Gillian Rosselli
Solo Exhibitions
2026 - 'Beyond the Noise', Gallery Toplev, Salzburg, Austria
2026 - 'as for me', The Arches at Aberfoyle, Aberfoyle, Zimbabwe
2025 - 'Episodes of the Whole', THK Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2023 - 'A Gathering', National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2017 - 'A Day at Sea', Irma Stern Museum, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
2015 - 'Belonging', Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2008 - 'Omniscience', Rheiner and Reitbauer Studio, Harare, Zimbabwe
2003 - 'Kupesana', National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Mutare, Zimbabwe
2002 - 'Land and Water', Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 - 'Hunyanzvi (Mastery)', Grisebach, Zurich, Switzerland
2024 - 'UNDONE', Pavilion of Zimbabwe, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2023 - 'Optimal Vibrations', Graham Contemporary, Johannesburg, South Africa
2022 - 'MILK - Current Affairs 2022 – Conversations about the Body', Nel Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2019/20 - 'Fast Forward – The Future of Work in a Green Economy' International Labour Organisation (ILO), Harare
2018/19 - 'Five Bhobh – Painting at the End of an Era', Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
2018/19 - 'Blood Relatives', National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2015 - 'Waste no Waste: Trash is Treasure', National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2014 - '100 Hundred', Alliance Francaise de Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
2009 - 'A Tribute to Luke Bezeidenhout', National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2008 - 'Ex Pression of Zimbabwe', Université D'Avignon, Avignon, France
2006 - 'Women's Film Festival', National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
2003 - 'African Colours', HIVOS, Friesland, Netherlands
2003 - 'crossing – knotting', transpORTale, Nordbahnhof, Berlin, Germany
2002 - 'Transmission – Sexual Health and Art', LIME, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester, UK
2000 - 'Zimbabwe Biennale', National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Art Fairs
2025 - ICTAF - Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2025, Cape Town, South Africa
2024 - AKAA - Also Known As Africa - Art & Design Fair, Paris, France
Public Collections
Permanent Collection, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Permanent Collection, Royal Embassy of the Netherlands, Harare, Zimbabwe
Permanent Collection, Cottco Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Permanent Collection, University of Cape Town (UCT), Cape Town, South Africa
Permanent Collection, Sheraton Hotels
Permanent Collection, Anglo American
Permanent Collection, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Permanent Collection, Mobil Oil
Media
'Forward, Upward, Onward: Narratives of Achievement in African and Afroeuropean Contexts',
Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, Germany, 'Snakes & Ladders' – Cover Design, January 2020
'Five Bhobh: Painting at the End of an Era', Exhibition Catalogue, Zeitz MOCAA, November 2018, Pages 24, 26, 140-141, 162-163, 215-217, 257
'Zimbabwe Art', House of Books and National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 2017, Page 307
'Mawonero / Umbono: Moderne und Zeitgenössische Kunst in Simbabwe', Kerber Verlag, August 2015, Pages 74, 77-78
'Environment Africa', Annual Report 2002, 'Contaminated Water' - Cover Design, 2002
Achievements / Awards
One of 6 artists representing Zimbabwe at the 60th Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy in the exhibition 'UNDONE', at the Pavilion of Zimbabwe, on view from 18th of April until 25th of November 2024
Nominated for the Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2025, a collaboration between
The Sovereign Art Foundation and Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa
‘Artist of the Year' Zimbabwean International Women's Award, 2016 (Nominee)
‘Waste no Waste : Trash is Treasure', National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 2015 (First Prize)
Zimbabwe Biennale, Harare, Zimbabwe, 2000 (Award of Merit)
F.A.C.T Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 1999 (First Prize)
Longmans Women Exhibition, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 1999 (Award of Merit)
Zimbabwe Biennale, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 1998 (Award of Merit)
Zimbabwe Biennale, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 1995 (Overall Award of Distinction for Painting)
Zimbabwe Biennale, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 1995 (Award of Merit)
