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©Hugo Mendes, 2019

Hugo Mendes

Hugo Mendes Visual artist, illustrator and graphic designer, Hugo Mendes explores in his work themes related to identity and representation, or lack thereof. His practice is inspired by a strong Mozambican tradition of carving crafts and wood carvings (Psikhelekedana and Makonde art), processes through which he creates artworks with Asian millenary woodcut technique, paper printing…

©Yuran Henrique, 2019

Yuran Henrique

Yuran Henrique Cartoonist at Expresso das Ilhas, Yuran Henrique grew up on the sign of creativity where theater played an important role early in his career. His work circulates between painting, illustration, urban arts and also the dramaturgy. In his work we find descriptive approaches to his experiences lived in the reality of Cape Verde's…

©Yola Balanga, 2019

Yola Balanga

Yola Balanga Graduated in Visual and Plastic Arts, Balanga uses performance art to present her imagination in a language more linked to the female body as a system of symbols, expression assumed to be the perfect means to claim and above all to transcend. More about the artist’s work.

©Diogo Bento, Untitled, 2019

Diogo Bento

Diogo Bento Based in Mindelo, Diogo Bento works with photography and installation, where landscape has been the main backdrop for expressing his ideas and concerns about the world. His artistic practice takes place mainly within the broad field of photography and is largely informed by an understanding of landscape as a space for cultural construction:…

©Flávio Cardoso

Flávio Cardoso

Flavio Cardoso Photographer and founder of Views of Angola movement, Flávio Cardoso works as a freelancer on different projects such as the Okavango Wilderness Project expedition. He is currently working on the ALiEN project, an artistic practice inspired by magical realism to recreate a futuristic and dystopian projection of the space in which he lives…

©Sofia Rodrigues, 2019

Sofia Rodrigues

Sofia Rodrigues Degree in African Studies and currently based in London, Sofia Yala Rodrigues, her research focuses on the deconstruction of various narratives about the African Continent and its role in the economic, political and cultural development of the world; as well as deepen and develop the knowledge of authors from various areas of the…

TERESA KUTALA FIRMINO

Teresa Kutala Firmino was born in 1993 in Pomfret a farmer military camp in the North West. She now works and lives in Johannesburg. She is a multimedia artist working with mediums such as paint, photography and performance. She is part of a collective called Kutala Chopeto. The collective started as an investigation in their history…

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