MAZOLA WA MWASHIGHADI


"A multi-dimensional artist living and working in Jamaica since 1997"      

DATE OF BIRTH: April 9, 1964 

PLACE OF BIRTH: Taita-Taveta District, Kenya 

EDUCATION: 

1997-1998 Commonwealth Art &Craft Fellowship Award (Self Development   ,Study Program ) 
Edna Manley College Of The Visual And Performing Arts, Kingston , Jamaica. 
1991-1994 Diploma in Fine Art (Drawing& Painting) Creative Art Centre Nairobi,  Kenya 
1985-87  Asumbi  Teachers’ Training College, South Nyanza ,  Kenya. 



SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2019  November –December “Versatile” Sculptures and Paintings, at The Playground,  Craig Hill, Jamaica. 
2019   January  ,SALAH , Sculptural Installation and Performance ,Downtown Kingston,  Jamaica. 
2015   Sculpted Stories   ,Shallom House Washington DC. 
2O14   Vision 3050   Harmony Hall, Jamaica. 
2010 Spiritual Romance, Soft Box Studios Gallery, St.Clair, Trinidad &Tobago 
2009 Solo Exhibition, Gallery of Caribbean Art,  Barbados 
2009 Solo Exhibition, Gallery  Pegasus  ,Kingston,  Jamaica 
2007/08 State of Mind, Mutual Gallery, Kingston,  Jamaica 
2004 MZANGO,  (Sculpture),Gallery Pegasus, Kingston, Jamaica. 
2004 Solo Exhibition, Harmony Hall,  Antigua 
2004 CHIA,  (Sculpture  &Paintings),Gallery of Caribbean Art, Barbados. 
2000 Destinations, Gallery   Pegasus,  Kingston, Jamaica 
1999 Celebration of Fused Memories, The  Orange Circle  Studio, Nairobi, Kenya. 
1998 Memories Do Linger, French Culture Centre, Nairobi,  Kenya 
1998 Sacrifice  for Rain, Gallery Pegasus, Kingston  ,Jamaica 
1997 One Man Show, Nairobi, Kenya 



SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2006 Art of Sculpture, Mutual Life Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica 
2002 Two to the Power of Three, Simon Bolivar Auditorium, Trinidad &Tobago 
2001 8 Kenyan  Artists  ,Milan and Rome,  Italy 
1999 9th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh 
1997/98 Scotland Africa Travelling Exhibition, Edinburgh  and   London 
1998 Young Generation, Mutual Life Gallery, Kingston,   Jamaica 
1994/95 Royal Overseas League, 11th and12th Annual Exhibitions, London, England. 
1994 Kenya Arts Festival, National Museum  of  Kenya, Nairobi,  Kenya 

AWARDS:

Commonwealth Art & Craft Fellowship Award for  The  African Region  1996/97. 
Overseas Prize, and Savannah Gallery Prize  [dedicated to an African  Artist], 11th Annual Exhibition of the Royal Overseas League 1994. 
Juror’s Prize, Tea Glorious Tea, Revolution Gallery, Kingston  ,Jamaica 2009 
3rd Prize, Art Africa,  7th Pan-Africa Congress, Kampala, Uganda,1994 



COMMISSIONS: 

Totem of Heritage, University of Technology, Kingston, Jamaica 
Book Illustration “,Fumo Liyongo A Swahili Hero “ Jacaranda Designs, Nairobi, Kenya. 
Numerous other corporate & individual commissions.