Masimba Hwati was born in 1982 in Harare, Zimbabwe and graduated from the Harare Polytechnic in 2003. In 2017 he obtained a Certificate in Building Indigenous Knowledge Systems for Development at Coady International Institute, St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Canada. He recently completed his MFA from the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is currently a PhD in Art Practice candidate at the Academy of Fine Art in Vienna. His work was included in the Zimbabwean Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. Hwati has been included in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Belgium, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Germany, United States, France, and Canada. His work is included in collections such as the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA); South African National Gallery, Iziko; Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal; Scott White Contemporary, San Diego; George R. Nnamdi Collection, Detroit.