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Biography
Nada Tshibwabwa (*1990, Lubumbashi, D. R. Congo) is a multi-disciplinary artist from Kinshasa, working in painting, performance art, sculpture and music. His practice deals with the violence inherent in contemporary power relations, entangled with his own biography, addresses environmental issues and sets out to create counter narratives.
Due to the early deaths of his parents, Nada left for Kinshasa at a young age to seek out opportunities to amplify his musical talent in the capital’s Rap scene. He founded the duo Sinda Nada in 2008 and became part of what later became the Timbela Batimbela Yo collective. In 2015 he collaborated with Lexxus Legal, participating in the aiR D’iCi. festival. His musical career was increasingly accompanied by visual elements and his practice as a self-taught artist soon gained attention, among others during the Faire-Part project (2016). After working with the performance festival KINACT-Rencontres Internationales des Artistes Performers (2016–), he was invited to become an artist in residency at Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle (2018–2022). Developing his artistic practice ever since, Nada Tshibwabwa also initiated a wide range of community projects, transferring his knowledges to younger generations. In 2020, Nada Tshibwabwa partly moved to Sao, a village on the Plateau Bateke, outside of Kinshasa, where he creates a meeting point for people, discussing environmental issues, practicing agriculture and several arts. In 2022 he founded Mwano Studio, a recording studio and space for exchange, now located in Kinshasa’s vibrant quarter Kinkole.
Nada Tshibwabwa has participated in numerous festivals in Kinshasa and has performed in several cultural centres. Recently, his work was shown in « Megalopolis: Voix de Kinshasa » at GRASSI Museum (2018–19, Leipzig), « The Long Term you Cannot Afford. On the Distribution of the Toxic » (2019, S A V V Y Contemporary, Berlin), « New Views on Same-Olds » (2020, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien), « Fulu-Act : Du Mouvement, Naît Le Regard » (2021, BOZAR, Bruxelles), « Tango: On the (Des-)Integration of Times » (2021, Kinshasa), « Futura Tropica / Bangalore, Bogota, Kinshasa » (2021, EYEBEAM, New York), « Müll » (2022, Kunstverein Leipzig), « Kunst Im Untergrund » (2023, neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin). In 2022 Nada Tshibwabwa was artist in residency at Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale in Tervuren (Belgium), after which one of his works was acquired for the permanent collection. In 2024 he was a TRAME resident at Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris).
Publications
Press
Works by Nada Tshibwabwa have been shown in the following publications (selection):
nada.tshibuabua[@]gmail.com
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Biography
Nada Tshibwabwa (*1990, Lubumbashi, D. R. Congo) is a multi-disciplinary artist from Kinshasa, working in painting, performance art, sculpture and music. His practice deals with the violence inherent in contemporary power relations, entangled with his own biography, addresses environmental issues and sets out to create counter narratives.
Due to the early deaths of his parents, Nada left for Kinshasa at a young age to seek out opportunities to amplify his musical talent in the capital’s Rap scene. He founded the duo Sinda Nada in 2008 and became part of what later became the Timbela Batimbela Yo collective. In 2015 he collaborated with Lexxus Legal, participating in the aiR D’iCi. festival. His musical career was increasingly accompanied by visual elements and his practice as a self-taught artist soon gained attention, among others during the Faire-Part project (2016). After working with the performance festival KINACT-Rencontres Internationales des Artistes Performers (2016–), he was invited to become an artist in residency at Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle (2018–2022). Developing his artistic practice ever since, Nada Tshibwabwa also initiated a wide range of community projects, transferring his knowledges to younger generations. In 2020, Nada Tshibwabwa partly moved to Sao, a village on the Plateau Bateke, outside of Kinshasa, where he creates a meeting point for people, discussing environmental issues, practicing agriculture and several arts. In 2022 he founded Mwano Studio, a recording studio and space for exchange, now located in Kinshasa’s vibrant quarter Kinkole.
Nada Tshibwabwa has participated in numerous festivals in Kinshasa and has performed in several cultural centres. Recently, his work was shown in « Megalopolis: Voix de Kinshasa » at GRASSI Museum (2018–19, Leipzig), « The Long Term you Cannot Afford. On the Distribution of the Toxic » (2019, S A V V Y Contemporary, Berlin), « New Views on Same-Olds » (2020, Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien), « Fulu-Act : Du Mouvement, Naît Le Regard » (2021, BOZAR, Bruxelles), « Tango: On the (Des-)Integration of Times » (2021, Kinshasa), « Futura Tropica / Bangalore, Bogota, Kinshasa » (2021, EYEBEAM, New York), « Müll » (2022, Kunstverein Leipzig), « Kunst Im Untergrund » (2023, neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst, Berlin). In 2022 Nada Tshibwabwa was artist in residency at Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale in Tervuren (Belgium), after which one of his works was acquired for the permanent collection. In 2024 he was a TRAME resident at Cité Internationale des Arts (Paris).
Publications
- Seko Na Seko (Forever). 2022. In: Spaces of Care: Confronting Colonial Afterlives In European Ethnographic Museums. Modest, Wayne & Augustat, Claudia (eds). 2023. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag. 135–138
- Catalogue of the exposition « Megalopolis: Voices of Kinshasa », GRASSI Museum, Leipzig. 2019.
- Catalogue of the exposition « New Views on Same-Olds » / « Time flies … in pirouettes », Akademie der bildenden Künste, Wien. 2020.
Press
Works by Nada Tshibwabwa have been shown in the following publications (selection):
- The Guardian (25 Mars 2023): theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/mar/25/rubbish-fashion-street-art-costumes-of-kinshasa-in-pictures
- Fluter Magazin (2021):
fluter.de/heft80 - GEO (Mars 2021)
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