Artists
Born in 1955 in Infulene, province of Maputo. Her drawing, painting and ceramics. Was in high school Manuela Sena, John Paul and Anthony Bronze as teachers.
In the course of 1979 is encouraging cultural of the Center for Cultural Studies, with Malangatana Manhiça and Sunday. Under the guidance of Antonio Quadros complete the course in Graphic Communication. Works in the National Film and establishing there the Department of Art.
Since 1982 is to devote himself exclusively to art. She has designs for covers of books and literary magazines and newspapers. Joined the Movement artistic Charrua. It is a founding member of "Artists against poverty" .
Collective and solo exhibitions
- 1977 - Maputo
- 1980 - National Art Gallery, Salisbury - Zimbabwe, Havana - Cuba
- 1981 - National Museum of Art - Maputo, Moscow - USSR, Sofia - Bulgaria, Berlin - DDR / GDR
- 1982 - National Museum of Art - Maputo, Nampula Museum, House of Bicos - Beira, Luanda - Angola
- 1983 - Center for Art - Maputo, National Museum of Art - Maputo
- 1984 - Center for Art - Maputo
- 1986 - Association of Writers of Mozambique - Maputo
- 1987 - Shop-Gallery (legal), Gallery Shop (single) - Maputo
- 1988 - Collective, Maputo and Paris - Exhibition individual, Malakoff, Paris - France
- 1989 - Collective, Center for Art - Maputo, individual exposure, Maxixe - Mozambique
- 1990 - Collective, Maputo, Matola, Glasgow - Great Britain, individual exposure, Arcueil, France
- 1991 - Bank of Development and Foreign - Maputo, Afritique - National Museum of Art Maputo - Maputo, Moira Gallery - Lisbon with Malangatana in Coimbra, and Evoar Porto - Portugal, with Maputo and Naguib in Zimbabwe
- 1992 - National Museum of Art, FACIM - Maputo
- 1993 - Bienal'93, National Museum of Art - Maputo, Beira, Matola
- 1994 - Portuguese Cultural Center and Maputo, Beira, Portugal, France, Belgium
- 1995 - Maputo, Copenhagen - Denmark
- 1996 - Copenhagen - Denmark, Center for Brazilian Studies - Maputo, Austria
- 1997 - MUSART - TDM'97 - Maputo, Durban, South JohannesburgoÁfrica, Gulbenkian Foundation - Lisbon - Portugal
- 1998 - Portuguese Cultural Center, Maputo, Beira, EXPO'98, Lisbon-Portugal
- 1999 - Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon - Portugal, Marble-Maputo
- 2000 - Namibia, SADC, Maputo
- 2001 - "Eyes of the World," Lisbon, "amazingly" Perve, Lisbon - Portugal, Paris, with Malangatana, Évora
- 2002 - Several legal, Maputo
- 2003 - Mozambican Association of Photography - Maputo
Prizes
- 1 First Prize for Design, Annual Exhibition, National Art Museum, 1992
- Second Prize for Design, TDM Biennale, 1991
- First Prize for Design Annual Exhibition MUSART TDM - 1997, 1998
John Kotze was born in South Africa and now lives in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Education
Obtained the degree of Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Cape Town, South Africa
Awards
- Award of Merit at the National Gallery Heritage Exhibition - Zimbabwe, 1990
- Certificate of Excellence at the National Gallery Heritage Exhibition - Zimbabwe, 1990
- Award of Merit at the First National Heritage Biennale Exhibition - Zimbabwe, 1998
- Highly Commended Certificate at the First National Heritage Biennale Exhibition - Zimbabwe, 1998
Solo Exhibitions (since 2000)
- Juxtapose, Gallery Delta, Harare, 2001
- Goethe Centre, Harare, 2004
- Double Edge, National Gallery Zimbabwe, 2005
Group Exhibitions (since 2002)
- Transmission International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Manchester (Grã Bretanha/ Great Britain), 2002
- Gallery Hagstrom, Stockholm, 2002
- Richard Rennie Art Gallery , Harare, 2003
- Harare International Festival of the Arts Exhibition
- National Gallery of Zimbabwe,2003, 2006, 2007
- Havana Biennale, Havana, 2006
- Next Wave Exhibition, Melbourne, Australia
- Installation “ Dollar Falls” National Gallery of Zimbabwe, 2008
Jorge Dias was born in Maputo in 1972.
He completed a medium level course in ceramics at the National School for Visual Arts (ENAV). In 2002, he graduated in sculpture from the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
He is founding member of the Contemporary Art Movement of Mozambique – MUVART.
Since 2003, he writes theoretic essays on the art of production in Mozambique and has contributed to the theory of the more recent productions. He wrote articles for the newspapers “Noticias” and “Meianoite”, the MUVART blog and for the electronic magazine “Artecapital”
Exhibitions:
- He was the curator for the Mozambique at the Madrid Fair – ARCO’06 and the Lisbon Fair in 2004 and 2008. He was the curator of the Contemporary Art in Mozambique Exhibitions in 2004, 2006 and 2008.
- He was co-curator of the Bienale TDM”07 “A Maquina qye Queria Voar” and curator of the Bienale TDM ’09 “Espaços de Hoje: desafios e limites”.
- He held solo exhibitions and participated in collective exhibitions in Mozambique and abroad.
Christopher Stephen Canhavoto, known as Kester was born on 15 July 1966 in Zandamela, Inhambane Province. After completing secondary school in Inhambane, Maputo where he came to the Course of Mechanical Designer.
Begins to be part of the artistic world since 1997, in Maputo, where he participated in several group exhibitions and workshops.
Collective Exhibitions
- 2000 - Travelling Exhibition “ Transforming Arms into Hoes” in the following cities: Toronto, Ontario, Montreal, Vancouver - Canada. His work “ Throne of weapons” has been exhibited in various museums and galleries as the commitment from the United Kingdom towards Africa
- British Museum - London
- Ulster Museum - Belfast
- New Walk Museum and Art Gallery - Leicester
- Shipley Art Gallery - Gateshead
- National Museum and Gallery - Cardiff
- Cathedral - Liverpool
- Museum of Manchester
- Museum and Art Gallery - Perth
- Museum and Art Gallery - Bristol
In Mozambique he participated in a number of collective exhibitions, namely
- Center for Art - Maputo
- Museum of the Revolution - Maputo
- Fortress - Maputo
- Casa da Cultura de Alto Maé - Maputo
- MUSART - Maputo
- Instituto Camões - Maputo
- Franco Mozambican Cultural Center - Maputo
Solo Exhibitions
- 2006 - Center for Brazilian Studies
- 2007 - Franco Mozambican Cultural Center
Selected Collective Works
- Tree of Life
- African Union
- Father´s Chair