Born in Zimbabwe in 1987, lives and works in Harare.
Evans Mutenga works with paper not as a simple surface but as a material that he tears, manipulates, inks and coats. He creates almost abstract portraits by playing with the layers of this transformed paper.
The "Comrade" series is a collection of portraits of comrades, veterans and friends: the mythical characters involved in conflicts that took place in the past are represented here in an almost evanescent way, belonging to a history with which the country is working to reconcile itself.
A graduate of the National Gallery School of Visual Art and Design's in Harare and the Polytechnic Colleges, Evans Tinashe Mutenga is a member of the Village Unhu collective.
Since 2013 he has exhibited mainly in Zimbabwe with Delta Gallery, Village Unhu and the National Gallery but also in Paris with the 31 PROJECT gallery.
Between 2016 and 2018 he participated in the FNB Joburg art fair, Investec Cape Town Art Fair and also worked at John Mafuangejo Printing studios in Namibia.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EXHIBITIONS
2022
Nhimbe, Chitungwiza Artists Collective, Harare – Zimbabwe
Village Unhu, ICTAF Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town – South Africa
2021
AKAA, 31 PROJECT, Paris – France
ZVIMHINGAMUPINI / OBSTACLES, solo show, Village Unhu,
Harare – Zimbabwe
Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare – Zimbabwe
2020
Small, 31 PROJECT, Paris – France
When you master yours and you can get out, Village Unhu,
Harare – Zimbabwe
2019
We are here Pamasonga, 31 project, Paris – France
Sanity is expensive, but madness is for free, Village Unhu,
Harare – Zimbabwe
We move forward by looking back, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
2018
Tag, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
Cape Town Art Fair, Cape town – South Africa
Village Unhu group show – Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
2017
Young Artist Exhibition, Delta Gallery, Harare – Zimbabwe
International Conference of African Culture (I.C.A.Z) exhibition, N.G.Z,
Harare – Zimbabwe
Line to form, Delta Gallery, Harare – Zimbabwe
Summer annual exhibition – Delta Gallery, Harare – Zimbabwe
Link, Gallery Delta, Harare – Zimbabwe
I.C.A.C exhibition –N.G.Z Harare – Zimbabwe
Heritage annual exhibition – N.G.Z Harare – Zimbabwe
FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg – South Africa
Cape Town Art Fair, Cape town – South Africa
2016
Artist Books, Mojo Gallery, Dubai – United Arab Emirates
Young Artist Exhibition, Delta Gallery, Harare – Zimbabwe
100-100, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
Wild Geese, Harare – Zimbabwe
Surface = Drawing, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
Inboxed testimony, John Muafangejo Gallery, Windhoek – Namibia
1.54 Art Fair London – UK
FNB Joburg art Fair, Johannesburg – South Africa
2015
Young Artist Exhibition, Delta Gallery, Harare – Zimbabwe
Dama, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
Soldout, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
Migration, Delta Gallery, Harare – Zimbabwe
Orgees, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
FNB Joburg Art Fair, Johannesburg – South Africa
2014
Young Artist exhibition, NGZ, Harare – Zimbabwe
Young Artist exhibition, Delta Gallery, Harare – Zimbabwe
Finding way, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
Umoji, Kavoh, Harare – Zimbabwe
Hope, Hope Gallery, Doon Estate, Harare – Zimbabwe
RESIDENCIES
2017
Artist Residency Studio Award, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
2016
John Muafangejo Residency ,Windhoek – Namibia
2014
Dama residency, Village Unhu, Harare – Zimbabwe
2013
NGSVAD resident artist, N.G.Z School of visual Arts and design,
Harare – Zimbabwe
AWARDS
2017
National Arts Merits Awards of Zimbabwe (N.A.M.A)
2015
Graphic Artistic prize from the Embassy of Switzerland and Delta Gallery, Harare - Zimbabwe
WITH 31 PROJECT
EXHIBITIONS
2020
SMALL, group show
2019
We are here Pamasonga, group show
FAIRS
2021
AKAA, Paris