2021
Master of Fine Arts, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
2016
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Concentration in Painting, Wimbledon College of Arts, London, UK.
2013
BTEC National Diploma in Art and Design, North Manchester College.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Gasworks, London, UK. (forthcoming)
2017
If You Keep Going South You'll Meet Yourself, Tyburn Gallery, London, UK.
2013
We Made You Nations & Tribes, CornExchange, Manchester, UK.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Zimbabwean Pavilion, 58th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy. (forthcoming)
2018
Les Ateliers de Rennes - Biennale d'Art Contemporain, curated by Céline Kopp and Étienne Bernard, Rennes, France. (forthcoming)
Five Bhobh – Painting at the End of an Era, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa.
Vos désirs sont les nôtres, Triangle France, Marseille, France.
Talisman in the Age of Difference, curated by Yinka Shonibare MBE, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK.
Ladies by Ladies, Espace Art Absolument, Paris, France.
Afriques: artistes d’hier et d'aujourd’hui, Fondation Clément, Martinique. Organised in collaboration with Musée Dapper, Paris, France.
2017
Discoloured Margins, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
2016
RSA Open Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Lower Galleries, Edinburgh, UK.
Black Blossoms Exhibition, UAL showroom, High Holborn, London, UK.
Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, London, UK.
Undergraduate Summer Show, Wimbledon College of Art, London, UK Find The Start, Copeland Gallery, London, UK.
It’s a Pleasure [Curated by Jacob Seddon], Greyhound Lane, London, UK.
2015
Black History Festival exhibition, Union Gallery, Chelsea College of Arts, UK.
Drive-Thru, ArtsLav, London, UK.
2014
ganda'Nga: weeping clay pot / Guest Project Africa Exhibition, Shonibare Studios, London, UK.
2013
Visual Arts & Music Festival / NQ Pop-Up, Shudehill Studios, Manchester, UK
The Art of Football, The National Football Museum, Manchester, UK.
2018
Dzimbanhete Arts and Culture Interactions Trust, Zimbabwe.
2017
The Gathering, Kenya.
2019
Russeth, Andrew, Zimbabwe Taps Four for 2019 Venice Biennale Pavilion, artnews.com, 19 February 2019.
---, Zimbabwe Pavilion Announced Participating Artists and Title, contemporaryand.com, 21 February 2019.
2018
Obuobi, Sharon, Episode 19: Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, IN STUDIO with Sharon, instudiowithso.com, 15 October 2018.
----, The insider’s guide to Contemporary African art, christies.com, 15 February 2018.
---, Distance is Rate and Time; Nostalgia in the Works of Kudzanai Violet Hwami, nationalgalleryofzimbabwe.com, 6 February 2018.
2017
Meale, Cressida, No Shrinking Violet, Twin Magazine, October 2017, pp. 119-124.
Lowe, Rhiannon, If You Keep Going South You’ll Meet Yourself, CCQ Magazine, Issue 13, October 2017, pp. 44-51.
---, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami’s colourful canvases explore her African upbringing, Harper’s Bazaar, October 2017, p. 186.
Roberts, Sarah, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami’s paintings are a celebration of Afro-punk and the LGBTQ+ community, hero-magazine.com, 6 October 2017.
Forbes, Alexander and Gottschalk, Molly, 10 Artists to Watch at Frieze London, 1:54, and Sunday, artsy.net, 06 October 2017.
Black, Holly, Five Unmissable Artists from London’s African Art Fair, anothermag.com, 5 October 2017.
---, Focus on Africa, BBC News, 5 October 2017.
Smith, Andy, The Vibrant, Wide-Reaching Paintings of Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, hifructose.com, 13 September 2017.
Jason, Stefanie, 6 Artwork Highlights from Joburg Art Fair 2017, 10and5.com, 11 September 2017.
Gvero, Verna, At 1:54, a young(er) generation of artists take spotlight , happening.media, 4 October 2017.
---, The London shows to see this autumn, happening.media, 30th August 2017.
Donoghue, Katy, Touria El Glaoui on 1:54 Turning Fice and Expanding to Marrakech, whitewall.art, 4 October 2017.
Forbes, Alexander & Gottschalk, Molly, 10 Artist to watch at Frieze London, 1:54 and Sunday, artsy.net, 6 October 2017.
Thompson, Jessie, London art gallery guide: Kudzanai-Violet Hwami at Tyburn Gallery, standard.co.uk, 13 October 2017
---, Artist to watch at 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, elephant.art, 7 October 2017
---. When in London… October brings Frieze, 1:54, and more, contemporaryand.com, 1 October 2017
2016
Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, queercircle.com, November 2016.
----, Artist Interview: Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, cassart.co.uk, 3 June 2016.
----, Winner of Cass Art Materials Grant – Kudzanai-Violet Hwami, madeinartslondon.wordpress.com, 8 April 2016.
Zinyembia,Tariro, Fungisai scoops Ziwa Award, hmetro.co.zw, 31 October 2016.
2018
Nominee: Young Achiever of the Year, Zimbabwean International Women’s Awards.
2016
Young Achiever of the Year, Zimbabwean International Women’s Awards.
Cass Art Materials Grant.
Winner: Clyde & Co Award.
Shortlisted: Bloomberg New Contemporaries.
Zeitz MOCAA, South Africa.
Nando’s Art Collection, UK.
Fondation Blachère, France.
Sindika Dokolo Foundation, Angola.
Josef Vascovitz & Lisa Goodman, USA.