Franklyn Dzingai

Franklyn Dzingai was born in 1988 in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe. In 2009 he started his fine art studies at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe Visual Art Studio in Harare and finished in 2011 with a focus on printmaking.

Franklyn Dzingai is now an emerging artist working in Harare, who specialises in printmaking. He prefers using cardboard for printing relief using the reductive method. Collage and drawing are often incorporated into his prints. His prints are typically vibrant incolour and ornate in design. He sources his images from books, magazines, newspapers and family photos. Themes such as social interactions and personal memories are found in his prints.

Franklyn is one of the few artists in Zimbabwe who focuses on printmaking and has perfected the cardboard printing method. This has led him to win many awards at various shows and exhibitions in Harare.

Workshops and Residencies

Dzimbanhete Gallery, Harare
2016 Taboos and Legends research project at Dzimbanhete Gallery, Harare
2016 Screen printing Residency at Dzimbanhete Gallery, Harare
2015 Workshop and Residency at Dzimbanhete in collaboration with CantincaTabacaru Gallery
2013 Barclays Bank Zimbabwe and National Gallery of Zimbabwe Art

Workshop

2013 Claim your space Village Unhu,
2013 Printmaking Workshop Gallery Delta
2011 Oil painting Workshop at National Gallery
2010 Drawing and Painting Workshop at Gallery Delta
2009 Portraiture Drawing Workshop at National Gallery,Harare
2009 Drawing and Printmaking Workshop at Gallery Delta,Harare

Awards

2015 Second price print award sponsored by Embassy of Switzerland Gallery Delta, Harare
2011 Second price print award from European Union competition Freedom Revisited at Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2011 Outstanding work prize print award 3rd year exhibition at National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2010 First prize print award 2nd year exhibition at National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare

Exhibitions

2020 Past & Present 45th Anniversary exhibition Gallery Delta
2019 Rembrandt @350 National gallery of Zimbabwe
2019 The Annual Summer show exhibition Gallery Delta 2019
2018 Harare contemporary,Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi in collaboration with First Floor Gallery
2018 Paper Tigers, Three Men show, First Floor Gallery, Harare
2018 Blood Relatives, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2018 From Line to Form III, Gallery Delta
2018 Resurrection Exhibition, Artillery Gallery, Harare
2017 Annual Show, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2017 From Line to Form II Gallery Delta
2017 Bridges Three man show, Lucy Chang Fine Arts, Hong Kong
2016 Cape town Art fair Capetown South Africa
2016 From Line to Form Gallery Delta
2016 ZigZagZim II National Gallery, in collaboration with CantincaTabacaru Gallery

2016 Beyond The Body Exhibition Tsoko Gallery, Harare
2016 Mask Ball Exhibition and Auction National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2016 Young Artist Exhibition Gallery, Harare
2016 Artist in the Stream VII Gallery Delta
2016 Surface = Drawing Village Unhu
2015 Mharidzo Annual Show, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2015 100 Hundred exhibition Village Unhu
2015 Prominent Personalities,National Gallery of Zimbabwe
2015 Migration Gallery Delta, Harare
2015 Artist in the Stream VI Gallery Delta
2015 Born Free a whole new mind, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2014 Zimbabwe Annual Show, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2014 Artist in the Stream 1V, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2014 Emoji, Koovah Gallery, Harare
2014 Way Finding, Gallery Delta, Harare
2014 Tragedy and Comedy, Gallery Delta, Harare
2013 MukatiUnze: Exploring the spirit of the Zambezi exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2013 100 Hundred exhibition, Alliance Francaise, Harare
2013 No Limits competition and exhibition,First floor Gallery, Harare
2013 Chiso-Face Portrait Exhibition, First floor Gallery, Harare
2013 Artist in the Stream iv’, Gallery Delta, Harare
2012 Annual Art and Sport contest, Harare
2012 Art Alive fundraising and exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2012 Idea of Self exhibition, National Gallery Zimbabwe, Harare
2012 Artist in the Stream III, Gallery Delta, Harare
2012 Tradition, Family and Religion competition and exhibition, Delta Gallery, Harare
2011 Transition Student Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2011 Freedom Revisited Competition and Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare
2011 ZviroZviedzwa (Exploration) Printmaking Exhibition, Dzimbanhete, Harare
2011 Artist in the stream II, Gallery Delta
2011 Art in the city exhibition invited guest Dario Basso, Basement Gallery
2011 Bukira Fresh Growth, 3 Man Show, First floor Gallery, Harare
2010 Makuwerere Exhibition – First floor Gallery, Harare
2010 Printmaking Exhibition – Dzimbanhete Gallery, Harare
2010 Changing Times Student Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2010 Facet Zimbabwe Now Competition and Exhibition, Gallery Delta
2010 Live n Direct Exhibition and Competition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2010 35 Years Zimbabwe Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare
2009 Walls, Berlin Walls Competition and Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare
2009 Portraiture Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare