Chéri
CHÉRIN (1955) [view
available works from this artist]
Joseph Kinkonda, called
Chéri Chérin, was born on Febr. 16th,
1955 in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic Congo, formerly
called Zaire). He studied at the Academie des Beaux
Arts in Kinshasa under the Austrian ceramics-artist
Peter Weihs. During this time Chéri Chérin
started to paint posters in his residential-quarter
Ndjili. 
Chérin created
murals on the walls of bars, barbershops and small
boutiques. Impressive pictures of daily life but also
with very serious contents.
Today Chérin
is one of the best known painters in Kinshasa and
a teacher to many young talented artists.
source: Political
Art gallery
Selected
Exhibitions
Chéri
Chérin GALLERY
