Portia Zvavahera

“In my painting, I always leave the blank space because I feel it needs to be filled by a higher power.”

“India made me realise that we're all the same. People are choose a religion or god that's best for them.”

“I came home to Zimbabwe and realised that what was done in India was done at home... but in a different place, in a different way and with different people.”

“I needed to be true to myself, to be me and say what I feel about my work, to inspire people.”

“As artists, there are always other artists who inspire you. He didn't encourage that. He wanted us to find our own way and we started to find our own signatures.”

“Sometimes in art you do something good by mistake and you can’t repeat it.”

“Art class was serious — you had to draw and were judged on your drawings.”

“I know there’s going to be a battle in the future when I see a bull in my dreams.”