Biography

Edward Chiwawa was born in the Guruve district of Zimbabwe in 1935. He began sculpting in 1970 in Guruve, from where he brought his sculptures to The Artist Community Tengenenge to be exhibited and sold from there. Form there he became one of the 1st generation masters of Zimbabwean sculpture.
Knowing Henry Munyaradzi (he is his uncle) and working closely together with him, he developed his own distinct style, where the human face is presented very minimalistic, two concentric circles for eyes, eyebrows that are marked by a single half-circle pointing upwards, and a single line for the mouth.  …