Lovemore Bonjisi was born in January 1985 in Ruwa, a small town just east of Zimbabwe’s capital Harare. He is the youngest in a large family, many of whom are stone sculptors. Initially, Lovemore’s brother Lameck (now deceased), who was a well-known sculptor, taught him to sculpt. Lovemore cites as his inspiration the late, great Zimbabwean sculptor Nicholas Mukomberanwa, who was Lameck’s teacher and mentor. Significantly, Nicholas’ influential sculptures often have stylized faces and cubist forms. As a result, one can see this influence filtering down through the generations. Lovemore’s work is elegant and fluid, combining graceful stylised forms with faces full of beauty.