Representative work by Portia Zvavahera
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Artist

Portia Zvavahera

b. 1985, Juru, Zimbabwe · Zimbabwean · Based in Harare, Zimbabwe

  • Diploma in Fine Arts, Harare Polytechnic, Zimbabwe (2006)
  • Painting
  • Oil-Based Printing Ink and Wax on Canvas
  • Lace Patterns

Portia Zvavahera creates layered paintings and prints around dreams, intimacy, spiritual experience and the body. Figures often appear entwined with flowers, veils and patterned grounds, producing spaces that feel both domestic and otherworldly.

Painting; printmaking

Gallery Representation

Major Works

  • 2015I Can Feel It in My Eyes
  • 2014Ndakavata Pasi Ndikamera Minzwa
  • 2013Pakuwa Munhu
  • 2015I’m a Night Rider
  • 2014Pane Rima Rakakomba
  • 2012Ndibateiwo
  • 2010sI’m A Woman
  • 2010sDreaming Works
  • 2010sWedding Paintings
  • 2010s–20sVeiled Figures

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Interviews & Writing

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