DAVID CHINYAMA
David Chinyama is a Zimbabwean born Canadian multi-disciplinary artist living and working out of Toronto. Internationally recognized for his colorful textured mixed media paintings, Chinyama also works with sculpture, film as well as interactive media design often exploring on subject matters centered upon aspects of identity, encompassing various social, economic, political and religious connotations. His work is a representation of personal fascinations shaped by memories, life experiences, and societal perceptions emanating from his upbringing in Africa to the multi-cultural influences of his adopted home city of Toronto.
Chinyama’s practice can be described as a form of an adaptation to different life
transformations, and a reflection of how we mirror and respond to significant
social changes at any given time
AWARDS
2018- Jurors Choice Award, Scarborough Annual Art Exhibition, Toronto Canada
2018- RBC New-comer Artist Business Mentor-ship Grant, Neighborhood Arts Network, Toronto, Canada
2018- RBC New-comer Artist Mentorship Grant, Toronto Arts Council, Toronto Canada
2018- RBC New-Comer Artist Access Grant, Neighborhood Arts Network, Toronto,
2005- Outstanding 2 Dimensional work (Painting) National Arts Merit Awards, Harare
2013- Outstanding 2 Dimensional work (visual Arts) National Arts Merit Awards, Harare
WORKSHOPS AND ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2003- National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2004 -African Colors Workshop, Harare Zimbabwe
2006- OLD Masters Interpreted, National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2010- Into Africa Gallery, Wensbach, Georgensmund, Germany
2010-15- Masterclass workshops, Academie Des Arts, Avignon, France
2018- Art Connections, Toronto, Ontario Canada
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Reserve Bank Of Zimbabwe
NMB Banking Corporation, Harare Zimbabwe
FBC Bank, Harare Zimbabwe
Starfm Radio Station, Harare, Zimbabwe
Rainbow Tourism Group (RTG), Zimbabwe
Arcol Magazine, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Fortune Street Advertising Agency, London UK
Betendorf Galerie I'm Schloss Garten, Leimen Germany
Sankaraka Gallery, New York, USA
Canadian Embassy, Harare Zimbabwe
US Embassy Harare, Zimbabwe
Vatican Embassy Harare, Zimbabwe
Polish Consulate, Harare, Zimbabwe