Chéri Samba
Congolese · b. 1956 · Painter
Chéri Samba or Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi is a Congolese painter from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is one of the best known contemporary African… (Wikipedia)
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Chéri Samba or Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi is a Congolese painter from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is one of the best known contemporary African artists, with his works being included in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. A large number of his paintings are also found in The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi. He has been invited to participate in the 2007 Venice Biennale. His paintings almost always include text in French and Lingala, commenting on life in Africa and the modern world. Samba lives in Kinshasa and Paris.
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In the collections of
Design Museum Den BoschGroninger MuseumMuseum of Modern ArtNational Museum of World CulturesSeattle Art MuseumWallonia-Brussels Federation Museum of Contemporary Arts
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Also known as David Samba, Jean-Baptiste Chereau, Samba, Samba wa Mbimba-N'Zinga-Nuni Masa, Samba wa Mbimba Nzinga Nunimasi Ndombasi, Samba wa Nbimba N'zinga, wa Mbimba-N'Zinga-Nuni Masa Samba
Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.