Mwandale Mwanyekwa Sculptor Portfolio

Mwandale Mwanyekwa -- Sculptures

Artist Profile

Mwandale Mwanyekwa is a Sculptor.

Mwandale Mwanyekwa

Mwandale Mwanyekwa is one of Tanzania's best wood carvers. Her carvings show the feelings that she has for people, animals, cultural beliefs, relationships and the environment in which they live. Mwandale is based in Bagamoyo near Dar es Salaam.

Exhibitions

2008: Women Are Creators Exhibition at Dar es Salaam
       National Museum

2007: East African Art Biennale, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

2006: Kizazi Kijacho, Mafundi Wakubwa Exhibition. 8th Annual
         Best of Modern Makonde Sculpture Tanzanian National
     Museum, Dar-es-Salaam.

2006: Greenwich Council Arts Exhibition. Black History Month
         Citizen’s Gallery. Woolwich, London.

2005: Zanzibar International Film festival Stone Town, Zanzibar
         (festival of dhow countries).

2003: Zanzibar International Film festival Stone Town, Zanzibar
          (festival of dhow countries).

2002: Art festival, Bagamoyo College of Art, Bagamoyo.

2000: “Arts in Tanzania”, Alliance Francaise. Dar es Salaam.

2000: Nyerere Culture Centre, Dar es Salaam.

2000: Zanzibar International Film Festival, Stone Town, Zanzibar.

2000: “Mama na Mtoto” (“mother and Baby”) National Museum,
         Dar es Salaam.

1999: “Baba na Mtoto” (“father and Baby”) National Museum,
         Dar es Salaam.

1999: Zanzibar International Film Festival, Stone Town, Zanzibar.

1999: National History Museum, Arusha.

1999: Swedish Embassy, Dar es Salaam.

1999: Zanzibar International Film Festival, Stone Town, Zanzibar.

1998: European Union Office, Dar es Salaam.

Workshops

2008: Abro International Artists’ Workshop, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

2008: Ngoma Workshop, “Talking Compounds II”, Uganda.

2008: Dwayer International Workshop for Women - Alexandria,
         Egypt.

2007: Thupelo International Art Workshop Cape Town - South
         Africa

2007: 2nd International Women Artists Workshop in Naivasha
        Kenya.

Education

1999: Course in clay Sculpture and Life drawing, Gotland
College of Art in Sweden.

1997 -1998: Modern art and Sculpture. Bagamoyo Sculpture
School, Bagamoyo.

1995 - 1996: Secretarial Course, Baptist Centre Dar-es-Salaam.

1987 - 1993: Mgulani, Dar-es-Salaam. Primary Education.

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