Akazvarwa mumusha wekwaChapeyama, Derere akakura achitamba nedhaka, akazoenda kuchikoro chehunyanzvi kunodzidzira kudhirowa. Kubva 1985 kusvika 1986 vaive nhengo yeBAT Workshop yeNational Gallery of Zimbabwe . Ikoko akadzidza kudhirowa nokudhinda; akahwina mubairo kubva kugalari muna 1988. Akazochinjira kuita zvivezwa, uye aratidza basa rake pasi rose; zvivezwa zvake zviri mumuunganidzwa weChapungu Sculpture Park .