Birth Name: | Tendai Mukomberanwa |
Birth Place: | Ruwa, Zimbabwe |
Nationality: | Zimbabwean |
Occupation: | Sculptor, teacher |
Tendai Mukomberanwa (born 1974) is a Zimbabwean sculptor.The son of Grace Mukomberanwa and Nicholas Mukomberanwa, Tendai worked with his father from age 10 in his early childhood days.[1] His artwork has been sold and exhibited worldwide.[2] He continues sculpting at the family studios in Ruwa.
Tendai began sculpting from a young age under the training of his father, world-renowned artist, Nicholas Mukomberanwa. He then received academic training by earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Sonoma State University in California. He then moved to South Africa where he worked as a computer teacher. He continues to sculpt at the family studio.
He is a member of the Mukomberanwa family of sculptors.[3] Mukomberanwa is the brother of Anderson, Tendai, Taguma, Netsai, and Ennica Mukomberanwa, and the cousin of Nesbert Mukomberanwa, all of whom are sculptors.