Gumatsy
Artist's Bio - Gumatsy was born in 1968 in the Aeroporto neighborhood of Maputo, Mozambique. During early adolescence, Gumatsy began painting with his uncle, who is the internationally acclaimed painter Malangatana. Spending time painting at Malangata's studio provided an escape from Gumatsy's occasionally tumultuous home life... more
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Simbine
Artist's Bio - Simbine was born and raised in Maputo, Mozambique and has been painting for nearly a decade. Simbine first became involved in art through preparing canvases for a friend who was an artist. He then began personally producing batiks, which are pieces of art that utilize recycled denim as a makeshift canvas... more
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Maketo
Artist's Bio - Maketo was born in the Aeroporto neighborhood of Maputo, Mozambique during the mid 1970's. His neighborhood is renowned for producing artists and he was exposed to art from an early age. During adolescence, Maketo first became involved in painting by producing portraits of famous figures, such as Bob Marley and Michael Jackson. He then progressed to producing batiks... more
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Male
Artist's Bio - Male was born and raised in Mozambique during the colonial period in the 1930's and has been painting for over six decades. Living through numerous political upheavals and transitions over the past eight decades has shaped the themes and emotions expressed in Male's works. His works commonly express the solidarity among Mozambicans that was forged during the struggle for independence... more
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Ovalle
Artist's Bio - Hugo Ovalle was born in the town of Cusco in 1966. He became involved in the arts at an early age and was schooled at a local art university, Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes (Superior School of Fine Arts). Ovalle's style is unique in that he works with a broad palette of colors to convey rich emotion and form through minimal complexity. He paints by breaking down the canvas into the essential... more
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Garcia
Augusto García Peñalva was born in Cusco, Peru, in 1945. He was drawn to art at an early age and graduated from Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes (Superior School of Fine Arts) in 1965 to pursue a life in the fine arts. For the last 40 year Agusto has been painting, teaching, and celebrating the arts in his hometown of Cusco, Peru... more
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Alfred Kimani
Mr. Alfred Ng'ang'a Kimani was born on March 4th 1975 in Nairobi, Kenya. He comes from a family of six and was raised in Thika Town, a suburb of Nairobi. He went to school in St. Mary's Primary School, a missionary school, from 1981 to 1987 where he discontinued his studies as he could no longer afford tuition. He started drawing and painting... more
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Caroline Mbirua
Caroline Mbirua is a Kenyan visual artist. She started painting in college at Creative Art College in Nairobi where she graduated with a degree in Fine Art. Since then she has been drawing and painting as a carrer. She primarily paints with oils and acrylics on canvas and sometimes mixed media. Caroline says, "I draw my inspiration from..." more
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Hugo Ovalle
Alfred Kimani
Gumatsy
