ZCCD
ZIMBABWE CULTURAL CENTRE IN DETROIT’Smission is to educate, archive, & promote the arts & culture of Zimbabwe. We continuously strive to encourage strong ties between culture-producers & residents in Zimbabwe, Detroit, & abroad, acting as catalysts for critical artistic production as well as cultural exchange between communities.
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ADMIRE KAMUDZENGERERE
RESIDENT / FRIEND /
Admire Kamudzengerere was born in Harare, Zimbabwe, and now lives in Chitungwiza. He is the founder of Animal Farm, an artist residence in Chitungwiza. In 2003 he completed a diploma in Fine Arts from the then the National Gallery School of Visual Art and Design in Harare, thereafter entering an apprenticeship programme at the Gallery Delta Foundation. From 2012 to 2014, Kamudzengerere embarked on a two-year residency at the Rijksakademie (Amsterdam). Kamudzengerere has exhibited his work across the globe and was selected to appear as part of the Zimbabwean Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale (2017). In 2018 he was selected for the Dak’Art Biennale, curated by Simon Njami. That same year he won the Miart on Demand Prize, bequeathed by Snaporazverein.
◄ Cruisin’ on Cass Avenue (Detroit) Admire Kamudzengerere (Right) with Wilberforce Majaji who is a friend of ZCCD and part of a Detroit based wire-car organization called Wire-car Auto Workers Association of Detroit (WAWAD). WAWAD was leading a procession fo the Nain Rouge, 2017.