Ignatius Zhuwakiyi (born 1969) is a

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. A native of

Harare Harare ( ), formerly Salisbury, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of , a population of 1,849,600 as of the 2022 Zimbabwe census, 2022 census and an estimated 2,487,209 people in its metrop ...

, Zhuwakiyi is the youngest of four, and grew up in St Mary's Township,

Chitungwiza Chitungwiza is the third populous urban centre in Zimbabwe and town of Harare Province in Zimbabwe. It is located on the outskirts of Harare. History As of the 2022 census, Chitungwiza had a population of 371,244. There are two main highwa ...

. There he attended local

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and

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s. He left

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after his second year. After meeting

Locardia Ndandarika Locardia Ndandarika (1945 – 5 January 2023), was a Zimbabwean sculptor. A native of Bindura, as a young girl Ndandarika made models in clay using traditional methods. In 1964. she married Joseph Ndandarika, divorcing him in 1978. During their ...

, he grew interest in sculpting, In 1989, he became involved with the

Chapungu Sculpture Park The Chapungu Sculpture Park is a renowned cultural landmark and sculpture park, sculpture garden in Msasa, Harare, Zimbabwe, which displays the work of Zimbabwean stone sculptors. Spanning over 15 acres of landscaped gardens, the park is dedicat ...

. Along with Godfrey Machinjili, Vitalis Muchenje, and Axilia Tatisa, he exhibited at the "Young Generation" show at the John Boyne Gallery in 1990.

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