Notes

Accompanied by a WORLDART certificate of authenticity, signed by Charl Bezuidenhout, the gallery owner.

"The balloons are not just masks of optimism, they also represent the composed pressure under which some of us are. A balloon can pop any moment, yet it represents happiness and celebration. That balloon is me staying calm under difficult circumstances while chasing the dream of a bright future." — Tafadzwa Masudi, June 2021.

Tafadzwa Masudi is a Zimbabwean-born self-taught artist who lives and works in Cape Town. He specializes in painting and sewing. He started painting at the age of sixteen in Harare while assisting a friend of the family who introduced him to the visual arts. In 2010 he migrated to South Africa and in 2020, having been laid off from a job in a clothing factory, he started painting full-time to reflect on his environmental and social experiences as a foreigner in a new country.

Africa First brought Masudi's work onto the international stage by organizing his first international solo exhibition at Gordon Gallery in Israel in 2022. Africa First also included Masudi in a booth in Paris at the Also Known As Africa art fair and introduced his work to Monti 8 gallery where he participated in a group exhibition.

Biography courtesy of Africa First.

Provenance

WORLDART Gallery, Cape Town, 2021.

Africa Frist, 2023.

Exhibited

WORLDART Gallery, Cape Town, Waiting for a Better Tomorrow, 3 June to 24 June 2021.