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Lacknos Chingwaro

Age: 42

Works for Sale

  • Fledglings Price on application
    Fledglings
    Price on application

Previous Works

  • Stork Mother Not for sale
    Stork Mother
    Not for sale

Lacknos was born in February 1980 in Mukaera in northern Zimbabwe. He comes from a family that both among the sculptors in the Guruve region and in the religious community of Mukaera enjoys a high reputation. He began sculpting at the age of 12, he really just wanted to be a football player (soccer) and sculpting was a pass time, when his father fell ill he had to sculpt in order to support his family.

In 1994 he joined the artistic community at Tengenenge, gave workshops and was soon one of the sculptors of the artists’ village, which could earn his living alone with sculptures. When after the turn of the century the ownership and the responsibilities were opaque in Tengenenge, he went all the way back to Mukaera, where he still lives and works.

He describes himself as a religious, reserved, almost shy man. This is also reflected in his work.

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The Zimbabwean sculptures, tucked along the garden’s paths, are beautiful in their simplicity, carved from a single stone that reveals its form as artists without a plan make their first cuts. Sculptors such as Passmore Mupindiko and Patrick Sephani, who will demonstrate their talents through the Dow Gardens run, tap into a fusion of their country’s cultural legacy and contemporary environment.

When Passmore Mupindiko’s grandfather taught him how to sculpt, an art that once captured the images of Zimbabwe’s tribal chiefs so that new generations would know what great men they were, the 7-year-old couldn’t imagine where his art would lead him.

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