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Bouvy Enkobo (1981) | Painter | DR Congo

Bouvy Enkobo studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa, but left to pursue his career alone as part of “the new wave” generation conflict. Besides painting, he also experiments with collage, photography and video.

Neo Mahlangu (1992) | South Africa

Neo Mahlangu is a young, self-taught emerging artist, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. In her work, she comments on womanhood as defined by the cultural, racial and political context of South African daily reality. In her charcoal with acrylic works, she shows sober, powerful female heads in a sleek white surface with an almost mythical appearance.

Laftmonk | France

Laftmonk is a painter and textile artist. She uses weaving as a metaphor for social cohesion to intersect lives and to help create a stronger and responsible social fabric integrating the space of the artwork with the space of the viewer, with works that demand participation or interaction.

Cristiano Mangovo (1982) | Angola

Cristiano Mangovo, visual artist, has completed the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa (DR Congo) with additional training in urban scenography and performance. In his paintings and collages, Mangovo has developed various styles and symbols over the years, but always with a surrealistic twist.

Mumpasi Meso (1984) | Angola / Brazil

Mumpasi Meso is son of the Angolan painter and mosaic artist Za Meso Mumpasi. Mumpasi is a master in orchestrating colors and forms using different techniques and has his own signature in it.

Our criteria for choosing high-quality artists

Artists in contemporary visual arts (o.a. drawing, painting, collage, print, photography, sculpture, multimedia, installation & performances)
Certified fine arts education at a generally acknowledged institute
Practice in non-Western country of origin/residence for at least 5 years
National and regional recognition through solo and group exhibitions and/or international artist-in-residence experience and/or other forms of recognition
Prepared to engage in a mutual longer term commitment
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