Moké

Moké (or Moke, birth name Monsengwo Kejwamfi), was a Congolese painter, born in Ibe, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1950. He died on September 26, 2001, in Kinshasa, a city from which he drew inspiration.

Together with Chéri Samba, Chéri Chérin and other painters of the Kinshasa school like Cheik Ledy, Tshibumba Kanda-Matulu and Sim Simaro, Moké was one of the foremost depicters of Congolese popular life. He is considered a naivist, while he described himself as a "painter-journalist".

Exhibitions

* 2018 - ''E-mois'', Museum of Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco
* 2016 - " Songeries et réjouissances ", Collection Philippe Pellering & Boris Vanhoutte, Musée Africain de Namur, Musée du Masque de Binche, Belgium
* 2014 - ''Moké, une collection particulière 1991-1992'', galerie Espace Lorraine, Bruxelles, Belgium
* 2011 - ''Japancongo'', Le Magasin, Grenoble, France.
* 2010 - ''African Stories'', Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech, Morocco.
* 2008 - ''Popular Painting from Kinshasa'', Tate Modern, Londres, GB.
* 2006 - ''100% Africa'', Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao), Spain.
* 2005 - ''Arts of Africa'', Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, France.
* 2005 - ''African Art Now : Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection'', Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, United States.
* 2004 - ''Peinture populaire congolaise'', ADEIAO, Centre d’Études Africaines, Maison des sciences de l’homme, Paris, France.
* 2003 - ''Kin Moto na Bruxelles'', Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles, Belgium.
* 2003 - ''Regards Croisés'', La Galerie d’Art de Creteil, Créteil, France.
* 2003 - Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany.
* 2002 - ''Monsenguro Kejwamfi dit Peintre Moke « Grand maître de la peinture zaïroise »'', Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain (Genève), Switzerland, (solo).
* 2002 - ''Kinshasa, Congo'', Moke, Cheri Samba, Rigobert; Espace Croisé, Centre d'art contemporain de Roubaix, France.
* 2002 - ''Afrique dans les murs, Les Naufragés du Temps'', Saint-Malo, France (solo).
* 2001 - ''Un Art Populaire'', Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France.
* 1997 - "Ecole de Kinshasa", Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany
* 1996 - ''Bomoi Mobimba Toute la vie, 7 artistes zaïrois, Collection Lucien Bilinelli'', Centre d'art contemporain, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Belgium.
* 1995-1996 - ''An Inside Story : African Art of our Time Beyong Art'', Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo; The Tokushima Modern Art Museum; Himeji City Museum of Art; Koriyama City Museum of Art; Marugame Inokuma-Genichiro Museum of Contemporary Art; The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan.
* 1993-1994 - ''Skizzen eines Projektes'', Afrika Im Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Ludwig, Germany.
* 1992 - ''Out of Africa'', Galerie Saatchi, London, G.B.
* 1991-1992 - ''Africa Hoy/Africa Now'', Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Cultural Center and Contemporary Art, Mexico City; Groningen Museum, Groningen, the Netherlands.
* 1991 - Ny Afrikansk Billedkunst Rundetarn, Copenhagen, Denmark.
* 1985 - ''Peintre Populaires du Zaire; L'art vivant d'Afrique Centrale'', Université de Montréal, Marius-Barbeau Museum, Gallery Trompe-l'œil, Media Center, Québec.
* 1983 - Goethe-Institut, Kinshasa, DRC.
* 1979 - Centre culturel français, Kinshasa, DRC, (solo),
* 1979 - ''Moderne Kunst aus Afrika'', Festival de Berlin ''Horizante'79'', Stautliche Kunsthalle Berlin, Germany.
* 1978 - ''Art Partout'', Académie des beaux-arts, CIAF, Kinshasa, DRC.
* 1969 - Première Foire internationale de Kinshasa, DRC.
* 1968 - ''Exposition artistique et artisanale de Kinshasa'', Ministère de la Culture et du Tourisme, Parc de la Révolution, Kinshasa, DRC.

References

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Democratic Republic of the Congo painters
People from Kinshasa
1950 births
2001 deaths