Meyave: Cosmas Kamhiriri Muchenje

Cosmas was born on January 5^th, 1960 in Musana Communal Area near Bindura, Zimbabwe. He showed an early interest in art at primary school, where he was the class illustrator, drawing charts and illustrating diagrams for the teachers. About 10 years later, encouraged and supported by his mother, he decided to take up art as a profession.

He began painting after attending the Kuanda Art Center in 1980, and sculpting after joining the Canon Paterson Art Center. Cosmas carved mainly in Verdite and produced beautiful abstract and realistic African Heads. However, over the years and with encouragement from well known Zimbabwean sculptors like Edward Chiwawa and the late John Takawira, his work has matured.

Themes such as beauty are expressed in his works. The likeness and relationships of human forms found in nature, such as the metamorphosis of plant life and antelopes with human, feminine features are his main themes. His style shows gentleness, but embodies a sense of lyrical movement in his animal forms. He is an artist of immense talent. You can find works from this artist at our gallery in Newport Beach, California.