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OPTION DZIKIAMAI NYAHUNZVI

PAINTER

Zimbabwe-born artist Option Nyahunzvi employs his artistic practice to focus on matters of spirituality central to his Shona culture. His large, vibrant canvases are carefully considered compositions that explore the communion between ancestral spirits and the living.

Always showing an interest in art, while growing up, Nyahunzvi drew from his imagination. Determined to pursue his passions, Nyahunzvi went on to receive his training in printmaking from the National Gallery School of Visual Arts in Zimbabwe. There he discovered his technique of pasting layers of Fabriano paper directly onto the canvas which he then removes in strips to make visible etching lines. As a result, his most recent body of work demonstrates his skill as both a painter and a printmaker in a compelling combination of his mixed media technique.