Julio Rizhi. © First Floor Gallery Harare
Julio Rizhi
Born in 1991
Lives & works in Harare
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Presentation of the artist
After several years of study at the Visual Art Studio of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Julio decided to pursue his own experimental practice in the Chinembiri studios with several of Zimbabwe's leading new generation artists such as Gresham Tapiwa Nyaude, Moffat Takadiwa and Wycliffe Mundopa. Rizhi's work, like his, is deeply rooted in the urban life of Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, and makes strong connections between consumption and its consequences. His work explores this subject from the socio-ethical perspective of today's Zimbabwe.
His dystopian and dysmorphic constructions evoke environmental degradation and the social costs of high-density living, such as youth unemployment and drug addiction. In a gallows-like mood, Rizhi uses the seductive and vivid colours of the plastic he melts to create his sculptures, as a metaphor for the promises of a better future announced but never fulfilled.
Nationality : Zimbabwe
In connection with
First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare - Zimbabwe
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Born in Harare, Zimbabwe
Solo exhibitions & presentations
2020
Chakafukidza solo exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
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2017
Mushonga/Medicine, solo exhibition, First Floor Gallery Harare, Zimbabwe
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2016
Mushonga/Medicine Solo Exhibition, First Floor Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
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Group exhibitions & fairs
2020
ARCOLisboa Online, First Floor Gallery Harare, artsy.net
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2020
Cape Town Art Fair, First Floor Gallery Harare, Cape Town, South Africa
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2019
Welcome Home, Group Show, MACAAL Gallery, Marrakesh, Morocco
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2018
Next Level, First Floor Gallery Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
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2018
Cape Town Art Fair, First Floor Gallery Harare, Cape Town, South Africa
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2017
Art Africa Art Fair, First Floor Gallery Harare, Cape Town, South Africa
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2017
AKAA Paris, First Floor Gallery Harare, Paris, France
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2017
Another Antipodes/urban axis touring exhibition of Southern African contemporary art, PS Art Space, Freemantle, Australia
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2016
THAT Art Fair, Firtst Floor Gallery Harare, Cape Town, South Africa
