Artists

Gumatsy

Gumatsy
Country: Mozambique
Age: 41
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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. "Painting was, and continues to be to this day, a therapeutic activity"... more

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Simbine

Simbine
Country: Mozambique
Age: 33
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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

Mozambique
Country: Mozambique
Age: 34
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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, which are traditional paintings that use recycled denim as a make-shift canvas. Maketo's progression as an artist continued by utilizing more traditional materials to create his works, such as oils an acrylic paints. He describes his formation as an artist as a continual process of study... more

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Male

Mozambique
Country: Mozambique
Age: 74
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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, the post-independence civil war and ongoing battles with economic hardships. Through the use of powerful mono-chromatic scenes... more

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Ovalle

Peru
Country: Peru
Age: 43
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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 components of the work, subtlety abstracting the original image.... more

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Garcia

Garcia
Country: Peru
Age: 64
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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 and on the international stage. Agusto founded the Euro-American Exhibition, an international art organization that brings together artists from across the globe to host exhibition and promote the arts... more

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