Grace Mukomberanwa (born 1944) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Mukomberanwa is a first-generation soapstone sculptor of

Shona art Sculpture and in particular stone sculpture is an art for which Zimbabwe is well known around the world. Origins Central Zimbabwe contains the "Great Dyke" – a source of serpentine rocks of many types including a hard variety locally called ...

. She was the wife of renowned first generation artist

Nicholas Mukomberanwa Nicholas Mukomberanwa (1940 - 12 November 2002) was a Zimbabwean sculpture, sculptor and art teacher. He was among the most famous protégés of the Workshop School at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe. He was a mentor to the Mukomberanwa Family o ...

. They both trained in soapstone sculptor and then trained their children in the same craft. She was one of the leading female sculptors in Zimbabwe. Her work has been exhibited in galleries around the world. She is a member of the

Mukomberanwa family Mukomberanwa is the family name of renowned Zimbabwean sculptors. Nicholas Mukomberanwa, together with his wife, Grace Mukomberanwa were one of the first generation of Zimbabwean sculptors of Shona art sculptors. Zimbabwean sculptors are separat ...

, who are renowned sculptors.http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=508&cat=10 Mukomberanwa was the wife of

. She was the mother of sons

Anderson Anderson or Andersson may refer to: Companies * Anderson (Carriage), a company that manufactured automobiles from 1907 to 1910 * Anderson Electric, an early 20th-century electric car * Anderson Greenwood, an industrial manufacturer * Anderson Ra ...

Lawrence Mukomberanwa Lawrence Mukomberanwa (born 1976) is a Zimbabwean sculptor and pilot. The son of Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Lawrence (sometimes spelled Laurence) worked with his father from his early childhood days. He continued sculpting whilst training to be a ...

Tendai , also known as the Tendai Lotus School (天台法華宗 ''Tendai hokke shū,'' sometimes just "''hokke shū''") is a Mahāyāna Buddhist tradition (with significant esoteric elements) officially established in Japan in 806 by the Japanese m ...

, Taguma, daughters Netsai, and

Ennica Mukomberanwa Ennica Mukomberanwa (born 1978) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. The daughter of Grace Mukomberanwa and Nicholas Mukomberanwa, she was trained by the first generation of sculptures. Her work is exhibited in private collections and at galleries around ...

, and the aunt of

Nesbert Mukomberanwa Nesbert Mukomberanwa (born 1969) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Born in Buhera, Mukomberanwa began to study sculpture with his uncle in 1987; by 1989 he had struck out on his own, establishing a workshop in Chitungwiza. Here he worked for nearly a de ...

, all of whom are sculptors.

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Joseph Wise Gallery
1944 births Living people Zimbabwean women sculptors 20th-century Zimbabwean women artists 21st-century Zimbabwean women artists Women stone carvers 20th-century Zimbabwean sculptors 21st-century Zimbabwean sculptors {{Zimbabwe-sculptor-stub