Albert Wachi

Born in 1975 in Zimbabwe in a family of 7, he started his art career in 1985 at the Tonga Huts Centre. He mainly worked in the abstract form for three years before being forced to return to his rural areas with his family. He continued to work from there using stone and wood as his medium.

In 1988 he returned to Harare and exhibited for the first time in an exhibiting entitled Exhibition Of Young Artist Of Promise at the Gallery Delta in Harare.

In 1993 he held another exhibition in conjunction with the stone sculptor Stanley Mapfumo and wall hangings by Kudhinda Fabrics.

Albert earned a Highly Commended Certificate and a Certificate of merit for his stone sculpture exhibited at the National Gallerys Annual Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition.

In August 1995 he had an exhbition which ran for two months at Delta Gallery, the exhibition was entitled New Direction 111.

Alberts aspirations are to exhibit all over the world and be recognized internationally as an artist of great vision.

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Exhibitions & Workshops:

1989 Utonga Art Studio Training
Young Artists Exhibition, Gallery Delta

1990 Young Artists Exhibition, Gallery Delta

1992 New Directions Exhibition, Gallery Delta
Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta
Annual Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery Of Zimbabwe

1993 Annual Heritage Exhibition, National Gallery Of Zimbabwe
Two-man Sculpture Exhibition, Gallery Delta

1994 Young Artists of Promise, Gallery Delta
New Directions Exhibition, Gallery Delta

1995 Different Directions Exhibition, Gallery Delta
New Directions Exhibition, Gallery Delta

1996 Changing Directions, Gallery Delta, Harare

1997 MBCA Decade of Award Winners 1986-1996, National Gallery of Zimbabwe

1998 Crossroads and Beyond Exhibition, Gallery Delta
Summer Show, Gallery Delta

1999 Festival Exhibition, Gallery Delta
Wood Sculpture & Mixed Media Exhibition, Gallery Delta
Eve of the New Millennium Exhibition, Gallery Delta
Mobile International Artists Workshop, Lusaka, Zambia

2000 Gallery Delta 25th Anniversary Exhibition
Earth Vision Exhibition, Gallery Delta
Colourfields Africa Exhibition, Gallery Delta
The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta

2001 Sculpture by R D Rose, C Matekenya & Albert Wachi, Gallery Delta
Colourfields Africa II Exhibition, Gallery Delta

2002 The Summer Exhibition, Gallery Delta

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