Moffat Takadiwa

Moffat Takadiwa

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naaŋɔ	male
date of birth	1983
place of birth	Karoi
occupation	mixed-media artist, assemblage artist
educated at	Harare Polytechnic
work location	Harare

 

 From Wikidata

Moffat Takadiwa (born 1983), de la Zimbabwean yagebera. Mina n sɔi Mbare Art Space n boi Mbare so'olum n boi Harare tinkãtɛ la puan.

A vom yɛla

Ba dɔgɛ Moffat Takadiwa la 1983 yuunɛ puan Tengwe tiŋa puan,  north-western so’olum puan n boi Hurungwe, zi’an ti a zo'e la. A nyaa daa tee ki’ira la Harare tinkãtɛ la puan, de tinkana wa puan ti ba nyaa mina e ti a de la  'spiritual garbage man' yese la n ta’am tara yɔgerɔ maala dee yagebera lɔgerɔ iiri iiri la. Takadiwa zamesɛ la Harare Polytechnic zi'an ti a ba’asɛ 2008 yuunɛ la puan to’e “BA honors in fine art”.

Takadiwa me kelum kɛ South Africa tiŋa puan mɛ. La de la bilam ti a yuum naɛ la nɛreba zamesɛ a yagebegɔ tuuma la. A me kelum sɔsera pa’ala buuri malema lɔgerɔ yɛla, tu sira sakerɛ yɛla la ti kɔrum  kɔrum yɛla.

A yagebegɔ tuuma yɛla (Art Career)

Takadiwa yuum pɔsɛ a nu'o tuuma wa la 2008 yuunɛ la puan, de me nyaa daa pa’asɛ  Harare tiŋa duma wia yagebeduma tigesego puan. Mina n nyaa de nimu'urɛ n sɔ n miŋa tigesego. A me daa nyaa yese tigesego la puan. Takadiwa, mina n daa ni tuna a so'olum ma'a la, daa nyaa tuni la Mbare ‘Art Space daam deseko ti a daa malum maalɛ la. N daa nyaa ka nyɛ yɔ’ɔ dikɛ a tuunɛ la biŋe peelum la, Takadiwa, nyaa de la yagekãtɛ bɔna Zimbabwean tiŋa yagekãra la puan. A nu'o tuuma wa nyaa daa bo zi'isum zo'e zo'e mɛ, Magesi wuu Los Angeles ta paara Johannesburg; Harare ta paara Tokyo la tinsi zo'e zo'e n bo tinsina wa tiŋasuka.

A daa malum maalɛ la ba so’olum daam deo ti ba dikɛ basɛ yuuma n tole la, ti a nyaa daa dɛna yagebegɔ deo kãtɛ Mbare tiŋa yeletuulesum puan. Zi’an wa yu’urɛ nyaa daa de la Mbare Art Space, kalam n nyaa daa de a miŋa yagebegɔ deo de nyaa basɛ ti nɛreba nyaa lagum naɛ la e tuna.

A zi’isum kuyima nananewa nyaa boi la Jay Z.

Solo exhibition

• 2018 – Framed in Colonial Lenses, Raw Spot Gallery, Rhodes University[citation needed]

• 2017 – Say Hello to English, Tyburn Gallery, London

• 2016 – Across Borders, Whatiftheworld, Cape Town

• 2015 – Foreign Objects, Tyburn Gallery, London

• 2012 – Africa not reachable, First Floor Gallery,