Taurai Mutigwa was born in 1973 in Nyanga Nyatate village,he did his primary and secondary education at Mapako primary and secondary school,he started sculpting in 1994. Mentored for two years by a great Nyanga artist Agripa Ndongwe.
He enjoys carving family absracts because he loves his family and his three children. Thats why he carves the family of five sculptures a lot. He gets a lot of inspiration from the sorounding world,especially vegetation.
He has been sculpting for seveteen years.
His sculptures are found in many galleriesaround the world.
His favourate stones are opal and springstone which are hard and yet flexible for his style movement.
“May your family rejoice as do my sculptures“says Taurai P Mutigwa.