Survey: Portia Zvavahera

Portia Zvavahera

Takarara dziripo (We are sleeping in the presence), 2023

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

84 1/2 x 107 1/2 inches (214.5 x 273 cm) Framed: 86 x 108 5/8 inches (218.5 x 276 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Kusimudzwa kwevanhu (Uplifted), 2022

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

116 1/2 x 83 1/8 inches (295.8 x 211 cm)

Framed: 118 1/8 x 84 5/8 inches (300 x 215 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Kubatwa kwemazizi (Captured owls), 2022

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

83 1/4 x 122 1/4 inches (211.4 x 310.4 cm)

Framed: 84 3/4 x 123 5/8 inches (215.3 x 314 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Woman in pain, 2021

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

80 7/8 x 61 3/4 inches (205.7 x 156.8 cm)

Framed: 82 5/8 x 63 1/4 inches (209.9 x 160.7 cm)

Installation view, The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, 2022. Photo by Maris Mezulis

Portia Zvavahera

Zvandakaoneswa (What I was made to see), 2021

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

82 1/2 x 117 1/4 inches (209.6 x 297.8 cm) Framed: 82 7/8 x 118 5/8 inches (210.5 x 301.3 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

This is where I travelled [4]

, 2020

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

95 1/2 x 78 1/8 inches (242.5 x 201 cm)

Framed: 96 5/8 x 80 3/8 inches (245.3 x 204.2 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

This is where I travelled [5]

, 2020

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

88 3/4 x 76 1/8 inches (225.4 x 193.4 cm)

Framed: 90 1/8 x 77 3/8 inches (228.9 x 196.5 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

This is where I travelled [3]

, 2020

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

73 1/4 x 73 1/4 inches (186 x 186 cm)

Framed: 74 1/2 x 74 5/8 inches (189.3 x 189.6 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Kumasowe (Place of Prayer)

, 2020

Oil based printing ink and oil on canvas

96 1/2 x 77 1/2 inches (245 x 197 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Cosmic Prayer

, 2019

Oil based printing ink and oil on canvas

76 3/8 x 73 5/8 inches (194 x 187 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

In One Accord

, 2018

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

81 1/8 x 83 7/8 inches (206 x 213 cm)

Framed: 82 5/8 x 85 1/4 inches (209.9 x 216.5 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

His Presence

, 2013

Oil based printing ink on paper

59 x 44 7/8 inches (150 x 114 cm)

Portia Zvavahera's studio, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2021. Photo by Gideon Gomo