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Zachariah Mbutha
Zachariah Mbutha was born in 1949 in Kamburu Village, Kenya.
As a teenager in 1968 Zachariah Mbutha won an award in an all African art competition and although he trained and worked as a teacher for many years, his interest in the arts never waned. In 1979 he resigned from his job as a primary school headmaster, steadily devoting more of his time to painting.
Zachariah Mbutha has never received any formal art education. His work is the product of his experimentation and the occasional library book on modern art that he has read. From this small study of the modern masters, he has invented his own unusual style. From Van Gogh he learned bold colours and the impact of vital, dabbed paint marks. The work by Picasso of the 1920s inspired Zachariah Mbutha’s powerful, imposing monumental figures.
"Life Colours", Contemporary Art from Africa, SiemensForum Erlangen, Erlangen, 11.01. - 07.03.2002
"Artists of the gallery", Gallery ZAK, Fürth, Bavaria, 07.05. – 31.12.2001
„AUFBRUCH – Moderne Afrikanische Kunst“, Hotel-Pyramide and Euro-Med-Clinic, Fürth, Bavaria,
"Art from Kenya", Gallery ZAK, Fürth, Bavaria, 17.11.1995 – 22.02.1996
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