Chéri Samba
Congolese painter · DR Congo · On the map · Artists · Born 1956 · age 69
Chéri Samba or Samba wa Mbimba N’zingo Nuni Masi Ndo Mbasi is a Congolese painter from the Democratic Republic of Congo. He is one of the best known contemporary African artists, with his works being included in the collections of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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A large number of his paintings are also found in The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi. He has been invited to participate in the 2007 Venice Biennale. His paintings almost always include text in French and Lingala, commenting on life in Africa and the modern world. Samba lives in Kinshasa and Paris.
