LifeArt77
Location: London
Website: www.brucechidovori.co.uk I was born in 1977 in Bulawayo (Zimbabwe). People ask me how I started painting, ever since I can remember I have always wanted to paint. As a young boy I spent much of my spare time drawing and painting. In the fourth form I joined an art class where I was awarded a distinction along with Art Prize. I was very lucky and had a fantastic tutor who encouraged and gave me the confidence to pursue art as it clearly was and is my passion. At the age of 20 I taught my self-new techniques and found myself experimenting freely with an unrestrained approach. I continued painting creating my own rules and approach by use of acrylic on fabric, as I would do on canvas.
Ideas & Inspirations
My paintings are primarily contemporary with a African-Anglo approach to bridge the gap between both cultures, although my new work contains references towards figurative work. Now that I am confident with my work I have taken art as a profession spending time researching new projects subject matter through world events mostly Africa. I get a lot of my inspiration during these periods and spend much of my time sketching, although I rarely use this information to literally translate into a painting. My work doesn’t draw reference to any particular place. Colour, alongside texture, is the main ingredient to my work. I am particularly interested in the contrast between heavily textured areas and the very flat, serene and blended areas of paint.
I get ideas for my work from everything and anything. Colours, personal experiences (relationships and encounters with interesting people), structures in the city or random objects, in contrast, to more natural subject matter giving me constantly varied compositional ideas for my paintings.
If i was to name artists i find interesting my first two would be without a doubt Kandinsky and Pollock.
Exhibitions
On-line Saatchi gallery UK (2006)
I took part in the world’s largest collaborative art project (One million masterpiece UK 2007) raising money for charities around the world.
"Diverse Colours" Willesden Green Gallery (14 April - 9 May 2008)
"Contempo (i)... Artistic journeys North" Artspace Gallery Mayfair, London (9 - 14 June 2008)
"World Class Contemporary Paintings" The Hayloft Courtyards, Chiswick, london (17 - 20 September 2009)
"Nubia Events" 50th Anniversary of Africa’s Wave of Independence london (22 July 2010)
"The Portfolio" Open the gate gallery London (25 November - 8 December 2010)
"Art Home" Afrikart Gallery, Chiswick, London (18 - 19 June 2011)
