About

Kufa Makwavarara was born in 1983 in Harare, Zimbabwe.

He began drawing at school age, whereupon his teachers encouraged him to devote himself to art. In 1999, he won first place in the UNESCO ASSOCIATED SCHOOLS PROJECT NETWORK. From 2001 to 2003, Kufa studied at the National Gallery School of Visual Art and Design in Harare.

In 2000, the young artist began exhibiting at Gallery Delta and the Zimbabwe National Art Gallery, whose permanent collection includes two of his paintings. In 2018/2019, works by Makwavarara were featured in the highly acclaimed exhibition Five Bhob - Painting at the …