Fungai Benhura

Fungai Benhura (b. 1990, Zimbabwe) works and lives in London, UK.

He graduated from Camberwell College of Arts in 2019 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting. In 2024, he completed his studies at the Royal Academy, where his creative prowess earned him the prestigious Stewarts Prize. His works are held in the collections of public institutions such as Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, and the Roberts Institute of Art.

His creative process is itself a rhythmic labor: first, he builds a rich visual foundation by layering paper, fabric, metal sheets, and oil paint onto the canvas. Then, using knives and drills as his tools, the artist carves, scrapes, and bores into the solidified surface. This "reverse creation" is not merely a removal but a revelation—stripping away the outer layers to expose the underlying interplay of color and historical traces, as if conducting an archaeological excavation of time on the canvas.