Foto by Prof. Armin Prinz, Austria, 2006.
Mosengo Odia, who calls himself Moke-Fils, was born in Kinshasa on Sept. 19th, 1968. He is the son of the famous Congolese artist "Moke the Painter", was taught by his father and started his career in 1986.
Expositions: 2003 "Kin Moto na Bruxelles", Hotel de Ville de Bruxelles - Galerie Bortier; 2003 "Visage d'Afrique", Mots + Tableaux Galerie d'Art Contemporain, Bruxelles; 2005 "Regards sur les 15 ans de transition", Hotel Memling and Bibliotheque Wallonie-Bruxelles; 2007 "Le Congo d'hier, d'aujourd'hui et de demain", Hotel Memling, Kinshasa; 2008 "De Stadsschilders van Kinshasa", Hofke van Chantraine, Belgium; 2010 "FUTUR CONGO", De Warande, Turnhout, Belgium; "Independance!", Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren/Brussels, Belgium; "Die Freiheit und der Kongo", Jägermayrhof, Linz, Austria.
Studio-address: 60, Avenue NZEZA
LANDU, C/Kimbaseke
"TERRE-PROMISE",
103
x 132 cm, 2006.
(Part of the "Prof. Armin Prinz Donation").
"The Pirates of Somalia". Acrylic colors on canvas, 89 x 99 cm cm, 2009.
"PAREC - Arme a feu contre 100$". Acrylic colors on canvas, 90 x 119 cm cm, 2009.
"Conference de paix au nord et au sud Kivu". Acrylic colors on canvas, 106 x 136 cm, 2008.
"Les cauchemards de la transition". Acrylic colors on canvas, 100 x 120 cm, 2004.
"Parlement - debout". Acrylic colors on canvas, 107 x 118 cm, 2006.
This
painting is the cover image of the book "Everyday State and Democracy
in Africa" by Wale Adebanwi (editor), Cambridge Centre of
African Studies:
"La Vigilance de Moke Fils". Acrylic colors on canvas, 134 x 172 cm, 2006 (painted together with SAPINart).