I live and work in Kinshasa - in the heart of the chaotic megalopolis of the Democratic Republic of Congo. I was born there in 1981. In my early childhood i lived in Kalemie - a city in the province of Katanga in the south East of the DRC. I returned to Kinshasa - to my birthplace, which is a phantom for me... I made my schooling and studies in Visual arts at the Art Academy of Kinshasa. I made the diploma of the Institute of the Art schools and the diploma of the Art Academy in 2000 and 2003. After that I made the Artistic formation on Visual Arts at the School of Decorative Art in Strasbourg from 2004 until 2005. From 2006 – 2007 i worked at the Academy of Kinshasa and 2008/2009 at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. I was a member of the collective of young Congolese artists. We tried to explore with passion and engagement free and innovating creations. The collective was constituted as a framework to exchanges the different experiences in our lifes, spirits and expressions, but also to fight for human rights and our freedom. All the attempts are articulated around a concept which is called - the librisme. This is a movement of young revolutionary thinking artists in the Democratic Republic of Congo and other countries of the African continent by being opposed to colonial and old school academic art. VITSHOIS MWILAMBWE BONDO
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