Kudzanai Chiurai is an internationally acclaimed young artist born in Zimbabwe. He was the first black student to graduate with a BA Fine Art from the University of Pretoria. Born one year after Zimbabwe's emergence from white-ruled Rhodesia – Chiurai's early work focused on the political, economic and social strife in his homeland.

Chiurai has held numerous solo exhibitions since 2003 and has participated in various local and international exhibitions, including Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and Impressions from South Africa, 1965 to Now at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, which acquired Chiurai's work for their collection.

Chiurai has held numerous solo exhibitions with the Goodman Gallery and has edited three publications with contributions by leading African creative