Arthur Fata (born 1963) is a
Zimbabwe
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an
sculptor
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.
Born in
Salisbury
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(now Harare), Fata studied fine art at the
Workshop School of the
National Gallery of Zimbabwe
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. Here he learned to use painting, printmaking, and textiles. Unusually for a Zimbabwean artist, he later spent time studying in
England
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,
Portugal
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, and
Bulgaria
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. His work has drawn comparison to that of
Dominic Benhura, with whom he shares an interest in
mixed media
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work. The
British Museum
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has an example of his sculpture in its permanent collection.
References
Biographical sketch
1963 births
Living people
20th-century Zimbabwean sculptors
21st-century sculptors
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