Morgan Chijumani

Morgan was born on 30 November 1974 in Mutare, eastern Zimbabwe. The second born in a family of five, he finished his 'O'-Level education in 1990 and, in 1993, he came to Harare to look for work, but with no success.

Searching for an alternative, he started thinking about his father who used to carve canoes and drums. In 1994, he tried to carve canoes and wooden drums but found it difficult to get large pieces of timber. Instead, he began to sculpt stone using his father's art as inspiration. Morgan was 24 years old when he began sculpting and he is self-taught in stone sculpture.

He works mainly in fruit serpentine, a hard and colourful stone, to create his characteristic shapely ladies and abstract figures.

Recent group exhibitions include: 'In Praise Of Women' 2004-2005 (touring London, Copenhagen, Toronto, Oxford and Stockholm); 'Love Everlasting' 2004 (Oakland, California); Guruve Exhibition 2002 and 2003 (UK) and 'Spirits In Stone' 2002 (Germany) plus pieces have also been shown in galleries in France, USA and The Netherlands amongst others.

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