Kudzanai Chiurai

nera
naaŋɔ	male
country of citizenship	Zimbabwe
date of birth	1981
place of birth	Harare
occupation	painter, lithographer, video installation artist, video artist, graffiti artist
educated at	University of Pretoria
work location	Harare
start of work period	2001
end of work period
participant in	dOCUMENTA (13)
has works in the collection	Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Hessel Museum of Art, National Gallery of Victoria
copyright status as a creator	works protected by copyrights

Kudzanai Chiurai* (ba dɔgɛ e la 1981) de la Zimbabwean tiŋa de'emdɛ'ɛna la "activist" ^[1]^[2]Ka suŋerɛ kankaŋi tuunɛ la puan lagum mɛ la la lasebaarɛ gɔnɔ ti ba digesɛ ba tuna, dina pa'asɛ ti ba tara dikɛ ba takera, ŋmi'ira bɔrumbɔra, sinii la fɔɔra ti ba ta'am pa'alɛ nɛreba zo'e zo'e gɔmena nalɛgerɛ la buuri malema yɛla la n boi Zimbabwe^[3]

Ze'ele za'a a yia sɔsega la puan n de 2003, ba yuum nyɛ a tuunɛ la mɛ TFW, Germany. Forbes yuum kaalɛ e pa'asɛ mɛ la African duma pia la atã ti ba bisɛ 2013^[4]. 2015 puan, ba yuum sigɛ e pa'asɛ mɛ la African duma puti'irɛ maaleba yelesaasi pia la anuu la puan" zɛ'ɛta Forbes zi'an^[5]

Kudzanai kɔ'ɔm ka dɛna bun'itela ma'a gee a kelum dɛna la nɛresɛka n guleseri dakerɛ duma, mina n maali la mina n tari buuri malema yɛm/ baŋerɛ eŋa n pa'ali nɛreba zo'e zo'e lageŋɔ la gɔmena nalɛgerɛ yelemɛŋerɛ n boi Zimbabwe^[6].

Ba ka mi Kudzanai la a fɔɔra ŋmaa yɛla, amaa a lagum pa'asɛ mɛ la fooŋmateba basɛba ti ba tɛɛsena fɔɔra ŋmaa zi'an.

Vom la Tuuma

Ba dɔgɛ Chiurai la 1981 n boi Harare, Zimbabwe, amaa yuuma zo'e zo'e n tole a yuum boi la South Africa bilam ti ka yuum dɛna nɛresabega wia daana ti a ba'asɛ a zamesegɔ la bachelor degree n boi Fine Art ze'ele Pretoria yunivɛsiti la puan^[2]. Ba yuum kelum ti'isɛ ti Kudzanai pa'asɛ mɛ la "zaŋa dɔgebɔ" saŋa sa la ze'ele ba e yuum dɔgɛ e ka yuunyinɛ puan n tole ze'ele Zimbabwe ma'a saŋa sa.

A yuum pɔsɛ ka nu'o tuuma la takerɛ gee ŋmi'ira bɔrumbɔresi gura e yuum ta basɛ ka tiŋa Zimbabwe kiŋɛ South African zi'an ti ka yuum ta nyɛ puti'irɛ ti a ita yagebɔ ti la dɛna ka tuunɛ^[7]. 2004 puan, Chuirai yuum kelum bɔna la ka ma'a ba n yuum ta vuuse ti ba wan nyɔkɛ e la pooren yɛsera la ka n yuum dikɛ Rau Rau la Zimbabwe zaberɛ niɛ la, yɛka bayi n ŋmɛregɛ ka taaba ti ba dikɛ pa'alɛ Robert Mugabe tuunfi'isa yɛsera2008 Zimbabwean voteŋo katɛ la mia saŋa sa la^[8].

2012 puan, ka sinii sɛka n kelum bɔna Iyeza ba yuum bisɛ ka mɛ 2013 Sundance sinii de'eŋo saŋa sa la.

Kudzanai yuum de la nɛra n di mi'a n boi FNB yagemɔ bo'olum n boi South Africa

Sitali

Kudzanai tum la budaanɛ la paŋa ti la dɛna sitai la itegɔ zi'an n boi a yagemɔ zi'isi zo'e zo'e ti ba dikɛ zamesɛ gɔmena nalɛgerɛ zi'an la n boi South Africa.

Ka budaanɛ la ka paŋa la puti'irɛ la n kelum pa'alɛ ka tigerɛ diyima niirɛ ti ka dikɛ bo ti " Zuo daana sabelega" "tuuma zuudaana" la "iŋa n kiiri ti ka dɛna budaa".

Kudzanai dikɛ la yagemu iŋɛ pa'alɛ a kɔrum kɔrum magesɛ bii tinkara koosego zi'isi n boi Johannesburg la yelemɛŋerɛ ti a nini kɛ la South Africa tinkatɛ la puan n boi a yagemɔ tuuma la zo'e zo'e puan.

Yagebɔ Tuuma

Kudzanai maalɛ la gɔnɔ tigera zo'e zo'e sigɛ a 'zaberɛ maalegɔ' ti la pa'alɛ nɔkpɛ'ɛma yelesi'a la zaberɛ, lagum la sɔa ti nɛreba dikɛ maalɛ nɔkpɛ'ɛma wa.

A tum la 'digital' fɔɔra la "printing" maalɛ 'poster' duma wa sigɛ a "zaberɛ maalegɔ" dina n tɔgeri South Africa tiŋa nɛreba la tiŋa za'a yela la.

Kudzanai sinii tuunɛ la n pa'alɛ nangoone la zuo n boi Zukerman Museum dina ti Sinii la n tɔgeri se'em la n boi Western puti'ira n boi Africa la yelemɛŋerɛ n boi Africa tiŋa puan tiŋasuka.

"Globalization" puti'irɛ la ba le dikɛ a tuna la iŋɛ eŋa n tuna a yagebɔ tuuma la se'em la puan.

A dikɛ niɛ pa'alɛ

A dikɛ niɛ pa'alɛ di ma'a

2003: The revolution will not be televised, Brixton Art Gallery, London
2013: 16SNLV, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa
2015: Selections From Revelations, Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts, Brooklyn
2016: Kabbo Ka Muwala / The Girl’s Basket, National Gallery of Zimbabwe

Tigere a dikɛ niɛ pa'alɛ

2005: Reconciliation, University of Pretoria
2008: Africa Now, Round Tower, Copenhagen; Northern Norway Art Centre, Lofoten, Norway; and Tampere art museum, Finland
2009: Us, Johannesburg Art Gallery
2010: SPace, MuseuMAfricA, Johannesburg, South Africa
2011: Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2011: über(W)unden – Art in troubled times, Goethe-Institut South Africa
2011: Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photograph, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.^[9]
2011: Art Basel: Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA
2011: Ars 11 at Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland^[10]
2012: dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany^[11]

Viisegɔ lɔgerɔ

[:0-1] ttp://www.goodman-gallery.com/exhibitions/234

[:1-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://edition.cnn.com/2012/07/12/world/africa/kudzanai-chiurai-art/index.html

[3] ttp://www.goodman-gallery.com/exhibitions/234

[4] ttps://www.forbes.com/sites/mfonobongnsehe/2012/12/30/thirteen-african-celebrities-to-watch-in-2013/#3f1d99527cad

[5] ttps://www.forbes.com/sites/declaneytan/2015/08/28/the-15-young-african-creatives-rebranding-africa/

[6] ttps://www.interviewmagazine.com/art/kudzanai-chiurai-artist-calling-revolution-zimbabwe

[7] ttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-15429299

[8] ttp://artthrob.co.za/Artbio/Kudzanai_Chiurai_by_Anna_Stielau.aspx

[9] ttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/apr/23/figures-and-fictions-mark-gevisser

[10] Archive copy.

[11] ttps://artafricamagazine.org/muholi-chiurai-and-kentridge-at-documenta-13/

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