July 19, 2023

Kombo Chapfika at the 60th International Venice Biennale from April 20 through November 24, 2024

Akademie Schloss Solitude is delighted to report that once more one of its current fellows will be participating in this prestigious international art exhibition. Multidisciplinary artist Kombo Chapfika will represent Zimbabwe’s pavilion at the 60th International Venice Biennale, alongside Gillian Rosselli, Sekai Machache, Victor Nyakauru, Moffat Takadiwa and Troy Makaza. This will mark Zimbabwe’s seventh consecutive appearance in the prestigious art exhibition which runs from April 20 through November 24, 2024.

Raphael Chikukwa, Director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, has been appointed to the post of official representative for the 2024 Zimbabwe pavilion, and the exhibition will be curated by Fadzai Veronica Muchemwa.

The overarching theme of the art exhibition has not yet been announced; however, the curator of the 60th International Venice Biennale, Adriano Pedrosa, has commented that continued attention is likely to be paid to narratives of the Global South.

Kombo Chapfika is a Zimbabwean multi-disciplinary artist who studied in Atlanta/US, obtaining a BA in Economics (2006).

Chapfika’s work explores the mutation of contemporary African culture as it adapts to modernity and technological inter-connectedness. Curiosity, experimentation, and social commentary are essential to his creative process, which is based on an interest in the interplay of technology and culture and how the tools we use reshape us.

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