Langton smiling inside the open curves of his polished ribbon sculpture — Langton with Ribbon form

Langton beside his three-face sculpture, which stands taller than him — Langton with Three faces

Langton beside his polished torso — Langton with Torso

Langton behind his tall face column — Langton with Tall face

Langton beside the pod-shaped head — Langton with Pod head with oval eye

Langton Musekiwa

Langton Musekiwa carves love, family and togetherness in Zimbabwean stone: faces held close, mother and child, families in embrace. He also makes welded metal and steel wire sculpture.

I carve love. When people see my work, I want them to feel family.
Langton

Lives and works in Chartwell, Gauteng, South Africa.

Biography

Langton Musekiwa was born in 1985 in Tafara, a township in Harare, Zimbabwe, into a family of artists. He grew up watching his brother, the Zimbabwean sculptor Martin Umali, carve stone, and learned from him. He began carving in 1999, while still at primary school, and completed his O-Levels at Tafara 1 High School in 2004.

In 2008 he moved to South Africa in search of larger opportunities for his work. He now lives and works full time as a stone sculptor in Chartwell, Gauteng.

His subject is love, family and togetherness: faces held close, mother and child, families in embrace. He traces these themes to his Shona culture and to his own family. He chooses each block by hand, then carves and polishes it himself.

His work ranges from pieces of around 20 cm for the home to monumental garden sculptures of two metres, and he carves to commission at any scale.

Placements and collections

Langton reports that his monumental works are installed at Paardevlei Lifestyle Estate, a Balwin Properties development in Cape Town, and that his sculptures are held in private collections in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Biography supplied by the artist, 17 October 2026.

Born: 1985, Tafara, Harare, Zimbabwe
Began carving: 1999
Lives and works: Chartwell, Gauteng, South Africa, since 2008
Stones: Springstone, opal stone, fruit serpentine, cobalt stone, butter jade and leopard stone
Scale: From around 20 cm to 2.6 m, and to commission
Metal: Welded metal, found machine parts and steel wire

Works in stone

Three faces stacked one above another in polished dark stone with textured hair, on white

Langton MusekiwaThree facesDark polished stone with textured hair

Standing stone figure with a polished dark face and body holding a pale grey carved guitar, on white

Langton MusekiwaGuitaristDark polished stone with a pale grey carved guitar

Tall pod-shaped stone head with a deep oval eye and a pale ribbed edge, on a wooden base, on white

Langton MusekiwaPod head with oval eyeDark stone, polished and honed, with ribbed edges

Tall stone mask keeping the rust-coloured rind of the block, with a polished oval eye, on white

Langton MusekiwaMask with weathered rindDark polished stone with a rust-coloured natural rind

Tall flat stone column with a polished face carved low on its front, on white

Langton MusekiwaTall faceDark stone, polished face with a honed column and rough-cut top

Column of dark polished stone cubes balanced corner to corner, on white

Langton MusekiwaStacked cubesDark polished stone

Tall slender dark stone form with a rough-cut top and a narrow carved face, on white

Langton MusekiwaSlender maskDark polished stone with a rough-cut top

Long narrow polished stone face raised on a slim stem and square base, on white

Langton MusekiwaFace on a stemDark polished stone on a metal stem

Polished dark stone face beneath a rough, textured natural crown, on a stone base, on white

Langton MusekiwaFace with rough crownDark polished stone with a rough natural crown

Pale stone head with closed eyes and full lips, raised on a dark metal stem and square black base, in the workshop yard

Langton MusekiwaPale face on a stemPale stone head on a metal stem and dark stone base

Finished stone sculpture of two faces, one above the other, polished to a dark gloss and framed by rough golden stone

Langton MusekiwaTwo facesStone, polished face and rough-cut back

Tall polished stone face with a heavily chiselled, bark-like crown and side

Langton MusekiwaFace with textured crownDark polished stone with a chiselled crown

Polished dark stone female torso, taller than Langton, standing beside it

Langton MusekiwaTorsoDark polished stone

Open ribbon of polished dark stone curving up from a square base, with the workshop yard behind

Langton MusekiwaRibbon formDark polished stone on a stone base

Pale stone head with closed eyes and a steel rod rising to a black square base, on white

Langton MusekiwaWhite head on black standCarved stone

Bronze-green stone figure with ball eyes, leaning forward with a hand at the front, on white

Langton MusekiwaBronze-green figureCarved stone

Angular black stone slab head on a steel rod and a steel and copper base, on a white pedestal

Langton MusekiwaBlack slab head on steel baseCarved stone

Tall grey-black stone sculpture with a round opening and a dark carved base, on white

Langton MusekiwaGrey-black stone with openingCarved stone

Works in welded metal

Built from chain, gears, springs and other machine parts.

Welded metal fish skeleton with a head of gears and a red eye, on a stand, on white

Langton MusekiwaFish skeletonWelded metal, including chain and machine parts

Welded metal acoustic guitar built from gears and found objects, mounted on a pale stone block, on white

Langton MusekiwaAcoustic guitarWelded metal and found objects on a stone base

Life-size open steel wire rhino, on white

Langton MusekiwaRhinoSteel wire

Welded metal butterfly of gears and machine parts, photographed on a tiled floor

Langton MusekiwaButterflyWelded metal, including gears and machine parts

Tall welded metal sculpture in the shape of an electric guitar

Langton MusekiwaGuitarWelded metal, including chain and machine parts

Long welded metal fish on a stand with a circular sun-wheel at its centre

Langton MusekiwaFish with sun wheelWelded metal, including chain and machine parts

Welded metal cello built from gears, springs and bicycle chain, with wire strings

Langton MusekiwaCelloWelded metal, including chain and machine parts

Metal face mask built from washers, on white

Langton MusekiwaWasher maskWelded metal

Crouching figure covered in washers, arms outstretched, on a black base

Langton MusekiwaCrouching figureWelded metal

Standing male figure built from washers, arms outstretched, on a black base

Langton MusekiwaStanding figureWelded metal

Three washer-built faces side by side, on white

Langton MusekiwaThree facesWelded metal

Face in steel frame and washers on a dark base, on white

Langton MusekiwaSteel-frame maskWelded metal

Tall curved black horn rising from a square frame with a round opening, on two rebar legs and a black base, on white

Langton MusekiwaHorn on rebarWelded metal

Making record

A carver in a white T-shirt and safety glasses working on the stone with hand tools

From stone to the work

A figurative sculpture photographed in eight stages, from the raw block to the polished piece.

Enquiries

Ask about any work by Langton Musekiwa, or about a commission. Every enquiry is answered personally. Viewings are in Sandton by appointment, or by live video from the workshop.

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