Colleen Madamombe

**Colleen Madamombe** (1964 - 2009) aiva muvezi wematombo we muZimbabwe achishanda zvikuru mumatombo . Mabasa rake rinoratidza madingindira evakadzi, ehumai, uye dzinza reMatiriaki.

## Upenyu hwepakutanga uye dzidzo
Colleen Madamombe akaberekwa muna 1964 kuSalisbury, Rhodesia (yava kunzi Harare, Zimbabwe mushure mekuwana kuzvitonga muna 1980) uye akawana zvidzidzo zvake zvesekondari pachikoro cheKutama, pakati pa1979 na1984. Akawana Dhipuloma reFine Arts paBAT Workshop School yeNational Gallery of Zimbabwe kubva muna 1985–1986. Muna 1986 akaroorwa nechizvarwa cheZimbabwe, Fabian Madamombe, uyo akazoita naye vana vanomwe. Pakutanga, akaita hunyanzvi hwekudhirowa nekupenda asi muna 1987 akaenda kunobatsira murume wake mukuveza kwake paChapungu Sculpture Park  uko akatanga kuveza matombo. Colleen akava shamwari dzepedyo nemumwe muvezi wechikadzi, Agnes Nyanhongo, uye akakurumidza kukudziridza maitiro ake ekuveza mumakore matatu aakagara nguva yakazara kuChapungu.

## Mabasa ake
Kunyange zvazvo mamwe emabasa ake ekutanga aikurudzirwa nekuona majuru, nyuchi, mashavishavi nemakonye, Colleen akazozivikanwa zvikuru nekuratidza madzimai netsika dzavo dze chiShona . Akaenzanisira madingindira mazhinji ehukadzi: vakadzi pabasa, kukohwa, kutakura mvura kana vana nekuzvara. Zvimiro zvake zvechikadzi zvakakurumidza kuita mucherechedzo wekuva munhukadzi muZimbabwe uye zvakagamuchirwa Mutambo wemuZimbabwe wemafirimu semubairo wevakahwina vakadzi vose. Akahwina mubairo we“Nyanzvi dzevavezi vari vakadzi vemuZimbabwe” katatu. 

Colleen akashanda zvakanyanya muSpringstone (rudzi rwenzvimbo yedombo rakaoma rinenge reNyoka rinonyanya kushandiswa nevavezi vemuZimbabwe), asi zvakare akashandisa dombo reOpal (rudzi rwakapfava rwenyoka), semuenzaniso webasa rake guru "Kuzvarwa", iro rava chikamu cheChapungu zvachose. zviunganidzwa. Akashandisa ese ari maviri dombo rakakasharara uye rakakwenenzverwa mumufananidzo wake, kazhinji achisiya zvikamu zvepamusoro pedombo muchimiro charo chakasvibirira oxidized kupa ruvara rwebvudzi kana zvipfeko, uku achigadzira zviso zvinoratidzira, maoko nemaoko mudombo dema rakakwenenzverwa. Masiketi dzimwe nguva aichekwa kuita pfumbu pamusoro, nepo dzimwe mbatya dzakaita sebhurauzi dzainge dzakanamirwa kuti dzinyatsonaka. chekupedzisira yese uye nyaya-nyaya yakave nekuzivikanwa ipapo ipapo.

## Mitambo
Mabasa mazhinji aColleen airatidzwa uye akatengeswa kunze kweZimbabwe. Semuyenzaniso, vakaiswa muzviratidzwa zvekufamba zvebasa revanyori veChapungu izvo zvakaratidzwa mubindu re Bhonitikau muUK neUS. Katalog "Chapungu: rudzi nemadzinza - A rudzi rwematombo" yeshoo bindu re Kwe  muna 2000 inoratidza zvivezwa zvaColleen "Kukura Zvakanaka" (amai nemwana muSpringstone, 1997)  uye “Mukadzi Anotamba” (Opal Stone, 1993) . Zvakaitwa pashoo iyi zvaisanganisira vangangove vese vanozivikanwa “vechizvarwa chekutanga” vevavezi vemuZimbabwe, semuenzaniso Joram Mariga, Henry Munyaradzi naBernard Takawira . Muchirevo chechinyorwa chino, Colleen anowanzo kurondedzerwa se "wechizvarwa chechipiri" asi mazwi haana kujeka, sezvakakurukurwa naCelia Winter-Irving .  Muna 2004, chivezwa chaColleen naFabian Madamobe chakabatanidzwa mukuratidzira pa bindu remuBerlin rinonzi bhonitikau . Katalog iyi inoratidza mabasa ake ehupenyu "Kutamba Bhora" uye "Kuchengeta kwaAmai".

Vakashaya musi wa31 Chivabvu 2009 uye vakavigwa pedyo nekumusha kwavo kwaZvimba. Muna 2010, paNational Gallery yeZimbabwe pakaitwa shoo yehupenyu nemabasa ake. 

## Mubairo
Nyanzvi yevakadzi vose vemu  Zimbabwe