In this solo exhibition, Zimbabwean born artist Gareth Nyandoro brings street reality to the canvas as he depicts bustling street scenes and marketplaces inspired by the difficult situation currently unfolding in his home country.

Juggling Skills reflects the ways in which informal businesses in Zimbabwe spill onto the street, as the fragile economy demands entrepreneurial agility and street whit. Nyandoro draws inspiration to piece together intricate paper-based works that depict this existential economic downslide. Some of the titles of his works seek inspiration from the evolution of slang in Zimbabwean street culture, through the manifestation of code-switching, code-mixing and patterns that have developed alongside Zimbabwe’s shifting economy. Shona and English words are mixed together to reveal and confront the oppressive environment and ongoing struggles to survive in contemporary Zimbabwe.

In Juggling Skills Nyandoro depicts survival, street culture and a glimpse of his own personal perspectives on the complex broader socio-economic environment he resides in.