Portia Zvavahera at Kettle's Yard

Kettle’s Yard at the University of Cambridge presents Portia Zvavahera’s first solo exhibition at a public gallery in Europe. Drawing on southern Africa culture, Christian iconography, traditional European painting, and African printmaking, this exhibition will showcase new and recent paintings informed by the artist;s own dreams and the spiritual traditions she grew up with as a child.

These semi-autobiographical works use layers of color and texture and various artistic techniques including batik stenciling, block-printing, drawing and painting with ink.

The exhibition is organized by Kettle’s Yard in collaboration with the Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, where it will travel from March 1–June 1, 2025. It is curated by Tamar Garb, Durning Lawrence Professor in History of Art at University College London. A new publication will accompany the exhibition.

Learn more at Kettle’s Yard.