David Mzuguno was born near the city of Same, Pare district, Kilimanjaro region, in 1951 ; in 1967, He arrived in Dar-es-Salaam and started painting (in a realistic style) while completing his secondary Education up to Form 4 (1972)

In 1969, he had won the 3rd prize of the Esso Calendar Competition but after finishing his education he decided to start working as a mining prospector (1973-79)

When he stopped working as a prospector in 1979, he committed himself to painting full-time, giving up his figurative style of paintings for a more naïve style, he became a member of the Tingatinga Centre until 1989, date when he decided to pursue his solo career from his home studio outside Dar-es-Salaam.

He has a considerable record of solo and group exhibitions, and in 2009 he was officially invited for two months in China as a resident artist. He sadly passed away in 2010 and the purpose of this exhibition is to pay tribute to the work of man with a real creative genius, one of Africa's greatest artists, and who was the last true living Master of the Tingatinga style.