Biography

Norbert Shamuyarira learned sculpting from one of the giants of the first generation Zimbabwean sculptors, the late Bernard Takawira. He has developed his different styles and subject matters all along the way till today. In the last couple of years Norbert Shamuyarira has worked out pieces of art with much humour and joy of life. Dancing girls with skirts whirling around them, sometimes in a near cartoon like style - buttons on the dress  and the eyes in the face stand out because the artist has chosen to leave them raw, so they appear white (grey, as it is), in contrast to the black polished stone surrounding them. Or he creates a large head with a mouth protruded for a kiss – and kisses it, posing for a photo.
Norbert Shamuyarira works permanently in Ruwa.