Survey: Portia Zvavahera

Installation view, Portia Zvavahera: Zvakazarurwa, Fruitmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2025. Photo by Ruth Clark. Courtesy of Fruitmarket, Edinburgh

Portia Zvavahera

Ndirikukutsvagai ndirimugomo, 2024

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

83 7/8 x 82 1/4 inches (213 x 209 cm)

Framed: 85 x 83 1/4 inches (215.8 x 211.5 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Tinosvetuka Rusvingo, 2024

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

Diptych Overall: 83 7/8 x 138 1/4 inches (213 x 351.2 cm)

Framed: 85 x 139 5/8 inches (215.8 x 354.5 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Vanegumi ramazana vachawa, 2024

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

84 1/2 x 150 3/4 inches (214.5 x 382.8 cm)

Framed: 85 5/8 x 152 1/8 inches (217.6 x 386.5 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Takarara dziripo (We are sleeping in the presence), 2023

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

84 1/2 x 107 1/2 inches (214.5 x 273 cm) Framed: 86 x 108 5/8 inches (218.5 x 276 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Kusimudzwa kwevanhu (Uplifted), 2022

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

116 1/2 x 83 1/8 inches (295.8 x 211 cm)

Framed: 118 1/8 x 84 5/8 inches (300 x 215 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Kubatwa kwemazizi (Captured owls), 2022

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

83 1/4 x 122 1/4 inches (211.4 x 310.4 cm)

Framed: 84 3/4 x 123 5/8 inches (215.3 x 314 cm)

Installation view, The Milk of Dreams, curated by Cecilia Alemani, 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, 2022. Photo by Maris Mezulis

Portia Zvavahera

Woman in pain, 2021

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

80 7/8 x 61 3/4 inches (205.7 x 156.8 cm)

Framed: 82 5/8 x 63 1/4 inches (209.9 x 160.7 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Zvandakaoneswa (What I was made to see), 2021

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on linen

82 1/2 x 117 1/4 inches (209.6 x 297.8 cm) Framed: 82 7/8 x 118 5/8 inches (210.5 x 301.3 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

This is where I travelled [4]

, 2020

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

95 1/2 x 78 1/8 inches (242.5 x 201 cm)

Framed: 96 5/8 x 80 3/8 inches (245.3 x 204.2 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

This is where I travelled [5]

, 2020

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

88 3/4 x 76 1/8 inches (225.4 x 193.4 cm)

Framed: 90 1/8 x 77 3/8 inches (228.9 x 196.5 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

This is where I travelled [3]

, 2020

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

73 1/4 x 73 1/4 inches (186 x 186 cm)

Framed: 74 1/2 x 74 5/8 inches (189.3 x 189.6 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

Cosmic Prayer

, 2019

Oil based printing ink and oil on canvas

76 3/8 x 73 5/8 inches (194 x 187 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

In One Accord

, 2018

Oil based printing ink and oil bar on canvas

81 1/8 x 83 7/8 inches (206 x 213 cm)

Framed: 82 5/8 x 85 1/4 inches (209.9 x 216.5 cm)

Portia Zvavahera

His Presence

, 2013

Oil based printing ink on paper

59 x 44 7/8 inches (150 x 114 cm)

Portia Zvavahera's studio, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2021. Photo by Gideon Gomo