Victor Mutelekesha (Zambia

Shadow Of My Shadow 3:39, 2009

❝The film focuses on the displacement of the human, which is generated by repressive manipulation and the increasingly visible social and environmental breakdown of cultures

Victor Mutelekesha (Zambia)

Victor Mutelekesha is an artist who was born, raised and received part of his formal education in Zambia. He received art academy education in Norway where he currently lives and works as an independent artist. His focus is oriented towards the displacement of the human, which is generated by the ongoing repressive manipulation and by the increasingly visible social and environmental breakdown of a culture so permeated with wars and injustices in general. Thus, to be able to imagine our place as a locus where the hope for a renewed emancipation of the human is still possible.

He has been the subject of recent solo exhibitions at the International Culture Centre and Museum in Oslo; the Gallery Palazzo Tito in Venice; and the Henry Tayaly Art Centre in Lusaka. Previous group exhibitions include the 10th Havana Biennial; Gallery Fisk in Bergen; Videoholica video art biennial, Bulgaria; “More than this” Gallery kit in Norway; and Dakar Biennial 2006 and 2012.

Born in Zambia, lives in Norway.

www.mutelekesha.blogspot.com

The Illumination 2:03, 2012

❝By investigating the cathartic aspects of art-making and its reception he wishes to re-imagine the sublime, or what he likes to term ‘the void’: a space that cannot be accounted for by the limited possibilities of human logic and reason

Johan Thom (South Africa)

Johan Thom is currently a PhD candidate in fine art at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Well known for his performances, videos and video installations, Thom often subjects the body to extremes in a quest to map its ongoing transformation.

Numerous group and solo exhibitions from Venice Biennale, Italy; Museum Africa, Johannesburg; Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth, Germany; Slade School of Fine Art, London amongst others.

Born in South Africa, lives in England.

www.johanthom.com

Traffic mum 10:00, 2009

❝Traoré’s film work is a reverse anthropology, because his re-cognition of the conditional nature of hospitality, people, places, space and things creates not a new boundary but a frontier for experience

Saliou Traoré (Burkina Faso)

Saliou Traoré’s art practice explores the idea of a reversed development-aid by using video, sculpture, installation and drawing.

His work has been presented at Kunsthallen Brandts Museum, Odense (Denmark); IFAN Museum, Dakar (Senegal); Marble Hall, Amsterdam; Expressive Arts Institute, San Diego (USA); Nadja Vilenne Gallery, Liege (Belgium).

Born in Burkina Faso, lives in the Netherlands.

www.saliouTraoré.nl

Le dilemme divin 5:31, 2009

❝The piece questions what people hold back in our modern society, what symbolic languages are present and how he himself can translate a real emotion or feeling instead of using a formal and faithful rendition of the subject or theme

Guy Woueté (Cameroon)

Guy Woueté lives and works between Antwerp and Douala. He trained in Art and Multimedia at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten. His work (video, photography, installation) is an exploration into the finite and infinite, transcending the limitations of formal academic training by employing a more experimental approach that seeks to push existing boundaries.

Guy has participated in several residencies and exhibitions at IFA Galleries Berlin and Stuttgart; SBK Galerie23, Amsterdam; Modern Art Museum, Medellin (Colombia); Museum of Contemporary Art, Algiers (Algeria); Momo Gallery, Johannesburg.

Born in Cameroon, lives in Belgium.

Gela 2 1:57, 2010

❝Gela 2 defies singular categorization. Viewers witness a journey through the merging of past and present

Ezra Wube (Ethiopia)

Ezra Wube moved to the United States at the age of 18 and received his BFA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, and an MFA from Hunter College, New York, NY. His works encompass video, installations, drawing, painting and performance.

Ezra had exhibitions at Dreams of Freedom Museum, Boston; MEIAC-Museum of Extramadura, Badajoz (Spain); Rush Arts Gallery, New York; Blackburn Gallery – Howard University, Washington DC.

Born in Ethiopia, lives in USA.

www.ezrawube.net