Moké (1950 – 2001; or Moke,

né The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Monsengwo Kejwamfi), was a Congolese painter. He was born in Ibe,

Bandundu Province Bandundu is one of eleven former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It bordered the provinces of Kinshasa and Bas-Congo to the west, Équateur (former province), Équateur to the north, and Kasai-Occidental to the east. The provi ...

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in 1950. He died on September 26, 2001, in

Kinshasa Kinshasa (; ; ), formerly named Léopoldville from 1881–1966 (), is the Capital city, capital and Cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa is one of the world's fastest-grow ...

, a city from which he drew inspiration. Together with

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, Chéri Chérin and other painters of the Kinshasa school like

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and Sim Simaro, Moké was one of the foremost depicters of Congolese popular life. He is considered a naivist, while he described himself as a "painter-journalist".

Exhibitions

* 2018 - ''E-mois'', Museum of Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Marrakech, Morocco * 2016 - " Songeries et réjouissances ", Collection Philippe Pellering & Boris Vanhoutte, Musée Africain de Namur, Musée du Masque de Binche, Belgium * 2014 - ''Moké, une collection particulière 1991-1992'', galerie Espace Lorraine, Bruxelles, Belgium * 2011 - ''Japancongo'',

Le Magasin Founded in 1986, Le Magasin – Centre National d'Art Contemporain is housed in an industrial hall, built for the 1900 Paris World's Fair by the workshops of Gustave Eiffel. Manufacturers Bouchayer and Viallet, working in the area of hydroelect ...

, Grenoble, France. * 2010 - ''African Stories'', Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech, Morocco. * 2008 - ''Popular Painting from Kinshasa'', Tate Modern, Londres, GB. * 2006 - ''100% Africa'', Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao), Spain. * 2005 - ''Arts of Africa'', Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, France. * 2005 - ''African Art Now : Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection'', Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, United States. * 2004 - ''Peinture populaire congolaise'', ADEIAO, Centre d’Études Africaines, Maison des sciences de l’homme, Paris, France. * 2003 - ''Kin Moto na Bruxelles'', Hôtel de ville de Bruxelles, Belgium. * 2003 - ''Regards Croisés'', La Galerie d’Art de Creteil, Créteil, France. * 2003 - Der Rest der Welt, Neuffer am Park, Pirmasens, Germany. * 2002 - ''Monsenguro Kejwamfi dit Peintre Moke « Grand maître de la peinture zaïroise »'', Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain (Genève), Switzerland, (solo). * 2002 - ''Kinshasa, Congo'', Moke, Cheri Samba, Rigobert; Espace Croisé, Centre d'art contemporain de Roubaix, France. * 2002 - ''Afrique dans les murs, Les Naufragés du Temps'', Saint-Malo, France (solo). * 2001 - ''Un Art Populaire'', Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France. * 1997 - "Ecole de Kinshasa", Galerie Peter Herrmann, Stuttgart, Germany * 1996 - ''Bomoi Mobimba Toute la vie, 7 artistes zaïrois, Collection Lucien Bilinelli'', Centre d'art contemporain, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Belgium. * 1995-1996 - ''An Inside Story : African Art of our Time Beyong Art'', Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo; The Tokushima Modern Art Museum; Himeji City Museum of Art; Koriyama City Museum of Art; Marugame Inokuma-Genichiro Museum of Contemporary Art; The Museum of Fine Art, Gifu, Japan. * 1993-1994 - ''Skizzen eines Projektes'', Afrika Im Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Ludwig, Germany. * 1992 - ''Out of Africa'', Galerie Saatchi, London, G.B. * 1991-1992 - ''Africa Hoy/Africa Now'', Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; Cultural Center and Contemporary Art, Mexico City; Groningen Museum, Groningen, the Netherlands. * 1991 - Ny Afrikansk Billedkunst Rundetarn, Copenhagen, Denmark. * 1985 - ''Peintre Populaires du Zaire; L'art vivant d'Afrique Centrale'', Université de Montréal, Marius-Barbeau Museum, Gallery Trompe-l'œil, Media Center, Québec. * 1983 - Goethe-Institut, Kinshasa, DRC. * 1979 - Centre culturel français, Kinshasa, DRC, (solo), * 1979 - ''Moderne Kunst aus Afrika'', Festival de Berlin ''Horizante'79'', Stautliche Kunsthalle Berlin, Germany. * 1978 - ''Art Partout'', Académie des beaux-arts, CIAF, Kinshasa, DRC. * 1969 - Première Foire internationale de Kinshasa, DRC. * 1968 - ''Exposition artistique et artisanale de Kinshasa'', Ministère de la Culture et du Tourisme, Parc de la Révolution, Kinshasa, DRC.

References

{{authority control 1950 births 2001 deaths Democratic Republic of the Congo painters People from Bandundu Province Artists from Kinshasa