Shepherd Ndudzo Seke Botswana grew up in Zimbabwe where his father Barnabus established himself as a well-known sculptor. Ndudzo warmly acknowldedges his father’s influence in teaching him his carving skills.
Ndudzo transforms ironwood (olea capensis), marble and granite into sculptures of silken lustre. He has participated in numerous international cultural symposiums worldwide. He was awarded the sculpture prize at the 2012 Beijing Biennial and invited to teach sculpture courses at St Anshelm College in New Hampshire Massachusetts.
His honed technique enables ancient, dense ironwood, defying its weight and density, to transform into powerful, romantic imagery.
The dark toned wood combined with the soft patterning of rose quartz marble, enables a visual fluidity of softness and ephemeral beauty. This fluidity of form defies the actual carving process and removes any sense of the meticulous method required to avoid any error.
Recent sculptures explore the theme of migrancy and the danger to which migrants expose themselves. The many tragic outcomes of people leaving their homes, in the belief a better life awaits, are movingly interpreted in showing migrants sitting in boats, panic stricken, awaiting their fate.
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