Ignatius Zhuwakiyi (born 1969) is a

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

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 and most populous city of Zimbabwe. The city proper has an area of 940 km2 (371 mi2) and a population of 2.12 million in the 2012 census and an estimated 3.12 million in its metropolitan ...

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

Chitungwiza Chitungwiza is an urban centre and town of Harare Province in Zimbabwe. History As of the 2022 census, Chitungwiza had a population of 371,244. There are two main highways which connect the city to Harare namely Seke road and Chitungwiza r ...

. 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 (born 1945)(died 05 January 2023) was a Zimbabwean sculptor. A native of Bindura, as a girl Ndandarika made models in clay using traditional methods. In 1964 she married Joseph Ndandarika, divorcing him in 1978. During the ...

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

Chapungu Sculpture Park The Chapungu Sculpture Park is a sculpture park in Msasa, Harare, Zimbabwe, which displays the work of Zimbabwean stone sculptors. It was founded in 1970 by Roy Guthrie, who was instrumental in promoting the work of its sculptors worldwide. One ...

. 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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1969 births Living people Zimbabwean sculptors Artists from Harare {{Zimbabwe-sculptor-stub