Dominic Benhura

Dominic Benhura (b sẽn dog yʋʋmd 1968) yaa Zimbabwe tãnga. A yaa tẽn-bɛdã sẽn yaa kug-tõnd sẽn tar pãng n yɩɩd nebã fãa. A wilga bũmb wʋsg dũniyã gill zugu, n maan yʋʋm 30 sẽn yɩɩd woto. A leb n yaa neb wʋsg sẽn get a meng tʋʋm-teed nins a sẽn maand dũniyã gill zugu, tɩ b naag ne Zimbabwe, Bɛlg, Etazĩni la tẽns a taab wʋsgo.

### A Biyografi

A Benhura rogame Murewa, Harare sẽn be sa-narg-sɩgẽ wã. A ba wã ki-a lame n yaool n dog-a, la a ma wã wub-a lame. A sẽn da yaa karen-bi-kãsengã yĩnga, b yeelame tɩ b tʋm-a Salisbury n kẽng n tɩ zãms b karen-biisã. A malɛk ra tara zak a yembr Tafara tẽn-bɛdã pʋgẽ, la a Benhura kẽnga be a sẽn tar yʋʋm 10 wã. A ra bee a saam-biig a Tapfuma Gutsa nengẽ, t'a ra zoe n yaa zab-n-tɩrga. A Benhura sɩngame n modgd a saam-biigã bõn-naandsã, la ka la bilfu, a sɩngame n maand a meng bõn-naandse, n yaool n dɩk kug-kãseng n kẽng n kẽng n tɩ maan bõn-naambse. A ra sɩngda n maand bõn-naands a sẽn tar yʋʋm 12 wã, la a ra koosda a bõn-naandb a ye yʋʋm kãnga.

#### A TUUMA

Baa ne a sẽn pa paam zãmsg sõma wã, a Benhura ra pa na n kẽng lekollã n maan bõn-naands n yaool n sɩng n na n wilg-b-la a tẽngẽ wã. Yʋʋmd 1986 wã, a paama nebã sẽn da mi a sẽn paam n na n paam zĩig ning sẽn deng n be Zimbawe tẽnga karengã sẽn yaa karengã pʋgẽ wã. A sɩngame n zãmsda a sẽn maand bũmb ninsã Chapungu Sculpture Park la a wa n wilg a pipi tʋʋm-kãsemsẽ daarã, yʋʋmd 1987. B bool-a lame tɩ b kẽng tẽng a to wã sẽn boond tɩ Millesgarten Sculpture Park la Museum wã tɩ b wilg a tʋʋmã b makrã pʋgẽ. A kẽnga tẽn-kãng pʋgẽ yʋʋmd 1990 wã, n zĩnd be hal t'a paam zak Athlone, Harare, yʋʋmd 1995. A ra maanda tʋʋm-kãsemse, la a sɩngame n kẽnd zĩis wʋsg wakat kãnga, n kẽnd tigis-kãsems Botswana, Etazĩni, Bɛlzɛm, Nizo-rɛland, Dani la Alemaynã. A Benhura yikame n na n tʋlg a meng minim sẽn na yɩl tɩ kom-bɩɩs la sẽn na n yɩ-b naandbã paam b tʋʋm sõma, la b paam n dɩk tʋʋm-kãsems nins zʋrnall dãmbã la b sẽn wat n maandẽ wã n bãng b tʋʋmã.

##### A KUUNA
A Dominic Benhura paama kũun wʋsg yʋʋm wʋsg pʋgẽ a sẽn maan fotã la a koglg yĩnga. Yaa woto:  Tẽns sẽn maand yʋʋmdã lekollã  b sẽn maand b toorẽ yɩɩdã taoor soaba a David Schmidt (maar 2001, USA) a Danã sebrã sẽn yaa sõma n yɩɩdã 2001

2002 la 2003 (USA) a NAMA (National Arts Merits Awards) 3D minimã tʋʋmde (maar 2001) a Franco COMESA Club Award for the best sculpture at The Franco COM ESA Club Art Exhibition (2004)

A Danmaar (Lusaka, Zambie) a Cornell Museum of Art and History at School of Cultural Arts Centre (maar 2000)

A sẽn kõ-a a sẽn tar waoogre a David Schmidt (2001 tʋʋlg kiuugã, USA) a Dãns papers Best of Best 2001, 2002 la a 2003

(USA), a NAMA, a National Arts Merits Award) a sẽn maan b toorẽ tʋʋmde (dũniyã gill zugu) a Franco COMSA Club Award a sẽn kõ a sẽn maan a sẽn yaa sõma wã tʋʋmde (Dũniyã gill zugã) a Dani (Denmaar, Zambia)

A Cornel Museum of Art Museum a sẽn maand a sẽn yaa minimã la a sẽn yaa kãseng n kõ a sẽn yaa bũmb

###### A TUUM-RAMBA
A Dominic Benhura tara yam-yãkr wʋsg a sẽn tũnug ne a tʋʋm pʋgẽ; a rɩtga bõn-kʋdse, rũms la ninsaal vɩɩmã; a rɩta a kambã a nu wã me n yɩ a sẽn maan n kõ a bõn-naandsã pãng n paas a sẽn maandã. A rɩka taoor ne a yĩngã sẽn yaa to-to wã n wilgd nebã sũ-sãamsã, n pa rɩk a neng sẽn yaa to wã n wilg b sẽn tagsd to-to ye. A maana bõn-naandg sẽn boond tɩ "Leap Frog" sẽn tõe n yã ne a sẽn be Hartsfield International Airport wã Atlanta, GA wã. Yʋʋmd 2003 wã, a Benhura kõ a Nelson Mandela a "Swing Me Mama" sẽn da be a Nelson Mandela Foundation sẽn be Johannesburg, Afirik Kibar soolmẽ wã. Yʋʋmd 2016 yʋʋm-vẽkr kiuugã, a maana Robert Mugabe bõn-naandg sẽn da yaa Zimbabwe tẽnga taoor soab wakat kãnga, sẽn kɩt tɩ a maand bõn-naandsã. A sẽn maan bõn-naands wʋsg dũniyã gill zugã, a sẽn maan bũmb ninsã yaa "Euphorbia Tree", "Our H.I.V". "Friend", "The Dance of the Rainbirds", la "Lazy Sunday". A sẽn da maand bũmb ning fãa wã, a sẽn maan bũmb ning fãa, a Zeova Kaset rãmbã sẽn da maandã yaa b sẽn maand bũmb ning.

A Benhura tara bõn-naands wʋsg sẽn be sɛk-kãsems wʋsg la tɩɩs bogs pʋsẽ dũniyã gill zugu. Yaa woto: 

MUSEUM:Stockholm, Suède Missouri Botanical Garden:Sant Louis,

Missouri Yorkshire Sculpture Park:Sant-Yorkshire,England EXPO 92:Seville

, Espagne Kyung Am Sculptur Park and Museum:South Korea Benson Sculptures Park:Loveland,Colorado Helsinki,Finland Krohn Conservatory:Cincinnati Ohio FMO Bank,Netherlands Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens:Cape Town,South Africa Westfalen Park:Dortmund,Germany Shona Sol Gallery:Santa Fe,New Mexico Barbara Ackerman Gallery:Los Angeles, CA Kastel Henkenshage:Sant Oedenrode, Holland Kastel Alden Biezen:Bilze,Belgium Workshop: Ft.Catana,Singapore African Art:Berlin,Germand Chapungu Modern Sculptural Park:Edinburgh,Zimbabwe:Germany,Germani Kew Arts Festival,Germanews Gallery,Germania One-Germany Exhibition at the Exhibition Gallery,German Gallery at Atlanta,Germ

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