Bernard Matemera
Exhibition List
Selected Exhibitions
(From 1966 until 1996, Matemeras works were exhibited annually at the National Gallery, Harare)
The Spirit Within, Atlanta University Center, USA
[read more about the History of Shona Sculpture here]
- 2001Seele in Stein, Museum Alpin, Pontresina, Switzerland
- 2000Kew Gardens, London, England
- 2000Chapungu, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England
- 1998Zimbabwe Stenen Getuigenissen, Africa Museum, Tervuren, Belgium
- 1997Bernard Matemera Serpentines, Grand Galerie de lEvolution, Paris, France
- 1997Tengenenge Verplaatst, Technische Universiteit Twente, Netherlands
- 1997Moderne Afrikanische Kunst Sculpturen aus Zimbabwe, Messepark, Munich, Germany
- 1997Zimbabwe Stone Sculpture, National Botanic Institute, Kirstenbosch, South Africa
- 199630 Jaar Tengenege, Galerie de Strang, Dodewaard, Netherlands
- 1995Ambiente Trade Fair, Frankfurt, Germany
- 1995Talking Stones IV, The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton, England
- 1994The Spirit Within, Atlanta University Center, USA
- 1994Moderne Afrikanische Kunst, Palmengarten, Frankfurt, Germany
- 1993Galerie Knud Grothe, Charlottenlund, Denmark
- 1993Stein Plastik aus dem Chapungu Sculpture Park, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany
- 1993Stone Sculptures from Zimbabwe, Trinkhaus und Burkhardt, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 1993Talking Stones II, The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton, England
- 1993Timeless Spirit in Stone, Barbara Ackerman Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
- 1992Zeitzeichen Neue Kunst aus Afrika, Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt, Germany
- 1992Stone Sculpture, Zimbabwe Pavilion, Expo 92, Seville, Spain
- 1992One-man exhibition, Galerie KK Klaus Kiefer, Essen, Germany
- 1992Man Becomes a Bird, Exposorium Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 1992Zimbabwe Sculpturen, Stadtbücherei, Nidderau Windecken, Germany
- 1991Yakanka, St. Pietersabdij, Gent, Belgium
- 1991Spirit in Stone, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, USA
- 1990Commonwealth Festival of Art, Auckland, New Zealand
- 1990Sculpture Contemporain du Zimbabwe, Musée National des Arts Africains et Ocaniens, Paris, France
- 1990Miles Garden Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
- 1990Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Yorkshire, England
- 1990Stone Carving Symposium, Craigmore Station, South Canterbury, New Zealand
- 1989Beeldhouwers Van Zimbabwe, Belden Op De Berg, Wageningen, Netherlands
- 1988Contemporary Stone Sculpture from Zimbabwe, Barbican Centre, London, England
- 1986Soul in Stone, Alandale Center, Perth, Australia
- 1986Festival of New Delhi, New Delhi, India
- 1985Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture, Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, USA
- 1985Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- 1984Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture, Karen McKerron, Bryanston, South Africa
- 1982Janet Fleisher Gallery, Philadelphia, USA
- 1981Art from Africa, Commonwealth Institute, London, England
- 1981Shona Sculptures from Zimbabwe, Bau XI, Toronto, Canada
- 1980Tenegenge Stone Sculpture from Africa, Fein Garten Galleries, Los Angeles, USA
- 1979Akis Gallery, Standard Bank Center, South Africa
- 1979Tengenenge Sculpture, OK Mall, East Gate, South Africa
- 1973Permanent exhibition The Great Stone Garden, Pretoria, South Africa
- 1970Sculpture Contemporain de Vukutu, Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, France
- 1970Exposição Internacional de Arte Tengenenge, Centro de Cultura e Arte da Beira, Mozambique
- 1970Tengenenge Sculpture, Dorp Street Studio, Cape Town, South Africa
- 1969Lidchi Art Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
- 1968/69 New African Art, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA
- 1968National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2025–2026Have No Doubt of the Omnipotence of a Free People, Catinca Tabacaru / POINT, Bucharest, Romania