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Born 1968. Known for: Painting.
A Congolese painter born in Kinshasa in 1968 under the name Jean-Marie Mosengwo Odia, Moke Fils is the eldest son of painter Moke (1950-2001), a major figure in Congolese popular painting. Moke Fils... Read full biography
A Congolese painter born in Kinshasa in 1968 under the name Jean-Marie Mosengwo Odia, Moke Fils is the eldest son of painter Moke (1950-2001), a major figure in Congolese popular painting. Moke Fils trained in the family studio, he continued this heritage without academic training, adopting a... Read full biography
A Congolese painter born in Kinshasa in 1968 under the name Jean-Marie Mosengwo Odia, Moke Fils is the eldest son of painter Moke (1950-2001), a major figure in Congolese popular painting. Moke Fils trained in the family studio, he continued this heritage without academic training, adopting a narrative figurative style characteristic of the Kinshasa art scene. Fils's work, close to caricature, vividly depicts everyday life in Kinshasa: chaotic traffic, police controls, street scenes and urban... Read full biography
A Congolese painter born in Kinshasa in 1968 under the name Jean-Marie Mosengwo Odia, Moke Fils is the eldest son of painter Moke (1950-2001), a major figure in Congolese popular painting. Moke Fils trained in the family studio, he continued this heritage without academic training, adopting a narrative figurative style characteristic of the Kinshasa art scene. Fils's work, close to caricature, vividly depicts everyday life in Kinshasa: chaotic traffic, police controls, street scenes and urban figures. Using bright, contrasting colors, he captures the energy and tension of urban life. He exhibits in Kinshasa and internationally, notably in Central Africa, France and Belgium.
A Congolese painter born in Kinshasa in 1968 under the name Jean-Marie Mosengwo Odia, Moke Fils is the eldest son of painter Moke (1950-2001), a major figure in Congolese popular painting. Moke Fils trained in the family studio, he continued this heritage without academic training, adopting a narrative figurative style characteristic of the Kinshasa art scene. Fils's work, close to caricature, vividly depicts everyday life in Kinshasa: chaotic traffic, police controls, street scenes and urban figures. Using bright, contrasting colors, he captures the energy and tension of urban life. He exhibits in Kinshasa and internationally, notably in Central Africa, France and Belgium.
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A Congolese painter born in Kinshasa in 1968 under the name Jean-Marie Mosengwo Odia, Moke Fils is the eldest son of painter Moke (1950-2001), a major figure in Congolese popular painting.
Moke Fils trained in the family studio, he continued this heritage without academic training, adopting a narrative figurative style characteristic of the Kinshasa art scene.
Fils's work, close to caricature, vividly depicts everyday life in Kinshasa: chaotic traffic, police controls, street scenes and urban figures. Using bright, contrasting colors, he captures the energy and tension of urban life.
He exhibits in Kinshasa and internationally, notably in Central Africa, France and Belgium.