Wallen Mapondera

Wallen Mapondera is a Zimbabwean artist known for work that explores social and societal relationships using livestock imagery. The artist received formal art training from Zimbabwe’s National Gallery School of Visual Arts and Design from 2005 to 2007 and is currently completing his masters degree in Fine Art from Rhodes University in Makhanda, South Africa. In 2015, he was the recipient of Zimbabwe’s prestigious National Arts Merit Award – in the Visual Arts Two-Dimensional Work category – given by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe in recognition of outstanding achievements in arts and culture.