5 Africans making amazing works of art from trash

Adom Tabbey-Botchwey August 18, 2019

Johnson Zuze

5 Africans making amazing works of art from trash
Johnson Zuze, Credit: zimbabwe.spla.pro

Johnson Zuze is a Zimbabwean visual artist whose work is based on creating visually arresting pieces usually with discarded materials, drawing attention to various aspects of a consumption-based community and relevant social issues that are commonplace in his immediate environment. Some of the awards he has won include Waste No Waste at The Italian Embassy in 2015, Young artist prize at the Heritage Exhibition National gallery in 2014, the first prize in Sculpture at No Limits, First Floor Gallery Harare in 2013. He has also been nominated three times for the National Art Merit Award in his native Zimbabwe, winning it in 2017.

5 Africans making amazing works of art from trash
A Piece from the Animal kingdom exhibition by Zuze, Credit: allevents.in

He has exhibited his art at the United Nations World Tourism Conference, Zimbabwe OCTFP, and has hosted a successful solo exhibition dubbed Gutter Rainbows.

Last Edited by:Ismail Akwei Updated: August 16, 2019

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