The Fine Artist Mpumelelo Dube

Mpumelelo Dube -- Fine Art

Artist Profile

Born in 1982, Mpumelelo Dube lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied art at the Mzilikazi Art Center in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He has taken part in more than ten group exhibitions in Zimbabwe where he sold out at each show. Inspired and trained by some of Africa's finest painters (including Charles Kamangwana), Mpumelelo has shown exceptional commitment and promise.

Using acrylics and oils, Mpumelelo specializes in painting urban and rural scenes. At a very early point in his career, Mpumelelo mastered the ability to capture brief moments in time as his subjects go about their daily routines like collecting water, walking to school and preparing fires for cooking. He does not paint facial features, rather focusing the viewer on the larger scene than on individual figures. This effect also gives his work universal appeal.

In 2003, he took part in a group exhibition at Zuva Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona USA. Again, the response to Mpumelelo's work was phenomenal and he has been invited to participate in Zuva Gallery’s annual exhibition.

He is now a permanent exhibiter in one of Cape Town’s top Galleries called Park Bench Gallery where he also works as the gallery manager.

We feel strongly that Mpumelelo has the potential to become an established artist in Africa and abroad in the years to come.

Written by Zuva Gallery on my behalf

Exhibitions

2001 - VAAB Exhibition (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

2002 - VAAB ILanga Nya Exhibition (Bulawayo/Bait Bridge, Zimbabwe)

2002 - VAAB Exhibition (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

2003 - Fact Cotton Exhibition (Bulawayo/Harare, Zimbabwe)

2003 - Young Artist Exhibition (Arizona, USA)

2004 - VAAB Exhibition (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

2004 - Young Artist Exhibition (Arizona, USA)

2004 - Young Artist Exhibition (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

2004 - Group Exhibition (Pretoria, South Africa)

2005 - Images of Bulawayo Exhibition (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

2005 - Isigodlo Samakhosi “Lift High Banner Exhibition (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

2005 - Three Man Show (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

2005 - VAAB Exhibition (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

2005 - Zuva Gallery Young Artist Exhibition, USA

2005 - Group Exhibition (Pretoria, South Africa)

2006 - Amakhosi Exhibition (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

2006 - VAAB Exhibition (Bulawayo, Zimbabwe)

Workshops

2002 - VAAB Artists Workshop, Matopos Zimbabwe

2003 - VAAB Artists Workshop, Matopos Zimbabwe

2004 - VAAB Artists Workshop,Matopos Zimbabwe

2005 - VAAB Artists Workshop, Matopos Zimbabwe

2006 - VAAB Artists Workshop, Matopos Zimbabwe

Projects

Collections

Europe, USA, Israel, Greece, Argentina, Australia, Canada, Nigeria, South Africa, Netherlands and Zimbabwe

Private Collections

Guest House in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo

Private Gallery in Israel

Zuva Gallery in Arizona, USA

Private Gallery in England

Private Gallery in Pretoria South Africa

Private Gallery in Cape Town

Professional Bodies

Friends of National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo

Member of the Visual Artist Association of Bulawayo (VAAB)

Gallery Manager at Park Bench Gallery Cape Town in South Africa

References

National Gallery of Zimbabwe in Bulawayo

Visual Artist Association of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe

Zuva Gallery in Johannesburg, South Africa and Arizona in USA

Park Bench Gallery in Cape Town, South Africa

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