

Acrylic on canvas.
46,4 x 54,3 in

Acrylic and glitters on canvas
47 1/4 x 62 63/64 inches

Acrylic and glitters on canvas
55 1/8 x 55 1/8 in

Acrylic and glitters on canvas
55 1/8 x 55 1/8 inches

Acrylic and glitters on canvas
47 1/4 x 62 63/64 inches


oil-based paint and glitters on canvas
47,5 x 70 inches

oil-based paint and glitters on canvas
43 x 51 inches

oil-based paint and glitters on canvas
50.5 x 50.5 inches

Acrylic sur toile
51,1 x 78,7 inches


Acrylic and glitters on canvas
78 x 51 in

Acrylic and glitters on canvas
51 x 78 in

Acrylic and glitters on canvas
55 x 55 in

Acrylique sur toile
156 x 128,6 cm, dim châsssis

Acrylique sur toile
130 x 199 cm (futur châssis)
As the majority of "popular" artists from Kinshasa, his talent for drawing unveiled early. Shula started at the age of 15 as his cousin assistant, the well known Moke, the godfather of the "popular painting" and a colourist master. He is one of those that thinks that their narrative paintings directly stemmed from everyday life must be critical, condemn political unfairness, bring awareness and educate the population. This is the reason why all his paintings suggest the message. " Painters are useful because they say out loud what others think to themselves".
Shula distinguishes himself from the other "popular painters" such as Moke, Chéri Samba, Chéri Chérin. His characteristic combination of colours provides to his paintings an effect of unreal, as if he managed to overcome reality. The theme of his recent paintings brings a new perspective to global problems such as global warming, international policy and the relationship of mankind with technology.
"The artist shows his singularity in 2012 when he chooses to depict the technological mutations of the world and the growing robotization. With a surrealist humor that evokes the Chaplin of Modern Times, he paints the processed man, transformed into a simple wheel of a complex mechanism, dislocated and connected puppets. We are however far from the darkness of the movie Matrix. Shula's characters are consenting slaves of digital communication. "Men think of machines as a friend, but it is a mistake" he regrets. "Do you find it normal that a woman and a man meeting in a restaurant spend their time on their phones without talking to each other? My son is always wearing his earphones. I am also in front of my computer or Euronews. We can't be stuck at the Stone Age nor go back, but we need safeguards. It is very troubling to live in a world in which fiction and reality intertwine."
Perfectly constructed, his paintings can be distinguished by a cold set of colors, accentuated by the prevailing of a cobalt blue color, almost like a television. Shula intends to explore the question of smart houses, managed by computer systems. Future or fantasy? It doesn't matter. His eye is greedy: he knows that he found an inexhaustible source."
Le Monde
Roxana Azimi
Written on September 7, 2015
PUBLICATIONS

Steve Bandoma,
Bela,
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula,
Pathy Tshindele
Beauté Congo - 1926-2015 - Congo Kitoko
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Author : Textes de Thomas Bayet, In Koli Jean Bofane, Michael De Plaen, Frédéric Lomami Haffner, Nancy Rose Hunt, Jean-Christophe Lanquetin, Elikia M'Bokolo, André Magnin, Dominique Malaquais, Pedro Monaville, Bob W. White et entretiens avec de nombreux artistes
Editor : Édition Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
2015

Joël Andrianomearisoa,
Steve Bandoma,
Bela,
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Calixte Dakpogan,
Omar Victor Diop,
John Goba,
Romuald Hazoumè,
George Lilanga,
Albert Lubaki,
Gonçalo Mabunda,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Gérard Quenum,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula,
Cyprien Tokoudagba,
Pathy Tshindele
Billie Zangewa,
African Stories
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Author : André Magnin
2014
PRESS
Monsengo Shula
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, NYC, Opens This Week
Art Africa
Steve Bandoma,
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Monsengo Shula
Fondation cartier traces the creative spirit of the democratic republic of the Congo
Designboom
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By Suhei Senda
Bela,
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert Lubaki,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
On Art In Africa by André Magnin
Crash
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By Armelle Leturcq
Monsengo Shula
La revanche de l'art africain contemporain
Le journal du dimanche
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By Marie-Anne Klieber
Steve Bandoma,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Kiripi Katembo,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula,
Pathy Tshindele
Beauté Congo 1926 - 2015 Congo Kitoko, A Century of Congolese Art
Blog : anotherwayoflooking.
Chéri Samba,
Kiripi Katembo,
Monsengo Shula
Le boom événementiel de l'art contemporain africain
RFI
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By Akouavi Assogba-Migan
Steve Bandoma,
Bela,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
La beauté du Congo se dévoile à Paris
Sept Info
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By Sylvie Rantrua
Chéri Samba,
Jean Depara,
Monsengo Shula
La rumba, bande-originale des mutations de la société congolaise
Le Monde
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By Véronique Mortaigne
Kiripi Katembo,
Monsengo Shula
Fou du Congo !
France Inter
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By Stéphane Capron
Chéri Samba,
Kiripi Katembo,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
Kinshasa laboratoire des arts
Alternatives Internationales
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By Léa-Lisa Westerhoff
Steve Bandoma,
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
Beauté Congo go, go, go !
Art Tension
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By Patrick Lefur
Chéri Samba,
Kiripi Katembo,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
Découvre des oeuvres d'art d'un pays quatre fois plus grand que la France
Le Petit Quotidien
Steve Bandoma,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula,
Pathy Tshindele
A Paris, le Congo en toute liberté
Le Temps
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By Laurent Wolf
Steve Bandoma,
Chéri Samba,
Kiripi Katembo,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula
En images: portrait de 8 flamboyants artistes congolais
Le vif
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By Michel Verlinden
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Kiripi Katembo,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula,
Pathy Tshindele
Congolese art at Fondation Cartier
Financial Times
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By Emma Crichton-Miller
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
L'exposition « Beauté Congo » un succès inattendu
France 3 Ile-de-France
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By Isabelle Audin
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula
Expo : oh le beau Congo !
Huffington Post
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By Jérôme Stern.
Chéri Samba,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
Showcasing Congolese Art
International New-York Times
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By Rachel Donadio
Chéri Samba,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert Lubaki,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
De la brousse à la ville, la grande mutation des artistes congolais
La Croix
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By Sabine Gignoux
Chéri Samba,
Jean Depara,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula,
Pathy Tshindele
90 ans d'art congolais à Paris : quels talents !
Gala
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By Juliette Serfati
Steve Bandoma,
Chéri Samba,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
Congo Vision: A Homeland As Its Artists Render It
The New-York Times
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By Rachel Donadio
Chéri Samba,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula
Toutes les couleurs du Congo
Le Parisien
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By Yves Jaeglé
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
Le Congo, inépuisable mine d'art
Libération
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By Maria Malagardis
Chéri Samba,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
Beauté Congo, Congo Kitoko. Le reflet de la créativité congolaise
Agence d'information d'Afrique centrale
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By Meryll Mezath.
Chéri Samba,
JP Mika,
Monsengo Shula
Vital Congo
Point de vue
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By Pierre Castel
Steve Bandoma,
Chéri Samba,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula
Quatre maîtres de la peinture congolaise
Les Inrockuptibles
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By Renaud Monfourny
Steve Bandoma,
Bela,
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula,
Pathy Tshindele
De la colonie belge à la RDC, splendeur de l'art congolais
Le Monde
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By Philippe Dagen
Steve Bandoma,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Monsengo Shula
Auf der wahren Karte der Welt liegt Europa unten
Die Welt
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By Von Johannes Wetzel
Chéri Samba,
JP Mika,
Monsengo Shula
Chéri Samba : « l'exposition Beauté Congo va changer quelque chose ».
RFI
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By Siegfried Forster
Bela,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula,
Pathy Tshindele
L'art contemporain en Afrique. Voyez Beauté Congo (1926-2015), à la Fondation Cartier
Evous
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By André Balbo
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Monsengo Shula
Congolese Art in Full Color
The Wall Street Journal
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By Tobias Grey
Steve Bandoma,
Bela,
Chéri Samba,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Monsengo Shula
On se laisse emporter par
ELLE
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By Caroline Six
Bela,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula,
Pathy Tshindele
Beauté Congo
The Wall Street International Online
Born in 1959, Nioki, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lives and works in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo