Mike Chaumba
Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom
''The finished work is often a stranger to, and sometimes very much at odds with what the artist felt...
About the artist
Mike Chaumba
Joined In 2018
(5 Followers)
About the artist
Mike Chaumba
Joined In 2018
(5 Followers)
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''The finished work is often a stranger to, and sometimes very much at odds with what the artist felt, or wished to express when he began. At best the artist does what he can rather than what he wants to do. After the battle is over and the damage faced up to, the result may be surprisingly dull—but sometimes it is surprisingly interesting. The mountain brought forth a mouse, but the bee will create a miracle of beauty and order. Asked to enlighten us on their creative process, both would be embarrassed, and probably uninterested. The artist who discusses the so-called meaning of his work is usually describing a literary side-issue. The core of his original impulse is to be found, if at all, in the work itself. ''
Born in Mberengwa, Zimbabwe, l am a Modernist painter, mainly inspired by Doménikos Theotokópoulos,, Picasso Pablo and Henri Émile Benoît Matisse . Before I start painting, I have to read as much as I can about the specific set of rules I would be about to recreate on my canvas. I do not want to just merely capture the image with my brushes, but rather to give that society life once more. I try with every finished work to breathe life into a long forgotten culture so that its design, ideas, innovation and lifestyles are...
BS Degree in Art Education ( University of Zimbabwe)
BS Degree in Fine Art and Aesthetics ( Plymouth University of Art) England
• Diploma in Primary Education (Specialized in Art and Design).Distinction
Tertiary Institutions Festival Of Arts In Zimbabwe (2014)
Research And Intellectual Output Socio-Economic Transformation (RIO SET) 2014
Tertiary Institutions Festival Of Arts In Zimbabwe (2015)
Research And Intellectual Output Socio-Economic Transformation (RIO SET) 2015
Manicaland Show Of The Arts (MANISA) 2015
Tertiary Institutions Festival Of Arts In Zimbabwe (2016)
Research And Intellectual Output Socio-Economic Transformation (RIO SET) 2016
Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) 2016
Manicaland Show Of The Arts (MANISA) 2016
Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) 2017
Manicaland Show Of The Arts (MANISA) 2018