David Chinyama -- Fine Art

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David Chinyama is a Fine Artist.

David Chinyama

Born in Harare, Zimbabwe on the 10th of February 1978. His early teens as a boy growing up on a farm , rising from humble beginnings with seven siblings crammed in a four roomed farm house to becoming a house hold name on the zimbabwean arts landscape reveals the determination and hunger of accomplishment that lies within someone who sees himself not only as a painter but a visual poet and social commentator.

Though faced with lots of criticism, discouragement and rejection from family and friends for his love, passion and decision to pursue the visual arts as a career.

Studied at the Peter Birch School of Art, Harare from 1995-1996, then from 1997-99 he received a   National certificate in Visual Art, Visual Art School, National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare 
2000-2001 he studied  fine arts, Harare Polytechnic.

David received an outstanding student award from the Visual Art School, Harare, Zimbabwe in 1998, and in 2004 he received the outstanding visual artist of the year (painting) National Arts Merit Awards, Harare, Zimbabwe

Exhibitions

1997: BAT final year Ex, National Gallery.
         - Young Artists Ex , Gallery Delta, Harare.
         - 1st Bienale, National Gallery, Harare.
         - Juxta Position, Gallery Innerspace, Harare.
         - Summer, Gallery Innerspace.
         - Veranda 98, Veranda Gallery, Harare.
         - Landscapes, Gallery Innerscape.
         - Cotco (FACT),National Gallery, Harare.


1999: Young Artists, Gallery Delta, Harare.
         - Zim Art in London, London, UK.
         - Veranda, Veranda Gallery, Harare.
         - Budding Artists, Gallery Innerspace, Harare.
         - Invited Artists,Gallery Innerspace, Harare.
         -Summe, Gallery Innerspace, Harare.

2000: Young artists, Gallery Delta,Harare.
         - Veranda, Veranda Gallery, Harare.
         - Hartman House Charity Ex, Hartman House, Harare.

2002: Young artists, Veranda Gallery, Harare.
         - Hardway UP (one man) Art cafe, Avondale,Harare.
         - Expressions in colour (two man) Art cafe, Avondale, Harare.
         - Harare artists group, Mukuvisi, Harare.
         - African Arts, Dumali African Arts, Chicago, USA.
         - Real Time Inner Time, Internet Village, Harare.
         - Veranda 2002, Veranda Gallery, Harare.
         - This world is colour, Zimbabwe Germany Society, Harare.
         - Artist of dialog, Kolhn,Germany.
         - Calls from Africa, Capetown, SA.
         - SA and Beyond, Stellenbosch, SA.

2003: Seasons in Africa,US Embassy, Harare.
         - Veranda 2003, Veranda Gallery, Harare.
         - Art for Hope, Harare Sheraton, Harare.

2004: Blessings of Summer, Richard Rennie, Harare.
         - 2nd Chapter solo exhibition, Art Cafe, Harare.
         - Voices of the voiceless, Capetown, SA.
         - Veranda, Veranda Gallery, Harare.

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