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Tawanda Marwizi Arts Correspondent
Visual artist Mavis Tuazeni who has been doing exceptionally well with her works draws inspiration from women’s experiences in today’s world. Years back she had tried her luck through sculpture but her endeavour hit a brick wall after her body reacted to sculpting accessories. Though it affected her passion to express her views through art work, Tauzeni did not stop there.
“At first I thought it was a dream shattered but then I only realised that we need to work and keep on fighting until we get there,” she said. Passion for art kept her hopes alive, waiting for a breakthrough in her life. In 2007 she then managed to join the National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Art School and she attained a certificate.
That was the beginning of her colourful career as a painter. She got her inspiration from the relationship between a woman and the society and has managed to express how she thinks through her art.
“As a lady I feel that women in particular relate the physical with the spiritual and emotional world in a uniquely powerful way, being the givers of life and the nurtures of others. The physical strength is integral to the spiritual importance,” she said.
Tauzeni, who is an artist at the First Floor Gallery, said she was happy that her works have done enough to speak her mind on topical issues. Her work in print and mixed media moves one to meditation and reflection of one’s inner self in the same way as Tauzeni herself reflects on her inner world.
Tauzeni represented First Floor Gallery Harare at 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London, 2013 and at Berliner Liste 2013. She has bagged a number of awards including award of merit (Peace Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe 2010), Special Mention Prize, (Facet Zimbabwe Now exhibition, Gallery Delta, Zimbabwe, 2009) and second prize for mixed media, (Walls Exhibition Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe) among others.
She was born in Mutoko in 1982 and grew up in Chitungwiza.
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