harare, Zimbabwe) currently lives and works in South Africa, where he moved in 2008. His artistic career started at the age of 10, inspired by his artist brother and uncle. Tega studied at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, where he showed his works for the first time. From 2012 he has showed in numerous galleries in South Africa, and many important private and public collections have acquired his works, such as the Spier Foundation and the University of Cape Town, South Africa, Fundacion AMMA, Mexico, and Fundacion para el Desarrollo de la Pintura (FCDP) in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Spain. His work explores stories of migration, of claiming success and its role in African society. The sense of failure and fear that ensues from leaving the territorial boundaries of belonging and the bond that takes shape from the tradition of one's origins left behind. Narratives that conceal a collective concern and at the same time reveal the drive to transcend pre-established narratives. His subjects seem suspended in tension between the uncertainty of the future and a strong hope for change, in a celebration of the present.
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The Land 2022, mixed media on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
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Doctor 2022, mixed media on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
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Garden Boys 2022, mixed media on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Headman 2022, mixed media on canvas, 140 x 140 cm
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Harare Hustler 2022, mixed media on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Hope #1 2022, mixed media on canvas, 150 x 100 cm
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Hope #2 2022, mixed media on canvas, 150 x 100 cm
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Market Girls 2022, mixed media on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Salesman 2022, mixed media on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Leaders 2022, mixed media on canvas, 200 x 150 cm
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GoGo 2021, acrylic and oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Good Boy 2021, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Makoti 2021, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Mufundi 2021, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Mugoni Wepwere 2021, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Mukoma Semhu 2021, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Mutoko 2021, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Sabhuku 2021, oil on canvas, 150 x 150 cm
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Security 2021, oil on canvas, 170 x 140 cm