13th to 15th September - FNB Art Joburg 2019 - MODZI ARTS
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FNB Art Joburg
13th to 15th
September
2019
Stary Mwaba,
Makalange
(Superhero), 2019
Mixed media on perforated newsprint
MODZI ARTS GALLERY
Modzi Arts is a contemporary, conceptual art space that works with artists to develop and present new bodies of work in innovative ways. It
was established in 2016 with the vision of providing a space for knowledge exchange, experimenting, engagement and dialogue within the
visual arts sector in Zambia. The space has hosted exhibitions, residencies, artist presentations, talks and workshops.
The aim of the Modzi Arts Gallery is to provide a platform to grow the Zambian multidisciplinary and contemporary art scene to both local
and international audiences. The gallery has increased the visibility and accessibility of the arts within Zambia, while supporting the pro-
fessionalization of Zambian artists and the development of new curatorial approaches.
MODZI ARTS AT THE FAIR
Modzi Arts group exhibition is a combination of several elements that are unique, but not limited to a Zambian environment bringing a new
conversation around knowledge creation, our historical values and techniques. Through the exhibition Modzi Arts Gallery reflects on the
internal construction of ideas around Zambian myths, taboos and personal narratives. The exhibition features the works of five incredible
artists Aaron Samuel Mulenga, Agness Buya Yombwe, David ‘Daut’ Makala, Nomes Dee and Stary Mwaba.
FEATURED ARTISTS
STARY MWABA (b.1976, Chingola, Zambia) obtained his Master of Fine Art
degree from Rhodes University. He has participated in numerous residencies, exhi-
bitions and international workshops, which include, Olabisi Silva’s CCA, FCa Gha-
na, Robert Wilson’s Watermill Residency New York, The Caribbean Contemporary
Arts, Trinidad and Tobago and Braziers International workshop, London.
His solo exhibitions include the Solace of a migrant (2009) at Gallery Momo, Free-
Silikoses, 2019
dom in Transition (2008) at Lusaka National Museum, Crossing Over (2005) at the
Mixed media on
Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago. perforated newsprint
AGNESS BUYA YOMBWE (b.1966, Mazabuka, Zambia) is a painter and
mixed media artist and one of Zambia’s leading figures in the creative and visual
arts industry. Her works are part of the Zambian National Art collection, the Na-
tional Museum of Lusaka, The Thapong Collection in Botswana, The Tulipamwe
Collection, Namibia and McColl Center for the Arts, North Carolina, USA.
Buya Yombwe has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions
including: Ni Mzilo | It is taboo (2019) solo exhibition at the Livingstone National Snake Taboo ii, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
Gallery in Livingstone, Zambia; DIALOGUE (2016) at Kunstabanken in Hedmark,
Norway; Botswana’s Foremost Female Artists (2005) at Frame Gallery, Gaborone,
Botswana; Art for the Heart (1997) Africa Centre Gallery, London; Munch Atelier
(1995) at Edvard Munch Studio Oslo, Norway.
AARON SAMUEL MULENGA (b. 1990, Lusaka, Zambia) is a mixed media
artist currently pursuing his PhD at the University of California Santa Cruz, where
he seeks to build upon the research he began in his Masters, exploring the concept
of Transcendence through flight.
Mulenga has participated in the Falconer Foundry Residency Kwa-Zulu Natal South
Africa (2017). He has presented his work at numerous venues including the Absa
Upelomwewo, 2017
L’Atelier Johannesburg (2017), Turbine Art Fair (2016) and That Art Fair Cape
Bronze
Town (2015). His exhibitions included Converge (2018) at the Raw Spot Gallery,
Grahamstown, South Africa; Exhuming Histories (2018) at The National Gallery in
Livingstone, Zambia; Salvage (2016) at ArtEC, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
DAVID ‘DAUT’ MAKALA (b.1983, Lusaka, Zambia) is based in Lusaka. He
currently serves as the vice chairperson of the Visual Art Council of Zambia and
is the founder of Studio225 in Chilenje Market, Lusaka which focuses on close
artistic collaborations.
In 2015 he was selected for the Asiko’ Art School Residency in Mozambique, orga-
nized by Olabisi Silva CCA, in the same year, he attended the Insaka International
Mafumu, 2019
Art Workshop Residency in Livingstone, Zambia. In 2017, he co-curated the Teeth
Metal
and Tounge with Julia Taonga Kaseka at Modzi Arts and held his first solo exhibi-
tion called Rites of Passage at the 37d Gallery in Lusaka.
NOMES DEE (Naomi Doras b.1993, Lusaka, Zambia) is a digital artist and il-
lustrator based in Lusaka. In 2014 and 2015, Dee completed a Bachelor of Visual
Arts and Interactive Digital Media from the University of Sydney, Australia. Her
work is featured on africandigitalart and OkayAfrica.
Dee’s exhibitions include Six Impossible Wishes A Human World Map (2017) at the
Wisedog Gallery, Larissa, Greece; The Absa L’atalierJohannesburg (2017); Wom-
Cooking Woman, 2016
ens Day Exhibition (2016) at the Henry Taiyali Gallery in Lusaka, Zambia and the
Digital illustration
Chinese Exhibition (2016)at the Lusaka National Museum.
Agness Buya Yombwe
Snake Taboo ii, 2019
Acrylic on canvas
MODZI ARTS
P.O BOX 30445
Ibex Hill Road 2499/M, Ibex Hill, Lusaka,
Zambia
+260 955 783 992
modziarts@gmail.com
www.modziarts.com
@modziarts
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