Stanford Derere

BORN:
Born at Chapeyama Village Mokosa Mutoko, from a family of eight boys,

PARENTS:
Tagara and Ernesteria.

EARLY LIFE:
As a kid Stanford used to spend a lot of time playing with clay – this was the beginning of his interest in art. This was when he started tending to small plots of land for vegetables.When he started school the interest was more on drawing since he was unable to read. This was during the comic book era and he was getting more interested in drawing and painting.

EDUCATION:
Before joining the BAT Workshop, Stanford attended Peter Burgh School of Art, but unfortunately his work could not afford to pay for the fees. This was when he saw an advertisement about the BAT Workshop, of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe in 1995-86. Stanford specialised in painting and printmaking, after this he switched to sculpture, which he is still doing to this day, but he still likes to paint.

AWARDS:
In 1988 he was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for my piece ‘The Beekeeper’.

MEDIUMS USED IN WORK:
Stone, Wood and Metal

SUBJECTS OF WORK: Animals but mostly birds.

EXHIBITIONS:
Stanford participated in the annual exhibition of the National Gallery of Zimbabwe from 1985-91plus many others 1985 Africa Centre, London, England 1985 – early 90’s Delta Gallery 85 – to early 90’s 1985-93 National Gallery Annual Exhibition, Harare, Zimbabwe 1991 Pachipamwe International 1992 Solo exhibition, Dendera Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe 1993 Two man exhibition, Sandro’s Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe 1993 Touring exhibition, Finland 1993 Galerie Knud Grothe, Copenhagen, Denmark 1994 Solo exhibition, Dendera Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe 1994 Galerie Knud Grothe, Copenhagen, Denmark 2000 Denmark and several international exhibitions

Stanford Derere sculpture for sale from The Sculpture Park is detailed below: