Kura Shomali
Born in 1979, Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lives and works in Kinsahasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ink, pigment and pencil on paper
33.85 x 24 inches
Ink, pigment and pencil on paper
39 x 29 in
Mixed media, gouache, ink drawing, Posca, charcoal, ink on paper Canson
49 x 30 in
Gouache, acrylic, pen, Posca, ink on Canson paper
50 x 47 inches
Gouache, peinture acrylique, collage, stylos, encre, Poska sur papier Canson
150 x 89,5 cm.
Acylic, pen, ink on Canson paper
59 x 37.5 inches
Collage, gouache, Chinese ink, Poska on Canson paper
16,5 x 11,6 inches
Gouache, acrylic paint, pastels, pens, pencils, Poska on Canson paper
59 x 38,5 inches
Gouache, acrylic paint, pens, ink, Poska on Canson paper
59 x 43,1 inches
Collage, gouache, Chinese ink on paper
15,7 x 11,8 inches
Gouache, drawing ink, Chinese pen, Posca on paper
47,8 x 35,2 inches
Ink, pigment and pencil on paper
56,6 x 42,9 inches
Gouache, drawing ink, Chinese pen, Posca on paper
68,8 x 24,8 inches
Collage, gouache, acrylic, pen on Canson paper
16,5 x 11,8 inches
Gouache, drawing ink , Chinese pen, Posca on paper
16,9 x 11,8 inches
In 2001, Kura Shomali interrupted his medical studies, and integrated the Academy of Fine Arts of Kinshasa where he took part to the creation of the group EZA possible.
He creates works on paper in which he boldly mixes charcoal, ball pen, gouache, ink, marker and collage, which gives a unique aspect and texture to his work.
His first drawings, made in a hurry, are inspired by the bubbling city of Kinshasa and by the magazines that pass from hand to hand. His work is a reflection of the chaotic megalopolis where he lives and that he "digests" as he explains himself. In his most recent works, Kura Shomali appropriates images of well known African photographers and artists that he interprets with humor (Samuel Fosso, Sammy Balogi, Malick Sidibé, Jean Depara, ...)
He also creates puppets from recycled materials, that he stages in videos in which the puppets talk to expose corruption and conflicts that gangrene his country.
The group Eza Possible was created in 2003 at the Academy of Fine Arts of Kinshasa amongst a group of students. They come up with the idea of using what is roaming in the streets, what people don't want anymore, "stories", carcasses, scrap metal, leftovers from everyday life to transform them into installations and put them in the middle of the Academy. The exhibition "Kinshasa Wenze Wenze" is organized. Wenza means "small market" in Lingala, Kinshasa bric-à-brac.
"The team spirit is like scrap metal. As long as it's separated, it doesn't do anything. But when we assemble, when we weld together, it does something". After the exhibition, the collective establishes itself around 6 artists: Pathy Tshindele, Méga Mingiedi, Eddy Ekete, Kura Shomali, Kennedy Dinanga and Freddy Mutombo.
Eza Possible...
Trying to find a meaning where it seems to have disappeared, desire a free art, contemporary, far for the current norms and canons, enable artistic exchanges, the creation of pluridisciplinary artworks. Workshops and artist residencies mixing artists from different horizons, in connection with other forms of artistic expression: theatre, video, music, architecture, dissemination and sharing policy through exhibitions, performances, demonstrations in every shape, the organisation of courses for students, but also amateurs, young publics..
NEWS
PUBLICATIONS
Steve Bandoma,
Bela,
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert 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
Steve Bandoma,
Chéri Samba,
Jean Depara,
Omar Victor Diop,
Romuald Hazoumè,
Seydou Keïta,
André Magnin,
Abu Bakarr Mansaray,
JP Mika,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Kura Shomali ,
Pathy Tshindele
Marché de l'art : voici l'Afrique contemporaine
Le Huffington Post
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By Jérôme Stern
Steve Bandoma,
Chéri Samba,
Jean Depara,
Omar Victor Diop,
Romuald Hazoumè,
Seydou Keïta,
JP Mika,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Kura Shomali ,
Pathy Tshindele
Marché de l'art: voici l'Afrique contemporaine
Huffington Post
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By Jérôme Stern
Steve Bandoma,
Houston Maludi,
JP Mika,
Kura Shomali
L'Afrique invité d'honneur pour Art Paris Art Fair 2017
AMA
Kura Shomali
L'artiste congolais Kura Shomali: «Il vaut mieux écouter ton perroquet»
RFI
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By Siegfried Forster
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.
Omar Victor Diop,
Romuald Hazoumè,
Kura Shomali
OFFICIELLE : deuxième lieu d'exposition de la FIAC et possibles découvertes
Culurebox_France Tv Info_Blog
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By Thierry Hay
Steve Bandoma,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert 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,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette 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,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Ambroise Ngaimoko,
Kura Shomali ,
Pathy Tshindele
Beauté Congo, les couleurs en rythme
Le Figaro
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By Valérie Sasportas
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,
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
Chéri Samba,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula
Toutes les couleurs du Congo
Le Parisien
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By Yves Jaeglé
Steve Bandoma,
Chéri Samba,
Kura Shomali ,
Monsengo Shula
Quatre maîtres de la peinture congolaise
Les Inrockuptibles
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By Renaud Monfourny
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Albert Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Kura Shomali ,
Pathy Tshindele
Un certain regard
Jeune Afrique
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By Séverine Kodjo Grandvaux
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,
Pierre Bodo,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Kiripi Katembo,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
JP Mika,
Kura Shomali ,
Pathy Tshindele
Beauté Congo : l'art congolais, une créativité unique en Afrique
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
Bela,
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Jean Depara,
Kiripi Katembo,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Kura Shomali ,
Pathy Tshindele
Afrique-Art contemporain : passion Congo
Le Point Afrique
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By Valérie Marin la Meslée
Bela,
Chéri Samba,
Jean Depara,
JP Mika,
Moke,
Kura Shomali ,
Pathy Tshindele
Passion Congo
Le Point
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By Valérie Marin La Meslée
Chéri Samba,
Chéri Chérin,
Bodys Isek Kingelez,
Albert Lubaki,
Antoinette Lubaki,
Moke,
Kura Shomali ,
Pathy Tshindele
Congo moderne, Congo contemporain à la Fondation Cartier
Connaissance des arts
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By Myriam Boutoulle
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 1979, Kananga, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lives and works in Kinsahasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo