Raphael Chikukwa (born 1970) is a Zimbabwean curator and the Executive Director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe since 2020.
[2][3][4] Chikukwa is a Chevening Scholar who holds an MA in Curating Contemporary Design from Kingston University London.
Chikukwa studied and trained in Europe before he was appointed Curator of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe.
While there he was the founding curator of the Zimbabwean Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011, and he organized the country's representation in 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2022.
[7] In 2021, he was a member of the visual arts jury for the annual DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program.