Chéri
CHERIN, 1955
Joseph Kinkonda, called Chéri
Cherin, 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 Cherin 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 Cherin is one of the best
known painters in Kinshasa and a teacher to many young talented
artists.
source: Political Art gallery