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Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude

Born and raised in Mbare, Harare, Nyaude’s images oscillate between figuration, abstraction, and hallucination.

To do this, the artist draws from the restless energy of his neighbourhood and country, where more than 70% of the population is under the age of 30. Living on the edge between survival and chaos his visual messages swing between brutal and sentimental. Defying characterisation, his renders capture a generation’s absurdly relentless drive to attain and maintain dignity and a quality of life that sometimes appears beyond reach.