Troy Makaza

A ‘born free’ Zimbabwean, but also a millennial, Makaza sees his work as exploration and reconciliation of competing cultural, historical and political ideologies in Zimbabwe and globally. His works defy categorization, oscillating between weaving, sculpture and painting, physical and surreal, they compel visually and conceptually to shift our paradigm of engaging with the urgently contemporary in African art. Resonating with traditional modes like weaving and tapestry but unequivocally contemporary, Makaza’s works articulate the conversation of what African and uniquely Zimbabwean contemporary can be – a paradigm internationally engaging and locally compelling. 

Makaza’s works has received early critical and collector acclaim, taking part in the 2018 survey of Zimbabwean contemporary art at Zeitz MoCAA, winning the Tomorrows/Today Prize at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair in 2019, joining important institutional collections like that of Museum of African Contemporary Art Al Maaden in Marrakech, Rollins College Museum Collection and noted private collections like Jorge Perez personal collection in Miami. His work has been exhibited in London, Milan, Marrakech, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium in Norway, Evergold Projects in San Franscisco, and in fair presentations at Art Basel Miami Beach, Paris+ by Art Basel, Frieze no.9 Cork Street, Art Joburg and ARCOmadrid. 

Troy Makaza joined Galerie Poggi in September 2022 which presents his first solo show in Paris in March 2023.