Henry Munyaradzi — widely known simply as Henry — was a Zimbabwean sculptor and one of the central figures of the movement now called Shona sculpture. He was born in 1931 in Chipuriro, in what was then Southern Rhodesia, and brought up by his uncle Edward Chiwawa, a local carpenter; he never attended school, and his education was wholly practical.
He became a village blacksmith, and also worked as a carpenter and tobacco grader. Seeking work in 1967, he was introduced to the Tengenenge Sculpture Community by its founder, the former tobacco farmer Tom Blomefield. His skill at metal forging and woodwork transferred quickly to stone. Blomefield encouraged him to work alone, away from the influence of other carvers, and he remained essentially self-taught for the rest of his life.
His work is characterised by intersecting flat planes, circular and cylindrical forms, and faces reduced to a few decisive incisions — equally balanced round eyes, an elongated rectangular nose, a small slit for the mouth. From 1985 until his death in 1998, he lived and worked at his own farm in Ruwa. His pieces are held by the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, the British Museum, the Indianapolis Museum of Art, and other major collections.