Dondo combines found materials (including tetrapak) with intricate linework to create layered, symbolic compositions. Working from Shamva, Zimbabwe, he transforms everyday fragments into visual maps rich with memory and meaning. His use of unconventional surfaces reflects a resourcefulness and speaks to themes of resilience, materiality and spiritual enquiry.
Drawing on Shona cosmology and esoteric thought, Dondo’s lines form spirals, glyphs and flowing paths that suggest ancestral landscapes and metaphysical rhythms. Each piece is a synthesis of intuition and intention, inviting slow, attentive looking. Through collage and mark-making, Dondo continues to explore the connections between the physical and spiritual, crafting minimalist, tender works that are both grounded and transcendent.
His influences include the Hermetic philosophy of ancient Egypt, divination practices in Shona religion, and Zimbabwean artists and stone sculptors such as Mukomberanwa, Gutsa, Gwetai and Zvavahera.
Dondo’s work has been exhibited in group exhibitions at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, Althuis Hofland Fine Arts, the Netherlands (2019) and regularly at Guns & Rain since 2021 in Johannesburg, Cape Town and London, including a solo exhibition in 2024, and presentations at Latitudes Art Fair (2023) and the Investec Cape Town Art Fair (2025).