Freddy Tsimba Explained

Freddy Tsimba (born 1967) is a sculptor and visual artist from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He has made sculptures from bullet casings collected on Congolese war battlefields.[1] One of his artwork entitled Au-delà de l'espoir (Beyond the hope) was commissioned by the municipality of Ixelles in Brussels and installed on the corner of Chaussée de Wavre and Longue-Vie street in Matonge district.[2]

Biography

Tsimba was born in Kinshasa in 1967. He studied at the Fine Art School in Kinshasa where he got a degree on sculpture in 1989.[3] He received the silver medal at the Ottawa Jeux de la Francophonie in 2001.[4]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Publications

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-05-04. International Congolese Sculptor presents first solo exhibition with Beaux Arts London. 3 April 2018. Art Africa.
  2. Web site: 2020-04-22 . Au-delà de l'Espoir – Ixelles BE-monumen . 2022-05-03 . be-monumen.be . fr-FR.
  3. News: 2018-12-10 . Freddy Tsimba, sculpter la guerre . fr-FR . . 2022-05-03 . 0242-6056.
  4. Web site: Les médaillés par édition Jeux de la francophonie . 2022-05-03 . www.jeux.francophonie.org.
  5. Web site: 2022-05-04. Ixelles Une sculpture de Freddy Tsimba trônera bientôt à Matonge : Un cri « Au-delà de l’espoir ». Le Soir.
  6. Web site: Sculpture : Freddy Tsimba va « Au-delà de l'extrême » adiac-congo.com : toute l'actualité du Bassin du Congo . 2022-05-03 . adiac.netisse.eu.
  7. Web site: 2018-04-03 . International Congolese Sculptor presents first solo exhibition with Beaux Arts London - ART AFRICA . 2022-05-03.
  8. Web site: Art, aesthetics and international politics: Freddy Tsimba's Porteuse de Vies (Carrier of Lives) in perspective – IFAIR . 2022-05-03. Young Initiative on Foreign Affairs and International Relations.
  9. Web site: Welcome Temporary exphibition Mabele Eleki Lola - Freddy Tsimba . 2022-05-03 . expotsimba.africamuseum.be.
  10. Web site: Yango (Kinshasa. 2014) . 2022-05-03 . fr-FR . 2021-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925150752/https://www.freddytsimba.com/my-product/yango-kinshasa-2014/ . dead .
  11. Web site: Lumières d'Afriques: Rencontre avec Freddy Tsimba & Nyaba Ouedraogo à la Librairie-Galerie Congo - African Artists for Development . 2022-05-03 . aad-fund.org.
  12. Web site: RDC - Culture: La 1ère édition du festival Congo Biennale a fermé ses portes avec succès - Eventsrdc.com . 2022-05-03 . www.eventsrdc.com . fr-FR.