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Franklyn DZINGAI
(Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, 1988)

Biography

Franklyn Dzingai was born in 1988 in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, and is currently working in Harare. Recently, he was a recipient of the 2021 ArtHARARE Africa First art prize. In 2009 he started his fine art studies at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Art Studio in Harare and finished in 2011 with a focus on printmaking. He often incorporates collage and drawing into his prints, typically characterized by vibrant color. He sources his images from books, magazines, newspapers, and family photos. Themes such as social interactions and personal memories are typical in his prints.

 

Dzingai is one of the few artists in Zimbabwe who focuses on printmaking and has perfected the cardboard printing method. That led him to win many awards at various shows and exhibitions in Harare. 

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

2024

Where Thou Art - That - is Home, Osart Gallery, Milan, Italy

 

2023

Patonaz, Osart Gallery, Milan 

A Gathering, National Gallery of Zimbabwe

Tributaries – Contemporary Zimbabwean Narratives, Bernard Gallery, Cape Town 

Wadii?, Gallery 1957, African First, Cape Town Art Residency and artHARARE, Cape Town 

2022

Shanduko, Osart Gallery, Milan

2021

Freedom, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Past & Present, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Morgan & Co Artspiration Masked, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

2020

The 45th Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

The Annual Summer Exhibition 2020 – Signs Of The Times, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2019

Rembrandt @350, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

The Annual Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Engaging the 45th Year, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

2018

Line and Form, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Paper Tigers, First Floor GALLERY; Harare, Zimbabwe

Blood Relatives, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Resurrection, Artillery Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

Harare contemporary,Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi, in collaboration with First Floor Gallery

2017

From Line to Form II, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Annual Show, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Bridges V54, Lucy Chang Fine Arts, Hong Kong
 

2016

Zig Zag Boundaries, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Beyond the Body, Tsoko Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

Surface = Drawing Village Unhu

Artist in the Stream VII Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Young Artist Exhibition Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

Mask Ball Exhibition and Auction National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Beyond The Body Exhibition Tsoko Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

2015

From Line to Form, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Prominent Personalities: Portraits of Zimbabweans, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Born Free a whole new mind, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Artist in the Stream VI Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Migration, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

100 Hundred exhibition Village Unhu

Mharidzo Annual Show, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

2014

Way Finding, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Tragedy, Comedy – Faces of Mankind, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Faces of Mankind, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Emoji, Koovah Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Annual Show, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare

2013

Artist in the Stream IV, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Chiso-Face Portrait Exhibition, First floor Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

No Limits competition and exhibition,First floor Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

100 Hundred exhibition, Alliance Francaise, Harare, Zimbabwe

MukatiUnze: Exploring the spirit of the Zambezi exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

 

2012

Tradition, Family and Religion competition and exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Artist in the Stream III, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Idea of Self exhibition, National Gallery Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Art Alive fundraising and exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Annual Art and Sport contest, Harare, Zimbabwe

2011

Bukira | Fresh Growth, First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe

Art in the city exhibition invited guest Dario Basso, Basement Gallery

Artist in the stream II, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

ZviroZviedzwa (Exploration) Printmaking Exhibition, Dzimbanhete, Harare, Zimbabwe

Freedom Revisited Competition and Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Transition Student Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

2010

Changing Times Student, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

35 Years Zimbabwe Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

Live n Direct Exhibition and Competition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare

Facet Zimbabwe Now Competition and Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

Printmaking Exhibition – Dzimbanhete Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe

Makuwerere Exhibition – First floor Gallery, Harare

2009

Walls, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe

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