Cheri
CHERIN (1955) [view
available works from this artist]
Joseph Kinkonda, called
Cheri 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 Cheri Cherin started to paint posters in
his residential-quarter Ndjili.
Cherin 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
Selected
Exhibitions
Cheri
Cherin GALLERY
