GARETH NYANDORO

Gareth Nyandoro (b. 1985, Zimbabwe) is noted for large-scale works on paper that often spill out of their two-dimensional format into installations that include scrap paper and objects found in the markets of Harare, where he lives and works. His chief source of inspiration is the landscape of his city and the daily life of its residents, including within the larger cultural context of Zimbabwe. Drawing on his training as a printmaker, Nyandoro developed a technique he calls “Kucheka cheka”, named after the Shona verb cheka, which means “to cut”. At ART X Lagos, he will present illustrative examples of the resulting work.