Jetro Zinyeka was born on 27 February 1970 in the Gutu district of Masvingo. He is the only boy in a family of three. He grew up in this rural area and attended local primary and secondary schools.

In 1988 he completed his O-Levels and obtained a good number of subjects. He tried in vain to secure employment. It was then that he was introduced to sculpting by his late brother Gladman Zinyeka, who was then one of the best-known young artists in the Shona sculpture movement. He worked with his brother until he knew how to talk to a natural rock and then work on it and bring out something that other people appreciated.

Jetro’s work was shown alongside Agnes Nyanhongo and Colleen Madamombe in the group exhibition ‘In Praise Of Women’, which toured Oxford, London, Denmark and Sweden in 2003.

His work is also shown by Afrodisia (USA), Zuwa Gallery (USA), Rice Lake Gallery (Canada) and Touch Africa (Korea/Cape Town).