Grand Prize Recipient

Moffat Takadiwa

Nationality:Zimbabwe
Style:Mixed Media
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Artist Biography

Moffat Takadiwa studied for Diploma Fine Art in Harare Polytechnic College, Zimbabwe.
He has exhibited internationally, including the 60th Venice Biennale (2024) and the São Paulo Biennale (2025). His work has also featured in notable institutional shows such as Galerie Édouard-Manet (France), Craft Contemporary (Los Angeles,USA) and the National Gallery of Zimbabwe (Harare).

Message from Artist

I'm truly grateful for this award, feeling humbled and reflective. My work pays close attention to what is often left behind—materials, knowledge, technologies, and cultures that travel from East and West to settle in Zimbabwe and across Africa, carrying stories of use, pollution, and resilience. This honor resonates not only with my practice but also with the wisdom of the Korekore people where I come from, along with knowledge from the global south and the resilient communities of Mbare, where discarded objects are given new meaning. With this recognition, I celebrate the unseen, the forgotten, and the hope of renewal through thoughtful, sustainable futures. Thank you all once again for this meaningful acknowledgment.

Gallery
Belt re-simbi / Metal belt, 2024
Semiose, Paris ©A. Mole
5 Cents, 2023
Semiose, Paris ©A. Mole
Mbinga / rich man, 2023
Semiose, Paris ©Rebecca Fanuele
Zimbabwe bird (b), 2023
Semiose, Paris ©A. Mole
The Tengwe Farms 2019 (b), 2019
Semiose, Paris ©A. Mole
Upcoming Activities
14 March — 16 May 2026
Moffat Takadiwa, The Crown / Semiose Gallery, Paris