Portia Zvavahera

[4] She studied at the BAT Visual Art Studios at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe from 2003 to 2004 and obtained a diploma in visual arts from Harare Polytechnic in 2006,[5] where she was taught by the Zimbabwean artist and printmaker Chiko Chazunguza.

[6] Many of her paintings incorporate block-printed elements using oil-based printing ink.

[7] In 2009, Zvavahera was an artist-in-residence at Greatmore Studios in Cape Town, South Africa.

[6] Zvavahera represented Zimbabwe at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 as part of the exhibition Dudziro: Interrogating the Visions of Religious Beliefs.

[6][8] In 2017, Zvavahera participated in a three-month residency at the Gasworks in London, United Kingdom, supported by the Institute of Contemporary Art Indian Ocean (ICAIO).