Grace Nyahangare

Grace Nyahangare
Born (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996
Harare, Zimbabwe
EducationNational Gallery School of Visual Arts and Design (Harare)
Known forPainting, printmaking (monotype)
StyleAbstract, surreal figuration; contemporary

Grace Nyahangare (born 2 September 1996) is a Zimbabwean contemporary visual artist whose monotype-informed paintings explore memory, trauma, motherhood and healing.[1][2] She held her debut solo exhibition, Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora (We Don’t Forget but We Heal) at First Floor Gallery Harare in 2023,[3] and presented a two-person show, Methods of Flight with Amanda Shingirai Mushate at Southern Guild Los Angeles in 2024-2025.[4][5]

Early life and education

Nyahangare was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on 2 September 1996.[6][7] She attended Girls High School Harare where she began making art,[6] and later studied Visual Art at the National Gallery School of Visual Arts and Design in Harare (also known as the National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Arts Studios).[7] In 2022 she completed a three-month residency at First Floor Gallery Harare and formally joined the gallery in 2023.[8]

Style and themes

Nyahangare builds images through a process that begins with memories or photographs moves through monotype prints and culminates in oil-and-ink paintings; the layered transformations yield dreamlike, fluid figures.[1][7] She has described her figures as inspired by insecurity and vulnerability especially her own reframed as resilience.[9] Writing for Southern Guild, curators note her focus on the female body as a site of trauma and transcendence; she often paints with her young daughter present in the studio.[4]

Career

Nyahangare’s debut solo exhibition, Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora, opened at First Floor Gallery Harare in July August 2023, addressing recovery from personal trauma.[3][10] In 2024 she presented Methods of Flight with Amanda Shingirai Mushate at Southern Guild Los Angeles (21 November 2024 – 1 February 2025).[4][5]

Between 2023 and 2025, Nyahangare has participated in international fairs and exhibitions including Investec Cape Town Art Fair (2023, 2024 & 2025), RMB Latitudes Art Fair (2024), FNB Art Joburg (2024) and Kuvhunura: The Harare School at Fondation Blachère in France (2024).[11] In 2025, her work featured in the digital-first exhibition project Goya & Africa hosted in Cape Town by Brundyn Arts & Culture and the Athena Art Foundation.[12][13]

Reception

Zimbabwean arts press highlighted Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora for its candour and emotional register, noting the works as balm that acknowledges pain without self-pity.[10] International coverage and gallery texts have emphasized her imaginative dreamlike figuration and process driven approach.[2][1][4] She has also been profiled in independent arts media discussing women’s visibility in Zimbabwe’s art scene.[9]

Personal life

Nyahangare lives and works in Harare. She is a mother and has spoken about balancing childcare with studio practice; curatorial notes mention her daughter’s presence during painting sessions.[4]

Selected exhibitions

Year Exhibition Venue / Location Reference
2025 Investec Cape Town Art Fair Cape Town, South Africa [11]
2025 Goya & Africa (digital-first exhibition) Brundyn Arts & Culture, Cape Town [12][13]
2024–2025 Methods of Flight (with Amanda Shingirai Mushate) Southern Guild, Los Angeles, USA [4][5]
2024 Kuvhunura: The Harare School (group) Fondation Blachère, Bonnieux, France [11]
2024 RMB Latitudes Art Fair (group) Johannesburg, South Africa [11]
2024 FNB Art Joburg (group) Johannesburg, South Africa [11]
2024 Investec Cape Town Art Fair (group) Cape Town, South Africa [11]
2023 Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora (solo) First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe [3][10]
2023 Investec Cape Town Art Fair (group) Cape Town, South Africa [11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Grace Nyahangare". Latitudes Online. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Grace Nyahangare Artworks for Sale & More". Artsy. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "Grace Nyahangare Hatikanganwe Asi Tinopora". First Floor Gallery Harare. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Methods of Flight". Southern Guild. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b c "Amanda Shingirai Mushate and Grace Nyahangare: Methods of Flight". Artsy. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Grace Nyahangare — AtWork Notebook". AtWork Project. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  7. ^ a b c "Nyahangare Bio". Goya & Africa. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Grace Nyahangare — Bio/CV". First Floor Gallery Harare. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  9. ^ a b Kocsis, Katica. "Grace Nyahangare: "My figures are inspired by insecurities—especially my own"". Focus on Black Art. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  10. ^ a b c Nyampenza, Nyadzombe (8 August 2023). "Personal trauma inspires touching exhibition". The Standard (NewsDay). Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g "Grace Nyahangare — Recent Exhibitions". First Floor Gallery Harare. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  12. ^ a b "'Goya and Africa' Bridges Centuries of Art in Cape Town this February". ART AFRICA Magazine. 20 February 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  13. ^ a b "About — Goya & Africa". Goya & Africa. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
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