Makiwa Mutomba (born 1976 in Zimbabwe) showed an excellent ability to draw at an early age. It was not until his third year at university in 1999 where he was studying Electronics Engineering that he quit studies and started painting pictures for a living. Moving from Bulawayo to Harare, which is the commercial capital of the country, and then on to the resort town of Victoria falls, where he sold miniature paintings at the roadside to tourists ( hanging paintings from tree branches) . It was at this time that Makiwa developed a love for the knife as a painting tool. Makiwa is presently living in Pretoria, where he lives with his wife and two daughters, and paints from his studio home. He has had successful solo and group shows in South Africa, USA, Germany, London, France and India and has done a number of commissions for private collectors. His oil paintings are painted exclusively with a knife, no brushes.
A recent winner of an award for painting at the SNBA (Societie Nationale Des Beaux-Arts), an annual juried exhibition of international artists held at the Carrousel Du Louvre, in Paris, France, Makiwa's knife strokes "..verge on the brutal, and his use of colour is similarly intense" and yet the result is paradoxically precise, overflowing with tenderness for its subjects"--- Peter Machen-ARTTHROB
EXHIBITIONS
2000 Young Artists Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2001 Works on Paper, Gallery Delta, Harare
(Sold out 20 miniature paintings which were part of this group show)
2001 Solo Exhibition- Miniature Oils, The Black Mamba Gallery, Vaalwater, South Africa
2002 Solo Exhibition- Miniature Oils, The African Easel Art Gallery, Kasane, Botswana
2005 Group Exhibition- Black Like Us, Norscot Manor Gallery, Johannesburg
2006 Annual miniatures Exhibition, Johan Smith Art Gallery, Clarens.
2006 Solo exhibition- Portraits and figures, Artspace Durban in collaboration with The Art Room, Umhlanga .
2007 Group Exhibition- Wildlands Art for Conservation, The Lindsay Gallery, Durban
2007 Solo Exhibition- A Celebration of Life, Association of Visual Artists, Cape Town
2007 Solo Exhibition- Heads, Kwazulu Natal Society of the Arts, Durban
2007 Solo Exhibition- "Paintings By Makiwa Mutomba" . Artspaceberlin , Berlin, Germany
2007 Group Exhibition "Together We Are One" A . Etchings etc... Durban
2008 Featured Artist- Norscot Manor Gallery, Johannesburg
2008 Group Exhibition, Wildlands Art for Conservation, Durban
2009 Group Exhibition, ArtSPACE BERLIN, Germany
2009 Collective Exhibition, Camden Art Gallery, London
2009 Collective Exhibition, Hendaye, France
2009 SOCIETE NATIONATE DES BEAUX ARTS, LOUVRE PARIS (SNBA)
2010 Solo Exhibition, Women, Artspace Durban, South Africa.
2010 Group Exhibition, A Piece of Africa, Norscot Manor Gallery, Johannesburg
2010 Group Exhibition, What Texas means to Me Awards Show, Austin Art Spaces, Texas, USA
2010 7th Annual Black Like Us Exhibition, Manor Gallery, Johannesburg
2010 Artists Camp, Hyderabad, India
DONATIONS/ COMMISIONS
2006 Donated a painting at the request of the The South African High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Dr Lindiwe Mabuza for auction in London to raise funds towards the Phelophepa Medical Train.
2007 Donated a painting titled "Grandmother" to CatPals Art Auction (street) cats of Pretoria and Centurion. Part of the proceeds also went to the Pretoria Arts Association
2010 Donated a Painting to the Lyons Club of Pochefstroom for the BrightlyColouredSight project, proceeds of which will go to the Guide Dog Association for the Blind
2010 Presently working on a project with Johannesburg Child Welfare called "100 DOORS OF HOPE". The doors will be auctioned in August in commemoration of 100years in existence.
2010 Donated a Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi to the Chowmahalla Palace in Hyderabad, India.
AWARDS
2009 Painting selected for "The Perfect Canvas " competition run by Woolworths, and was featured on Woolworths carrier bags.
2009 Prix de Grande-Etapes Francaises. Awarded at the SOCIETE NATIONATE DES BEAUX ARTS at the LOUVRE PARIS
WORKSHOPS
2010 Artist's Camp, Chowmahalla Palace, Hyderabad, India
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