Freddy Tsimba (born 1967) is a sculptor and visual artist from the

Democratic Republic of Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. He has made sculptures from bullet casings collected on Congolese war battlefields. 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 The Chaussée de Wavre () or Waversesteenweg (Dutch) is a major street in Brussels, Belgium, running through the municipalities of Ixelles, Etterbeek and Auderghem. It starts at a crossroad with the / near the Namur Gate in Ixelles, goes down ...

and Longue-Vie street in Matonge district.

Biography

Tsimba was born in

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one o ...

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

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* 2007: ''Au-delà de l'espoir'' (Beyond the hope), installed on the corner of

and Longue-Vie street in Matonge district, Brussels. Commissioned by the municipality of Ixelles. * 2016: ''Au-delà de l'extrême'', Halle de la Gombe, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo * 2018: ''Out of chaos'', Beaux Arts Gallery, London * 2018: ''Porteuse de vies'' (Carrier of Lives),

Théâtre national de Chaillot The Théâtre National de Chaillot (English: Chaillot National Theatre) is a theatre located in the Palais de Chaillot at 1, place du Trocadéro, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Close by the Eiffel Tower and the Trocadéro Gardens—the Th ...

, Paris, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the

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* 2020: ''Mabele eleki lola ! The earth, brighter than paradise'', Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium, curated by In  Koli Jean Bofane, with the scientific contribution of Henry Bundjoko

Group exhibitions

* 2008: ''They come from far away,'' part ''Miroirs'', 8th

Dakar Biennale The Dakar Biennale, or Dak'Art - Biennale de l'Art Africain Contemporain, is a major contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in Dakar, Senegal. Dak'Art's focus has been on Contemporary African Art since 1996. History T ...

, Musée Théodore Monod, Dakar, Sénégal * 2014: ''Yango the first Kinshasa contemporary art biennial'', Kinshasa, D.R. Congo * 2015–20: ''Lumières d'Afriques'', Paris; Abidjan; Geneva; Dakar; Rabat; Johannesburg * 2019: ''Encore un effort'', part of 1st Congo Biennale, Kin Art Studio, Kinshasa, D.R. Congo

Publications

* ''Revue Noire, Spécial Kinshasa - Zaïre'', n°21, juin-juillet-août 1996 * ''Freddy Tsimba. Sculpteur'', Les carnets de la création, l'Œil, Paris, 2000 * ''Freddy Tsimba, l'esprit guerrier'', Fondation Blachère, Apt, 2007 * ''Les Arts du Congo. D'hier à nos jours'', Roger-Pierre Turine, éd. La Renaissance du livre, Bruxelles, 2007 * ''Freddy Tsimba - Légendes et saisons de métal'', V. Lombume Kalimasi et C. Nzolo Ngamobu, Ed. Le Cri, 2012 * ''Singularité et universalité des destins : la démarche artistique de Freddy Tsimba'', Bogumil Jewsiewicki, Cahiers D'Études Africaines, vol. 56, no. 223, 2016 * ''Au-delà de l'extrême'', exhibition catalog, 2016 * ''Freddy Tsimba-Mabele eleki lola ! La terre, plus belle que le paradis'', exhibition catalog, In Koli Jean Bofane et al., Kate'Art, 2020

Filmography

* ''Mavambu'' (2011) – documentairy on Tsimba by Rosine Mbakam and Mirko Popovitch (26', DVcam)

References

Democratic Republic of the Congo sculptors 1967 births Living people People from Kinshasa {{Africa-sculptor-stub