Nkembo Moswala is an emerging multidisciplinary artist. With a Bachelor Degree in Visual Arts obtained in 2011 from the Academy of Fine Arts of his hometown Kinshasa, he went on to explore innovative and contemporary art forms and practices using a variety of materials and mediums. His work articulates around a technique of incision called ’Nzoloko’, and comments upon the harmful effects of a global and capitalist economy - especially in his home country, the DRC. Ultimately, Nkembo’s works are visual interpretations of the transformative potential of the (im-)materiality of such effects and consequences.

 

In 2014, he exhibited in public space for the first time at the Yango Biennale in Kinshasa. Nkembo further enriched his artistic journey through residencies in Spain at AADK Spain in Centro Negra, and 3 months later at Art OMI in New York in 2019.

                                   

After several collective exhibitions, Nkembo presented his first solo show 'World for Sale - Prix Mangondo' in 2020 at Jojo Hair Lounge in Milton Keynes. His installation, "Mayebo," was shown in 2020 as part of the Art Off-Screen internatianal exhibition. Nkembo's work reached new audiences when he presented "Mayebo" in Lévis, Quebec, Canada, in 2021.

 

His project "In the Skin of Isidore Bakanja" was selected by the Quebec government as part of the "Culture et Inclusion" call for projects, culminating in a solo exhibition at the Regart art center in December 2022. Nkembo Moswala continues to emerge as a promising artist, using his unique perspective to spark conversations and inspire change through his art.

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​Educations

2006 – 2011 Académie de Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2000 – 2006 Institut de Beaux-Arts, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo ​

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Residencies

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2019 June – July Art OMI, Ghent, New York, USA

2019 February AADK Spain, Centro Negra, Blanca, Murcia, Spain

2014 Master Art 2, Kin Artstudio, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo Groups Shows

2014 OFF Biennale YANGO, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2014 Master Art 2, Kin Artstudio, Kinshasa D.R.Congo

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Solo Shows

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2022 December  In the skin of Isidore Bakanja, Centre Regart, Levis, Canada

2021 July - September Mayebo, Parc de la paix, Centre Regart, Levis, Canada

2020 February "World For Sale "Prix-Mangondo", Milton Keynes, UK

 

Group Shows

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2020 Septembre Art Off Screen, Neumeraki, New York, USA

2019 June – July Art OMI, Ghent, New York, USA

2019 February AADK Spain, Centro Negra, Blanca, Murcia, Spain

2014 YANGO Biennial,  Centre Wallonie Bruxelle, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2014 Master Art 2, Kin Artstudio, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo Groups Shows

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Workshops

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2016 Comment déveloper un projet artistique convainquant, Goethe Institut, by N’Goné Fall and Virginie Dupray, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2014 MasterArt2, KinArtstudio, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2013 MasterArt1, KinArtstudio, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2012 ARC Play Urban

2008 Studio Malembe Maa CWB, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo
 

Grants​

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2022 Culture et inclusion, Québec gouvernement

2019 Mobility fund, Prince Claus Fund, Amsterdam, Netherlands 

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Press/Media

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Journal Le Soleil - Québec

Nkembo Moswala: faire pousser l’espoir | Arts | Le Soleil - Québec

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Radio Canada

Œuvres d'art public à Québec et à Lévis | Vidéos | ICI Radio-Canada.ca

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Journal de levis

https://www.journaldelevis.com/1068/Art.html?id=81288

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La Opinion de Murcia

https://www.laopiniondemurcia.es/cultura-sociedad/2019/02/27/caja-negra-abreblanca/1000219.html

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AADK Spain

NKEMBO in residency at Blanca Murcia Spain - YouTube

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Art Africa Magazine

Spotlight on the Art of Darkness - Art Africa Magazine

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CNN, Kinshasa's trash-to-treasure art

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/international/2014/07/25/spc-inside-africa-kinshasa-art-b.cnn 6:04

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2014 DRC art and adaptation, AFP

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2009 September Canalsat Magazine, Pge20
 

Designs ​

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2018 Trophy “Lorenzo Natali Media Prize” European Union, Collaboration with Diakota Mabilama Serge


2015 Brand image “Supreme Hand”, Milton Keynes, England

2014 Brand Image "Young and Bold African", London, England

2014 Trophy “Gospel Day”, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2011 Trophy “Okapi Award”, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2009 Trophy “Podium Exprimez - Vous” Tigo, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2009 Trophy “Festival International de Gospel de Kinshasa”, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

2008 Trophy “Festival International de Gospel de Kinshasa”, Kinshasa, D.R.Congo

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