Alberto Chissano

**Alberto Mabungulane Chissano** (25 January 1935 – 19 February 1994) na he be Mozambican sculptor dem best know am for ein work wey he dey use indigenous woods, den sculptures insyd rock, stone den iron. He be considered he be one of Mozambique ein most important den influential artists, togeda plus de painter Malangatana Ngwenya.

## Life den art
Na dem born Alberto Chissano insyd Manjacaze, Gaza, insyd de south of Portuguese Mozambique. Like oda boys insyd de countryside, Chissano spend ein early life dey look after goats. Na he get limited schooling; na ein studies be hindered by ein expulsion from ein mission school secof he dance de traditional dance Ngalanga. Na he be strongly influenced by ein maternal grandmommie, wey teach am rites den traditions such as how he fi divine thru de use of ossicles den snail shells, as well as traditional herbal medicine.

For de age of 12, na he feel say Manjacaze be too limited an area for ein aspirations, so he lef for de capital, Lourenço Marques. Insyd de capital, he find say a domestic worker be unsatisfactory.  He lef make he work insyd de gold mines of South Africa for de age of 18.

Insyd 1982, na dem award am de Nachingwea Medal, a medal dem present by de government of Mozambique in recognition of '’extraordinary merit'’. (Dem name de medal after FRELIMO ein main camp insyd Tanzania during de Mozambican War of Independence).

Alberto Chissano die for 59, for 19 February 1994, insyd Matola.

## Exhibitions dem select
*1964 First solo exhibition, Maputo
*1966 Town Hall, Lorenço Marques, 1st Prize
*1967 International exhibition insyd Washington, 2nd Prize insyd de African art category
*1968 Group exhibition, London
*1971 Munich, Germany
*1971 Town hall of the *Machopes*, Chibuto, Gaza, Mozambique
*1972 Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes (National Society of Fine Arts), Lisbon
*1975 Several group exhibitions insyd Mozambique den Nigeria
*1980 Inauguration of *Museu Nacional de Arte* (the National Art Museum), Maputo
*1981 International Symposium of Sculptures, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1st den 2nd prizes
*1981 Group exhibitions insyd Berlin (Germany), Sofia (Bulgaria), Moscow (Soviet Union), Luanda (Angola)
*1981 Exhibition of marble sculpture at Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual (Center for Art and Visual Communication), Lisbon
*1983 Group exhibitions insyd Portugal (Lisbon den Porto) den Zimbabwe (Harare)
*1984 *Malangatana & Chissano* Indian Council for Cultural Relations, New Delhi, India
*1985 Palazzo Barberini, Rome and the Teatro Municipal, Reggio Emilia, Italy
*1986 Havana Biennial, Cuba, 1st Prize
*1987 Solidarity week with Mozambique, Zimbabwe
*1987 *Malangatana & Chissano*, Ankara, Turkey
*1991 *Le Temps Et Le Sang* (The Time and the Blood), Réunion
*1992 Represents, among others, Mozambique insyd EXPO'92 insyd Seville, Spain
*1999 *Two artists. Two generations*, plus Titos Mabota, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway
*2000 *Two artists. Two generations*, plus Titos Mabota, Bergen Museum, Bergen, Norway
*2006 The Africa Centre, London

## Art galleries wey dey feature Chissano ein work
* Museu Galeria Chissano, Rua Escultor Chissano, 307, Bairro Sial, Matola, Maputo Province
* Museu Nacional de Arte (National Art Museum), Maputo
* African Contemporary | Art Gallery

## References


## Sources

* "Chissano Escultura", Cooperativa de Actividades Artísticas CRL, Porto, Portugal. 1990
* "Chissano & Titos. Two Artists. Two Generations" (in Norwegian and English), Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway. 1999
* "Chissano, o escultor da luminosidade cromática", Museu Galeria Chissano. 2010

## External links

* Description of access to Museu Galeria Chissano, Matola