# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bodys-isek-kingelez
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:03:31.995Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bodys-isek-kingelez"
name: "Bodys Isek Kingelez"
slug: "bodys-isek-kingelez"
description: "Bodys Isek Kingelez or Jean Baptiste was a Congolese sculptor and artist known for his models of fantastic cities, made of cardboard, paper, tape and other commonplace materials. His work has been presented in numerous exhibitions around the globe, including exhibitions at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York and at the documenta XI in Kassel."
tagline: "Congolese sculptor (1948 – 2015)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1948-08-27"
deathDate: "2015-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.674262666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodys_Isek_Kingelez"
    title: "Bodys Isek Kingelez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "بوديس ايسيك كينجيليز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodys_Isek_Kingelez"
    title: "Bodys Isek Kingelez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodys_Isek_Kingelez"
    title: "Bodys Isek Kingelez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodys_Isek_Kingelez"
    title: "Bodys Isek Kingelez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodys_Isek_Kingelez"
    title: "Bodys Isek Kingelez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodys_Isek_Kingelez"
    title: "Bodys Isek Kingelez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodys_Isek_Kingelez"
    title: "Bodys Isek Kingelez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodys_Isek_Kingelez"
    title: "Bodys Isek Kingelez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2908459"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump