Artists represented in the Lechwe Trust collection

Aase Marie Brun is a renowned Norwegian Textile Artist. Her artworks are based on traditional techniques and materials that use the Japanese Shibori dyeing technique, a process of dyeing on wool and silk. Each work is constructed from a number of smaller elements cut from solid wool. The pieces are dyed and mounted, and hand sewn giving the textile a 3D appearance.

Aase Marie’s diptych, ‘Twin Souls’ (2003) was donated to Lechwe Trust heritage collection by the Royal Norwegian Embassy upon the closure of its embassy in Lusaka in 2016. A second piece, ‘Flamboyant’, was donated by the artist in 2023.

Dennis Jere Born in Kitwe in 1985, Dennis Jere studied at Evelyn Hone College and graduated as a teacher of Art and English in 2006. Having the privilege of growing up in the presence of renowned artists such asVincentio Phiri, Patrick Mumba, and Godfrey Setti has given him rare exposure to professional art in Zambia.

As an impressionist and abstract artist, Dennis’s art is influenced by the daily dynamics of a common Zambian and African life at large. Colour and mood and the deliberate contrast of things in nature has helped him add more to his creativity, as has abstract thought. He describes his work as ‘a cosmic conundrum’, “You don’t need to understand it but you must love it.”

Dennis has exhibited at World Bank and African Bank in 2007. He has participated in many exhibition including African Inspiration since 2017. Currently, he teaches Art at Nyumba Yanga Secondary School and is pursuing a BA in Art and English.

Godfrey Likando Mwikisa was born in 1960 in Nsepe village, Mumbwa. He holds a BA Degree in Fine Art from Zambian Open University and obtained a Diploma in Art from Evelyn Hone College, and further studied Museum graphics at the University of Victoria in Canada. Godfrey worked in Botswana as an Art Teacher for eight years before returning to Zambia. Godfrey has participated in several Group Exhibitions in Lusaka, Livingstone, and at a student show at Kent Institute of Art & Design in the United Kingdom. He is currently lecturing at Evelyn Hone College in Lusaka.

Gift Rabecca Nondo was born on 28th November,1982. She started practicing art at secondary school and joined the Visual Arts association upon completion in 2002.  In 2003 she enrolled in the School of Art Education at Evelyn Hone college, stopping in the third year due to financial challenges. Lechwe Trust sponsored her to complete her Art diploma in 2008. In 2016, Lechwe Trust, granted her a scholarship to study art at degree level at the Zambian Open University. Gift graduated in 2021 with a degree in Fine Arts.

Workshops and exhibtions: 2002, Women in Visual Arts at Electro Commission Center in the Showgrounds, with Shadreck Simukanga’s facilitating. 2004-2008 the Augustudio (imiti ikula) spearheaded by Chafilwa Mulenga. 2009 assisted with the ‘Art Lives On’ exhibition sponsored by Lechwe Trust. Since then, assisted at many Lechwe Trust exhibitions. 2017, attended the National Visual Arts workshop for women artists in Livingstone, sponsored by FSD Zambia.

Gift is currently serving as a vice chairperson for Zambia National Visual Arts, and as a secondary school art teacher.

He accepted an offer to join Ulendo, and accompanied Tembo alongside others on an expedition to reclaim discarded wood for use at the studio. The learning process had already started. Ever since, he has worked with stone, scrap metal and hardwoods which he still harvests from surrounding areas. He has attended several workshops, including a recycling workshop in Nigeria, and has exhibited in numerous group shows. He was also awarded second prize in sculpture in 2010 for the Art for Wildlife competition. Rabson Phiri has featured on CNN’s Inside Africa. He mentored James Mumba who got first price in the Art for wildlife competition. Also exhibited in China in 2016.

“Combined Hair Extensions”, 2018, Grey Marble, 187x70x40.5cm

Born 1945 on the Copperbelt, Zambia.  As a young man showed great talent.  In 1965 held first solo exhibition at Red Cross Headquarters, Lusaka.  Gifted visual artist. Started drawing from an early age, creating charcoal drawings on walls at primary school.  Won art competition at high school.  Studied graphic art at Mindolo Ecumenical Centre, Ndola, then worked at local newspaper publisher as graphic designer, before going to Europe for further art education.  In England worked with Barbara Moore, daughter of sculptor Henry Moore, who was a great inspiration to the Zambian artist.

Nukwase Tembo is a renowned visual artist from Zambia, exploring the intricacies of human existence through the lens of an African woman, who likes to challenge societal norms that marginalise women and people of colour. Her current work focuses on, but is not limited to, normalising blackness and reclaiming agency over women’s bodies.
Nukwase is a three-time Ngoma Award nominee and a top 100 finalist in the Barclays L’atelier competition. With international workshop and exhibition experience, Nukwase has held impactful solo exhibitions, including ‘The Gatekeepers of Morality’ and ‘The Hue-Man Condition’. Her art redefines boundaries and promotes inclusivity in black identity.

Born 1944 in Amsterdam. Following A levels he obtained an art teaching diploma. During 1970-74 he taught art part time at a junior high school in the city of Leeuwarden. He continued to study and practice art, in particular graphics, mural design and the material technology of art. Following the commission of a technically innovative 84 m2 mural he left in 1975 for Zambia.
In Lusaka Bert cooperated with young Zambian artists notably in graphic art and mural design. He also taught the material technology of art at the Evelyn Hone College. Following the completion of a large mosaic mural at Society House, Lusaka, he returned in 1980 to the Netherlands for academic pursuits.
Bert studied and worked at the University of Leiden in the sub-Faculty of Cultural Anthropology where he obtained his M.A. having majors in non-western art and the anthropology of sub-Sahara Africa. His research and thesis is about makishi as art.
In 1988 Bert was employed by the Netherlands Ministry of Development Cooperation as the project manager of what then was named The Gwembe Valley Tonga Museum and Crafts Project. In that capacity he is the founding director of what now is the Choma Museum and Crafts Centre (CMCC) and Zambia’s fifth national museum. He was associated to the CMCC in various capacities until 2008.
Bert did consultancy work as of 1996 amongst others for the Mumbwa Crafts Association in Mongu, the CMCC, The Lusaka National Museum and the Lechwe Trust.
Around 2009 Bert returned to his first professional love: the arts.