Zvavahera was born in Zimbabwe. She studied at the BAT Visual Arts Studio at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe from 2003 to 2005 and obtained a diploma in visual arts from Harare Polytechnic in 2006,[4] where she was taught by the Zimbabwean artist and printmaker Chiko Chazunguza.[5] Many of her paintings incorporate block-printed elements using oil-based printing ink.[6]
In 2009, Zvavahera was an artist-in-residence at Greatmore Studios in Cape Town, South Africa.[5] Zvavahera represented Zimbabwe at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013 as part of the exhibition Dudziro: Interrogating the Visions of Religious Beliefs.[5] She joined Stevenson, South Africa, in 2013.[4] Previously, Zvavahera exhibited her work at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe and at Gallery Delta.[4]
She won South Africa's Tollman Award for the Visual Arts in 2013 and South Africa's FNB (First National Bank) Art Prize in 2014.[5][7] In 2017, Zvavahera participated in a three-month residency at the GasworksinLondon, United Kingdom, supported by the Institute of Contemporary Art Indian Ocean (ICAIO).[6]
