[1] With his interest in art piqued he met Frank McEwen, the newly appointed director of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe.
McEwen hired him as a gallery attendant and gave him artistic materials, inviting him to join an art school which was then being formed in the basement of the museum.
[2] Mukarobgwa began his artistic career as a painter, and was one of McEwen's early standouts along with Joseph Ndandarika.
One of his sculptural works, called Spirit Bird carrying People was the 35c value in a set of postage stamps issued on 14 April 1988 to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the opening of the National Gallery.
Mukarobgwa's art was inspired by his native landscape and by the legends and culture of the Shona people, from whom he was descended.