Tendai Mukomberanwa (born 1974) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. The son of

Grace Mukomberanwa Grace Mukomberanwa (born 1944) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. Mukomberanwa is a first-generation soapstone sculptor of Shona art. She was the wife of renowned first generation artist Nicholas Mukomberanwa. They both trained in soapstone sculptor and ...

and

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 ...

, Tendai worked with his father from age 10 in his early childhood days.Tendai Mukomberanwa – Friends Forever Zimbabwe
/ref> His artwork has been sold and exhibited worldwide. He continues sculpting at the family studios in

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Career

Tendai began sculpting from a young age under the training of his father, world-renowned artist,

. He then received academic training by earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from

Sonoma State University Sonoma State University (SSU, Sonoma State, or Sonoma) is a public university in Rohnert Park in Sonoma County, California, US. It is one of the smallest members of the California State University (CSU) system. Sonoma State offers 92 Bachelor's d ...

in California. He then moved to South Africa where he worked as a computer teacher. He continues to sculpt at the family studio. He 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 ...

of sculptors.http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=508&cat=10 Mukomberanwa is the brother of

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, Tendai, Taguma, 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 cousin 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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*http://www.friendsforeverzimbabwe.com/index.php/Tendai_Mukomberanwa.html 1974 births Living people Sonoma State University alumni People from Mashonaland East Province 20th-century Zimbabwean sculptors 21st-century Zimbabwean sculptors {{Zimbabwe-sculptor-stub