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About Celestino Mukavhi
- Celestino Mukavhi (born September 27, 1972) is a Zimbabwean sculptor. A native of the Bikita area of Masvingo province, Masvingo was last-born in a family of nine.
- His parents were subsistence farmers with little education.
- In 1975, his mother was killed in crossfire during the war for liberation.
- Mukhavi grew up on communal lands, leaving school in 1987 to begin work as a farmer.
- In 1989 his father was murdered, and he was forced to move to Harare in search of better work.
- Homeless for a time, he was sleeping near the road to Chapungu when he was discovered by Boira Mteki, who invited him to study the art of stonecarving.
- Masvingo did, assisting him for six months.
- He has also worked with Agnes Nyanhong, Arthur Fata, Cosmas Muchenje, and Garrison Machinjili.
- His work won recognition at the 1992 Zimbabwe Roots exhibition; in 1993 he became an artist in residence at the Chapungu Sculpture Park.
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