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Tafadzwa Masudi Secret Lover I, 2023 Acrylic paint on paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Tafadzwa Masudi (b. 1988) started painting at an early age in Harare while assisting a family friend who introduced him to the visual arts. In 2010 he moved to South Africa and started working in a clothing factory until 2020 when he was laid off. He took the opportunity to start painting full-time and soon his work featured in group exhibitions at galleries in Cape Town. "Circumstances forced me to leave my country of birth and become a migrant. I relate to people who had to travel elsewhere to create a better life and this is what I currently paint. Images that show their sense of self, their dreams and their aspirations." Select Exhibitions/Awards SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 - Pakutsvaga. Africa First X Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv 2021 - Waiting for a better tomorrow. WORLDART, Cape Town ART FAIRS 2023 - Volta New York 2023 - Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022 - AKAA, Paris 2022 - Volta New York 2022 - London Art Fair 2022 - Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2021 - Turbine Art Fair, Johannesburg 2021 - FNB Art Joburg, Johannesburg (online) 2021 - Art X Lagos (online) Gallery Representation WORLDART, Cape Town. Blond Contemporary, UK. Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv. Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork My brightly coloured paintings depict scenes filled with balloons, people and patterns. Observed through the lens of a migrant person existing in a foreign land, the works reflect on optimism and the pursuit of a better future. You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.