Fransix Tenda Lomba 1984
Lives in Amsterdam. Works in Amsterdam / Kinshasa.
Represented by:
Galerie Fleur & Wouter
Fransix Tenda Lomba (Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1984) makes drawing, painting, sculpture and animated video. He is a Rijksakademie alumnus and also graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa in 2006. Fransix is one of the principal artists of Kin Art Studio.
His most wel known series, the research project ‘Le choc est là’, which is inspired by chocolate. The double meaning of the title refers to the cultural, economic, political, social and geopolitical shocks in the cocoa chain, which Fransix traces from the different places of origin of cocoa to the world of consumers. By juxtaposing elements from his parents‘ personal archives depicting life in the Congo with visual material from the archives of the world‘s major chocolate companies, Fransix has created large-scale drawings that form the basis of his video animations. These works tell divergent, yet deeply intertwined, stories about the inter-human bond through the production and consumption of raw materials like cocoa – personal commentaries on the collective memories of post-colonial societies and the bittersweet reality that the pleasure of chocolate is fraught with suffering.
His most wel known series, the research project ‘Le choc est là’, which is inspired by chocolate. The double meaning of the title refers to the cultural, economic, political, social and geopolitical shocks in the cocoa chain, which Fransix traces from the different places of origin of cocoa to the world of consumers. By juxtaposing elements from his parents‘ personal archives depicting life in the Congo with visual material from the archives of the world‘s major chocolate companies, Fransix has created large-scale drawings that form the basis of his video animations. These works tell divergent, yet deeply intertwined, stories about the inter-human bond through the production and consumption of raw materials like cocoa – personal commentaries on the collective memories of post-colonial societies and the bittersweet reality that the pleasure of chocolate is fraught with suffering.
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Fransix Tenda Lomba
Born in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo, 1984) lives between Kinshasa and Amsterdam
Education
2021 - 2023: Rijksakademie Van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2003 - 2006: Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo.
1998 - 2003: Institute of Fine Arts in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo.
Residencies
February 2024 : Residency at Jardin Rouge (Montresso Foundation) in Marrakech, Morocco. April 2021: Residency at the Atelier Mondial in Basel, Switzerland.
March 2020 : Residency at Atelier Graphoui in Brussels, Belgium.
November 2019 : Residency at Jardin Rouge (Montresso Foundation) in Marrakech, Morocco.
February 2018: Permanent residency at Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa
September 2017: Permanent residency at Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa
June 2016 : Art Omi International Artist Residency in New York, USA
January 2016: Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa, R.D Congo
April 2015: Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo
February 2013: Master Art Class Video2 organised by Art Bakary in Douala, Cameroon
September 2012: Residency at SAHM workshops in Brazzaville.
August 2012: Residency at Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa, R.D Congo
Exhibitions
2024
Solo Show at EENWERK Gallery 2023
Solo Show at Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Open Studio Rikjsakademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Solo show at Galerie Voss "Historical Shock", Dusserldorf, Germany
2022 Congo Biennale "Souffles des Ancêtres" Kinshasa, DR.Congo
Open Studio Rikjsakademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands
2021
Solo exhibition at AKAA, Paris, France.
Collective exhibition "Slowly Coming" at kunsthausbaselland in Basel, Switzerland
Group exhibition at the French Institute in Maputo, Mozambique.
Collective exhibition In- Discipline at Jardin Rouge (F. Montresso) in 154 Marrakech, Morocco
2019
Collective exhibition "Congo Biennale" in Kinshasa, DR. Congo
2018
Collective exhibition Megalopolis-voices of Kinshasa at GRASSI Museum in Germany.
2017
Collective exhibition Young Congo at the French Institute in Kinshasa
Major exhibition Young Congo at Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa
2016
Nomadic Video Festival, Njelele Art Station Harare Zimbabwe.
Five Myles Gallery,group show,Crown Heights Film Festival, Brooklyn USA
Open Studio at Artomi in New York (group show), USA.
2015
Collective exhibition in Off at the 11th Dak'art Biennale in Senegal.
Solo exhibition at the Mobile Gallery at l'espace Public in Kinshasa / Limeté.
2013
Solo exhibition"New Énergy"at Kin Art Studio, Centre d'art Kinshasa,R.D. Congo.
Collective exhibition "OTHERIS" at the Biennale of Lubumbashi, R.D. Congo
Collective exhibition at Doual'art in Cameroon.
2012
Collective Exhibition at the French Institute of Brazzaville, RP. Congo
2011
Collective exhibition in BEIRUT, Germany in the Project AfroPolis.
Collective Exhibition in Cologne, Germany at the Rautenstrauchjoest Museum.
Collective Exhibition " TO ZO KENDE WAPI ? " at the 27 editions of the Festival International de la Francophonie in LIMOUSIN, France.
2009
Collective exhibition " TO ZO KENDE WAPI ? " at the French Institute of Kinshasa, R.D. Congo
Festivals and Awards
2023
PIAFF – Paris International Animation Film Festival (FR)- Prix de la réalisation/Compétition Horizons
Fespaco (BF) – Poulain de Bronze dans la compétition Documentaire court-métrage
Stlouis’Docs (SN)
Festival Cinémas d’Afrique (FR)
Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Québec (CA)
Festival Cinema Africano di Verona (IT) – Prix du meilleur court-métrage dans la section Africa Short
Festival Cinémas d’Afrique de Lausanne (CH)
Mostra de Cinemas Africanos (BR)
Afrikamera Filmfestival (DE)
2022
Fipadoc (FR)
Tampere Film Festival (FI)
Vues d’Afrique (CA)
Francophone short films in Harlem (USA)
Brussels Short Film Festival (BE)
Afrika Film Festival (BE)
Festival International de Films identitaires et Solidaires (BJ)
Leiden Shorts (NL)
FEST – New Directors, New Films Festival (PT)
Aegean Doc (GR)
Congo in Harlem (USA)
Uppsala International Short Film Festival (SE)
Französische Filmtage (DE)
Augen Blick Afrika (DE)
Festival des cinémas d’Afrique du pays d’Apt (FR)
Cinémondes (FR) – Prix de la critique
Bejing International Short Film Festival (CN)
Traces de vies (FR)
2021
Dok Leipzig (DE)
Born in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo, 1984) lives between Kinshasa and Amsterdam
Education
2021 - 2023: Rijksakademie Van beeldende kunsten in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2003 - 2006: Academy of Fine Arts in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo.
1998 - 2003: Institute of Fine Arts in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo.
Residencies
February 2024 : Residency at Jardin Rouge (Montresso Foundation) in Marrakech, Morocco. April 2021: Residency at the Atelier Mondial in Basel, Switzerland.
March 2020 : Residency at Atelier Graphoui in Brussels, Belgium.
November 2019 : Residency at Jardin Rouge (Montresso Foundation) in Marrakech, Morocco.
February 2018: Permanent residency at Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa
September 2017: Permanent residency at Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa
June 2016 : Art Omi International Artist Residency in New York, USA
January 2016: Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa, R.D Congo
April 2015: Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo
February 2013: Master Art Class Video2 organised by Art Bakary in Douala, Cameroon
September 2012: Residency at SAHM workshops in Brazzaville.
August 2012: Residency at Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa, R.D Congo
Exhibitions
2024
Solo Show at EENWERK Gallery 2023
Solo Show at Galerie Fleur & Wouter, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Open Studio Rikjsakademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Solo show at Galerie Voss "Historical Shock", Dusserldorf, Germany
2022 Congo Biennale "Souffles des Ancêtres" Kinshasa, DR.Congo
Open Studio Rikjsakademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands
2021
Solo exhibition at AKAA, Paris, France.
Collective exhibition "Slowly Coming" at kunsthausbaselland in Basel, Switzerland
Group exhibition at the French Institute in Maputo, Mozambique.
Collective exhibition In- Discipline at Jardin Rouge (F. Montresso) in 154 Marrakech, Morocco
2019
Collective exhibition "Congo Biennale" in Kinshasa, DR. Congo
2018
Collective exhibition Megalopolis-voices of Kinshasa at GRASSI Museum in Germany.
2017
Collective exhibition Young Congo at the French Institute in Kinshasa
Major exhibition Young Congo at Kin Art Studio in Kinshasa
2016
Nomadic Video Festival, Njelele Art Station Harare Zimbabwe.
Five Myles Gallery,group show,Crown Heights Film Festival, Brooklyn USA
Open Studio at Artomi in New York (group show), USA.
2015
Collective exhibition in Off at the 11th Dak'art Biennale in Senegal.
Solo exhibition at the Mobile Gallery at l'espace Public in Kinshasa / Limeté.
2013
Solo exhibition"New Énergy"at Kin Art Studio, Centre d'art Kinshasa,R.D. Congo.
Collective exhibition "OTHERIS" at the Biennale of Lubumbashi, R.D. Congo
Collective exhibition at Doual'art in Cameroon.
2012
Collective Exhibition at the French Institute of Brazzaville, RP. Congo
2011
Collective exhibition in BEIRUT, Germany in the Project AfroPolis.
Collective Exhibition in Cologne, Germany at the Rautenstrauchjoest Museum.
Collective Exhibition " TO ZO KENDE WAPI ? " at the 27 editions of the Festival International de la Francophonie in LIMOUSIN, France.
2009
Collective exhibition " TO ZO KENDE WAPI ? " at the French Institute of Kinshasa, R.D. Congo
Festivals and Awards
2023
PIAFF – Paris International Animation Film Festival (FR)- Prix de la réalisation/Compétition Horizons
Fespaco (BF) – Poulain de Bronze dans la compétition Documentaire court-métrage
Stlouis’Docs (SN)
Festival Cinémas d’Afrique (FR)
Festival International du Film Ethnographique du Québec (CA)
Festival Cinema Africano di Verona (IT) – Prix du meilleur court-métrage dans la section Africa Short
Festival Cinémas d’Afrique de Lausanne (CH)
Mostra de Cinemas Africanos (BR)
Afrikamera Filmfestival (DE)
2022
Fipadoc (FR)
Tampere Film Festival (FI)
Vues d’Afrique (CA)
Francophone short films in Harlem (USA)
Brussels Short Film Festival (BE)
Afrika Film Festival (BE)
Festival International de Films identitaires et Solidaires (BJ)
Leiden Shorts (NL)
FEST – New Directors, New Films Festival (PT)
Aegean Doc (GR)
Congo in Harlem (USA)
Uppsala International Short Film Festival (SE)
Französische Filmtage (DE)
Augen Blick Afrika (DE)
Festival des cinémas d’Afrique du pays d’Apt (FR)
Cinémondes (FR) – Prix de la critique
Bejing International Short Film Festival (CN)
Traces de vies (FR)
2021
Dok Leipzig (DE)
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