Sardoine Bible Miambanzila (born 30May 1998), better known as Sardoine Mia, is a Congolese visual artist whose work draws on her experiences living in

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. She was the recipient of an award by the

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in 2021, and was awarded the Faces of Peace Art Prize in 2022.

Life and career

Born in

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in 1998, Mia spent her childhood in Brazzaville and draws inspiration from her experiences of living there. Her father was a musician and her mother was a seamstress. She was a rebellious teenager and used art to support her mental health. She has spoken publicly about the support her sister has given to her career. Describing herself as a

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artist, her contemporary art practice spans the mediums of painting, drawing and installation. Her work is textural, with the surfaces of many paintings resembling

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. She began her professional life in the contemporary art centre . She subsequently was an artist-in-residence for the Swiss institution Arbeitsgruppe Gästeatelier Krone Aarau. The resultant exhibition of her works was held in Brazzaville in 2021 and was entitled ' ("Where does my awareness come from?") This body of work was partly inspired by the

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. In 2021 her work also featured in the group exhibition ''M'ke'', which focussed on women's lives and experiences, at Kub'art Gallery. Mia has lived in France since 2021, citing readier access to artistic opportunities and travel routes as her reasons for emigration. In 2020 Mia was nominated the Adicom Award for Young Talent – these awards celebrate digital creativity in Francophone Africa. Other nominees from the Republic of Congo alongside Mia were musician

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, entrepreneur

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, and digital consultants Biberic Lokwa and Restra Poaty. In 2021, she was awarded the Dutch Prince Claus Seed Award. In 2022 she was awarded the Faces of Peace Art Prize, by Contemporary Art Curator Magazine.

Awards

* 2017: International Contemporary Art Meeting Prize * 2021: Prince Claus Seed Award, awarded by the

, Netherlands * 2022: Faces of Peace Art Prize, Contemporary Art Curator Magazine, Spain

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mia, Sardoine 1998 births Living people People from Pointe-Noire 21st-century Republic of the Congo women 21st-century Republic of the Congo people Republic of the Congo artists Republic of the Congo painters 21st-century women painters