Painter · Tanzanian · Dar es Salaam

Zawadi Mrema

b. 1991

Mrema paints Dar es Salaam after midnight: empty bus stops, ferry ramps, the sodium glow of a petrol station on an empty road. She works in thin glazes of oil on linen, so that her orange lights seem to sit on the surface while the teal shadows sink into it. Her first sale at Umber, in September 2026, set a record for the artist.

On sale now

In current sales

Msasani, Last Bus, 2024. Oil on linen.
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Zawadi Mrema (b. 1991)

Msasani, Last Bus, 2024

Oil on linen · 100 × 130 cm

Estimate KES 450,000–650,000

Opening bid KES 220,000

Results

Sold at Umber

Upanga, 2 a.m., 2022. Oil on linen.
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Zawadi Mrema (b. 1991)

Upanga, 2 a.m., 2022

Oil on linen · 90 × 120 cm

Estimate KES 400,000–600,000

Sold KES 560,000
Kigamboni Ferry, Night, 2023. Oil on linen.
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Zawadi Mrema (b. 1991)

Kigamboni Ferry, Night, 2023

Oil on linen · 100 × 140 cm

Estimate KES 450,000–650,000

Sold KES 900,000