Grace Chigumira
Grace was born in 1962, the fifth-born of eight children. (Two of Grace’s brothers, David and Richard, are also artists.) She attended school through Grade 7, stopping because “for girls, our parents just wanted us to read and write.” She was married in 1981 and divorced in 1984. She learned to paint in 1991 at the Weya Community Training Centre because “I had another child and had to work to support him.” She lived in various places, often painting furniture, until settling again with three of her children in Weya in 2002. Grace’s favorite art topics include folk tales, day-to-day life, and animals and birds.
Grace’s Work
