Collen Nyanhongo comes from a well-known family of internationally recognized Zimbabwean sculptors. Sculpture has always been part of his life. Inspired by his father, he began studying how to sculpt under him, his brother Gideon and his sister Agnes. He sculpted for fun after school in his free time and then on the weekends while attending college. During that time, art collectors would come to their house or the galleries and purchase his sculptures. After completing college, he looked for a job as a salesperson at Chapungu Sculpture Park; instead, the director, Mr. Roy Guthrie, encouraged him to pursue his talents as an artist.

As he works on a piece, he wants to combine what the stone has in it with his artistic creativity; through that process, the sculpture evolves. The main subjects of his work are of the Shona spirits, nature, birds, animals and figures sculpted in an abstract form. He chooses to work with springstone, leopard stone, and lepidolite. From his sculptures, he wants to help people to understand the culture of our ancestors, the day-to-day life of people and the interaction between man and nature.