TANZANIA CONST: June 2012

Saturday, June 30, 2012

THOBIAS MINZI

Ever since I was a child, I have expressed myself through art of painting. Creating art took me into a world of my own, and the encouragement I received led to further training and explorations.

Through several workshops, informal training,

advice from friends and self-imagination , I found my stylistic way of depicting life in its various aspects, this was realized after 6 years as I discovered fabric as an actual medium for creativity .

I enjoy using fabric and thread to convey an image or a feeling. The tactile nature adds a lot to the creative art especially in my semi abstract arts.

My main themes have been African life, women and children .why women and children? This is due great role they play in African life and the great challenges they go through especially in developing countries.

I hope my art brings knowledge and inspiration to others as I continue along my path of creative career.

Ali Masoud

http://www.kipanya.co.tz/

kipanya.co.tz

An official Cartoon website for kipanya 'the cartoon' by a Tanzanian cartoonist Masoud 'Kipanya' with the aim of entertaining, educating and constructively laugh at those who abuse justice and democracy in the name of good governance . Should you wish to assign Masoud for book illustrations, editorial cartoons, and any form of artwork, please PLACE YOUR ORDER HERE.

He was born in June, 1972, his birthday is on 23rd. During his childhood especially when he was in primary school he was funny, apart from drawing Masoud used to write funny news bulletins and read them to his friends at school.

When he was in standard one at Kijitonyama Primary School he used to go to school with his brother's drawings and pretended that they were done by him. When he reached standard two he decided to stop telling lies, he tried to sketch and the results were amazing. From that moment sky was the only limit for him. He developed his talent by mainly concentrating on portraits and he drew almost all the photos that came his way, and he was good.

His first illustration appeared in the Heko magazine in 1988 and by the beginning of 1989 the magazine was turned into weekly newspaper and the owner asked him if he could draw cartoons especially caricatures of politicians, with his background as a portrait artist that was not an issue and that was when the President Ali Hassan Mwinyi and his cabinet begun to feel the stroke of Masoud's pen.

While with Heko Publishers Masoud got a chance to publish his 32 pages comic book titled ‘Heka Heka za Kalunde Mombasa, a story which was depicting the life of young man who was seeking the greener pasture by stowaway, he illegally boarded the ship in the Dar es salaam Port and found himself in Mombasa where he went through a lot of hardships.

Masoud went on working for different newspapers including Baraza, Business Times, BBC Focus on Africa and kept on doing portraits and paintings while participating in art

exhibitions. In 1994 he joined the first independent Tanzanian daily paper, Majira as an editorial cartoonist. While working for Majira he was also appointed to head the weekly cartoon newspaper, Sanifu which was another sharp needle for politicians.

He got married to Sarah in 1999 and in the same year he decided to broaden the spectrum of his art activities by joining the Clouds Entertainment as a radio presenter where he begun with the children's program. In 2000 Masoud and Sarah got a baby boy who was named after Malcolm X, unfortunately things didn't turn according to their plan and they divorced in November 2002.Masoud is an artist who believes in living life as it comes, as the flow forces its way through, he easily goes along with it. He believes that when one feels like screaming then nothing should stop that person from screaming. To him happiness is always created by the person himself thus nobody in this world should complain that this or that person makes him happy or unhappy. Masoud believes in going to an extra mile just to be happy for he only lives once.

He consequently acknowledges the fact that being an artist costs him and he stresses this by saying “Artists tend to want to have their own world where they could live and do things as they wish. They have their way of looking at things, not a normal way. They apply art in every thing and every step of their life to the extent of becoming nuisance to those around them. They are easily identified as the most selfish people the world has ever seen though in realistic they are not.”

Masoud discloses that those who fall in love with artists may agree with him for in most cases they end up being disappointed simply because they don't understand them. It is very difficult to live with an artist. They never reach a conclusion as a normal person does and this can be seen when they work, it is only the deadlines that make them stop doing what they do, they are never satisfied with the strokes of their brushes or pens, given time they can spend time putting the unthinkable and impossible details on their drawings and funny enough they do the same to their daily lives.

On the issue of not easily being satisfied as an artist which others regard it as being perfectionist, Masoud recalls one incident when he was designing a logo for his clothing line, “to date, I have done about twenty drawings and I'm still not happy about the way they look, surprisingly, people love each of them, I'm confused but I guess I just have to learn how to agree with me, myself and I.

I personally can not call this state as ‘being perfectionist' to me it's just a state of not wanting to irritate the eye of the person who will be watching what I have done. It has got nothing to do with being perfectionist.

Throughout his life as an artist Masoud has been around the world attending symposiums, exhibitions and other art activities and he has won several awards and prizes in art competitions. As a human being, Masoud is ambitious. his ambitions are, to become the president of the United Republic of Tanzania, to own a significant number of outlets worldwide that will be selling his cloths (he owns a clothing line ‘KP' which is a contraction of the word Kipanya) and to have a syndicate that will be selling his animation cartoons worldwide. To him it doesn't matter which comes first though it seems like clothing line is getting all the attention as a top priority.

His own philosophy is ‘God gave us tomorrow to rectify our yesterday's mistakes'

Safina Kimbokota

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Ulindula Mwakisopile

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Shama Jaffer

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Zanzibar paintings by Juma Hassan

KOLABO

Mmbando Kennedy

Kennedy Mmbando is Artst comes from Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
Colors and shapes, to paint and sculpt has always been a natural part of Kennedy. His mother who is a teacher, among other things in drawing for children, early noticed his big interest for painting and inspired him to continue to paint, despite that many didn't consider it a future career. As a teenager, in high-school, Kennedy got into contact with an artist who together with his class teacher saw that he had talent and therefore encouraged him to go on with his art. One of the artists who helped him a lot was Professor Elias Jengo from the university in Dar es Salaam. He let Kennedy participate in several of his art projects and gave him a tip regarding two schools in Bagamoyo, about 50 kilometres outside of Dar es Salaam; Bagamoyo Sculpture School and Bagamoyo College of Art. Through his education he got the chance to work with art together with children in different schools, something he would like to continue with in the future.
To Kennedy art is a way to - together with different colours and shapes - express different feelings and ideas within himself. He uses different styles and his paintings are often inspired by Tanzania and for him a way to live close to his roots even when he is far away from home.

Mwandale Mwanyekwa

Pic courtesy of the Sojourner's Truth

I haven't focused on my African sistas "doing it"in the sculpture world in a minute.
Mwandale Mwanyekwa is a great female tanzanian sculptor in a mainly male dominated art sector.
"Big Mama "as she likes to be called has been expressing herself through this art form for the past + 10 years. As any intelligent professional, she realized quite early that she had to aquire training. She attended several local and international schools, workshops, exhibits.
She was invited to showcase her work in Sweden, Toledo Ohio, South Africa ect
This stylish woman and mother, is a self proclaimed lover of herself, it shows through her self portraits carved in woods. She also takes her inspirations from her personal beliefs, nature, animals ect.
Here's her personal site:
www.mwandale.blogspot.com

KOLABO

KOLABO is a collaborative art exhibition of Minzi, a famous Tanzanian artist and Leah, an American artist. The opening on June 16 will Celebrate the International Day of the African child.

Dar es salaam, Kinondoni, Tanzania

Thobias Marco Minzi, Born 1984 in Mwanza Region Magu District. Then I came to Dar es salaam in 2002, and join with the group NAMANGA ART STUDIO Here the guys helped me to see the quality of the talent i have then we atended a lot of exihibitions also i groomed my carrier to be a well Known artist in the Country and Urope GROUP EXHIBITION American embassy 2003 The nation museum 2004 Wasanii art center 2004-2009. slip way hotel East africa art bienale 2005. nation museum Affordable Art Festival 2006. golden tulip hotel Nyumba ya sanaa 2006 Affordable Art Festival 2007. golden tulip hotel Austin exhibition 2008 USA Makutano 2008. dimond jubilee Sulvian summit 2008. arusha tanzania Africa/Now Art exhibition 2008-2009-Denmark,Finland and Norwey Dar in Mombasa 2009. Mombasa Kenya Kil Art Camp 2010 at Kempinski Hotel Dar es salaam.

Phidelice Gervacy

Story by http://www.spherique.org/eng/artists/Tanzania/Fide-Phidelice-Gervacy

Phidelice Gervacy, a self-taught artist, was born on 7th January 1982 in the Kilimanjaro region. He has participated in numerous art exhibitions and workshops. In September 2002 he took part in an art workshop at the University of Dar es Salaam organized by Els Waijers from the Netherlands. In 2006 he participated in an art workshop at TCC Chang’ombe in Dar es Salaam and in the Vipaji foundation workshop which was organized by Zachariah Mbutha from Nairobi Kenya. Fide participated in an art workshop at the DSM organized by Rafiki Art Trust in june 2004. He also took part in a graffiti art workshop at the Nafasi Art Space in 2011 which was organized by Anna Samsoee from Denmark.
Fide’s first exhibition was in 1999 at the Tanz Hands at the Italian Ambassador’s residence in Dar es Salaam, and was followed by a group exhibition at the National Museum festivals in Arusha & Bagamoyo in may 2001. He participated in the East Africa Biennale in Dar es Salaam in july 2003, and he held exhibitions at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Dar es Salaam in 2004, which marked the South African week; these were followed by another exhibition at the European Union in Dar es Salaam. Fide has also exhibited at the Wasanii Art Centre in Dar es Salaam in july 2006, at Makutano in Dar es Salaam in july and october 2006, the Angaza Exhibition in Mlimani City in 2010 and the Alliance France Chorography Printing Exhibition in 2010. He showed at the incoming artist showcase in Kempis in Dar es Salaam in 2010, and the Busara Festival in Zanzibar in 2011.
Fide is also a graphic designer.

Thobias Minzi

KOLABO is a collaborative art exhibition of Minzi, a famous Tanzanian artist and Leah, an American artist. The opening on June 16 will Celebrate the International Day of the African child.

Dar es salaam, Kinondoni, Tanzania

Prof Elias Jengo

http://www.eliajengo.com/

I want all my students, friends, and relatives to avail themselves of the information they need from this website.

Nataka wanafunzi wangu, marafiki, ndugu na jamaa zangu kutumia habari zilizomo kwenye tovuti hii.

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