Aged 45                      Zimbabwe national.

Profession: Design Consultant / Filmmaker

Education:                                                                                               First Class Bachelor of Arts Degree in Graphic Design from Middlesex University (London) 1980.

Master of Arts Degree (with distinction) in Graphic Design from the Central School of Art & Design (London) 1981.                                                                              Post-Graduate Design work was specifically aimed at designing and organising information data sheets to enable doctors and prescribers to make optimum use of drugs/medicines.

Spent a year in Japan studying 3-dimensional design (1986).

Advanced Diploma in Postgraduate Filmmaking at the Central St Martins School of Art & Design (London) 1991.

Currently running a design studio in Harare. (The Maviyane-Project).

Exhibitions : See linked page

Additional Information:

Short documentaries on me by:                                                                                         CBN (USA), Africa Journal (UK/Kenya)

Won the competition to design a new coat of arms for the City of Lusaka, Zambia. (1975)

Won "The Other Book" Award at the London Book Fair for "Tales of Mozambique" Published by Young World Books.

Awarded the Diploma of Central School of Art work done in Postgrad Graphics.

Bronze medal: 11th Biennale of Graphic Design Brno, Czechoslovakia.

Won the International competition to design a logo for National Library & Documentation Service, Zimbabwe. (1985)

Won 2nd prize in the National Short Film  Scriptwriting competition, Zimbabwe (1993).

Several gold, silver & bronze awards for best design, T.V. and advertising. AAZ, Zimbabwe.

Selected for Zimbabwe's Oral History  programme - National archives.

Poster Award: EKOPLAGAT Slovak Republic (1993)

Member of the Graphics Association of Zimbabwe (GRAZI)

Honorary member of Asociación de Diseñadores Gráficos de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Included in 2nd edition of 'Who's Who in Graphic Design' published by Werd Vrelag, Switzerland.

Included in 2nd edition of 'First Choice' published by Craftsman House, Australia.

Included in Rewriting the Rules of Graphic Design published by Pockport Publishers, Massachusetts.

Included in 1st edition of 'Graphic Agitation' published by Phaidon, UK.

 One of 30 Designers worldwide invited to design a poster for the 2nd United Nations Conference on the Environment in Brazil, 1992. (The poster went on to become the biggest seller of the exhibition)

Judge at the Art  Directors Club Inc (New York) 7th Annual International Exhibition in February 1993.

Judge at the Brno Bienalle (Czech Republic) 16th International Graphic Design Exhibition in 1994.

Awarded 'Visual Artist of the Year 1993' by  the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe.

First recipient of the JUST World Fellowship, Malaysia 1994.

Member of the Graphics Association of Zimbabwe (GRAZI)

Honorary member of of the Brno Bienalle.

One of 50 Designers invited to include work in the 'New Design Talent Worldwide Project' to celebrate Idea magazine's 250th issue. Japan 1995.

One of 25 designers worldwide invited to design a special poster for the 1st International Poster Biennial of Buenos Aires, 1995.

One of 12 designers worldwide invited to design a special poster for the WORLD EXPO 2000 to be held in Hannover Germany, 1997.

One of 65 designers worldwide invited to design a special poster to commemorate the 100th Birthday of the celebrated German writer Bertolt Brecht, Berlin, 1997.

One of 100 Designers worldwide invited to design a poster for the 3rd U.N. Convention on Climate Change in Japan, 1997.

Design award at The John Dodds printing challenge, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1997

American Graphic Design Award for excellence in communication and graphic design from Graphic Design USA 1997.

Included in 1998 list 'ID Forty" ID magazine's annual honours list profiling leading-edge designers from around the world.

One of 50 Designers worldwide invited to design a poster for Artists facing Aids for the 12th World AIDS Conference in Geneva, 1998.

Published several papers on design and given several interviews and lectures both nationally and internationally.