Freddy Tsimba

Freddy Tsimba (born 1967) be a sculptor den visual artist wey komot de Democratic Republic of the Congo. Na he make sculptures from bullet casings he collect for Congolese war battlefields. One of ein artwork he entitle Au-delà de l'espoir (Beyond the hope) na dem commission am by de municipality of Ixelles insyd Brussels wey dem install for de corner of Chaussée de Wavre den Longue-Vie street insyd Matonge district.

 Biography 
Na dem born Tsimba insyd Kinshasa insyd 1967. He study for de Fine Art School in Kinshasa wer he get a degree for sculpture insyd 1989. He receive de silver medal for de Ottawa Jeux de la Francophonie insyd 2001.
 Exhibitions 
 Solo exhibitions 

 2007: Au-delà de l'espoir (Beyond the hope), dem install for de corner of Chaussée de Wavre den Longue-Vie street insyd Matonge district, Brussels. Commission by de municipality of Ixelles.
 2016: Au-delà de l'extrême, Halle de la Gombe, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo
 2018: Out of chaos, Beaux Arts Gallery, London
 2018: Porteuse de vies (Carrier of Lives), Théâtre national de Chaillot, Paris, for celebration of de 70th anniversary of de Universal Declaration of Human Rights
 2020: Mabele eleki lola ! The earth, brighter than paradise, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, curate by In  Koli Jean Bofane, plus de scientific contribution of Henry Bundjoko

 Group exhibitions 

 2008: They come from far away, part Miroirs, 8th Dakar Biennale, Musée Théodore Monod, Dakar, Sénégal
 2014: Yango the first Kinshasa contemporary art biennial, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo
 2015–20: Lumières d'Afriques, Paris; Abidjan; Geneva; Dakar; Rabat; Johannesburg
 2019: Encore un effort, part of 1st Congo Biennale, Kin Art Studio, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo

 Publications 

 Revue Noire, Spécial Kinshasa - Zaïre, n°21, juin-juillet-août 1996
 Freddy Tsimba. Sculpteur, Les carnets de la création, l'Œil, Paris, 2000
 Freddy Tsimba, l'esprit guerrier, Fondation Blachère, Apt, 2007
 Les Arts du Congo. D'hier à nos jours, Roger-Pierre Turine, éd. La Renaissance du livre, Bruxelles, 2007
 Freddy Tsimba - Légendes et saisons de métal, V. Lombume Kalimasi et C. Nzolo Ngamobu, Ed. Le Cri, 2012
 Singularité et universalité des destins : la démarche artistique de Freddy Tsimba, Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Cahiers D'Études Africaines, vol. 56, no. 223, 2016
 Au-delà de l'extrême, exhibition catalog, 2016
 Freddy Tsimba-Mabele eleki lola ! La terre, plus belle que le paradis, exhibition catalog, In Koli Jean Bofane et al., Kate'Art, 2020

 Filmography 

 Mavambu (2011) – documentairy on Tsimba by Rosine Mbakam den Mirko Popovitch (26', DVcam)

 References 

Category:1967 births
Category:Human
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo sculptors
Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo people
Category:People wey komot Kinshasa

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