Curriculum Vitae: Jorge Jose’ Munguambe (Makolwa)

Born in Maputo 1968   

1993  -Self-taught artist. Begin making art.

1996 -Become member of Nucleo de Arte artists’ collective.



Exhibitions

1996   -Concurso descoberta/Discover Award. Center for Brazilian Studies, Maputo, Mozambique.
      
        -Samora Machel: 10 Years After. Matola Secondary School, Matola, Mozambique.

 

1997 -Annual MUSART(Museum Art). National Art Museum, Maputo, Mozambique.

                   
1998 -Dia da cidade da matola/Day of the City of Matola. Matola, Mozambique.

      -Artistas contra a Pobreza/Artists Against Poverty. Fortoleza, Maputo, Mozambique.

     -MUSART TDM (Telecommunications of Mozambique). National Art Museum, Maputo,   Mozambique.

     
1999  -Biennial TDM. National Art Museum, Maputo, Mozambique.

 

2000 -FUNDAC (National Fund for the Environment and Culture) Award. Municipal, Maputo, Mozambique.



       -Transformação de Armas (Transforming Arms into Art project). Nucleo de Art, Maputo, Mozambique.



2001 -Os dois desejam solucoes:SIDA/Two Solutions:AIDS. (Makolwa and Falcão) French Mozambican Cultural Center, Maputo, Mozambique.



2003 -Primeiro encontro de Arte/First Meeting of Art. Fortoleza, Maputo, Mozambique.

       -Johannesburg Art Exhibition. Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.

       -Basta a violencia/Stop the Violence. Camões Institute Art Gallery. Maputo, 

-National Cultural Festival. City Hall, Inhambane, Mozambique.

2004  -FUNDAC Award. Municipal, Maputo, Mozambique.

2005 -Dia da cidade de maputo/Day of the City of Maputo – CEB – Maputo, Mozambique.

       -Expo gaberone. Gaberone, Botswana. 
       -Biennial TDM. National Art Museum, Maputo, Mozambique.

       -Momentos de atelier/Moments at the Studio (Makolwa and Butcheca). Nucleo de Arte,  Maputo, Mozambique.



2007 -Expo em apoio as vitimas das cheias/Exhibit to help Flood Victims of Mozambique. BCI Mediateca, Maputo, Mozambique.

2008 -Expo na facim/Exhibit of International Trade Fair, BCI branch Maputo, Mozambique.

       -festival nacional de arte/National Festival of Art. Xai Xai/Gaza, Mozambique.

      -Anual do museu nacional de arte/Annual Art Exhibition. National Museum of Art, Maputo, Mozambique.

     -Expo sarangoza.  Spain.

     -Expo no primeiro encontro das comunidades afro- brasileiros e Indios/Exhibition of the First Encounter of the Community of Afro-Brazilian Indians. Taina House of Culture, São Paulo, Brasil.

2009 -Expo em inhambane/Exhibition in Inhambane. Inhambane, Mozambique.

2010 -Bem haja NETO/Congratulations of Neto. Nucleo de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique.

       -Expo do banco de moçambique/Exhibition of the Bank of Mozambique. National Museum of Art, Maputo, Mozambique.
    
- Expo por acasião da comemaração dos 175 anos da abúlição da escravatura( no monumento da rota dos escravos/Exhibition on the ocassion to Commemmorate 175 years after the Abolition of Slavery. Slave Route Monument. Le Morne, Mauritius.



        -Fale, Nao Temas, Deus tem muito gen nesta cidade, Fale de Paz/Speak, Don’t Fear, God is in this City, Speak the Peace. Collaboration between Christian Council of Mozambique’s Transformacao de Armas em Enxadas project and Núcleo de Arte. Nucleo de Arte, Maputo, Moçambique. 


2011 -Juntos Pela Paz/We are Together in Peace. TAE art exhibition. Christian Council of   Mozambique. forthcoming, June 24, 2011 



    -Núcleo de Arte and Durban Art Gallery collaborative exhibition. Durban, South Africa,
   forthcoming, July 2011.

2012     -Creative block. Galaria Kulungwana. Maputo-Mozambique.

             -Expo. Na casa da embaixada dos EUA. Maputo.

             -O encontro. Galaria da AMF-maputo.

2013     -No núcleo de arte-Maputo.

            - Coleção crescente. Galaria Kulungwana-maputo.

            -Paint of the Peaple. Maputo.

            -Festival Azgo.

2014      -Exposicao individual ( A Vida), Nucleo de Arte-Maputo.

            -Colecao crecente, Galeria kunlungwana- Maputo.

 2015     - Colecao crecente- Maputo.

            

Workshops                       



2002 -Oitavo aniversario da morte do mester chissano /Eight Year Anniversary of the Death of  Master Chissano. Chissano Museum and Gallery, Matola, Mozambique.

2003  -Com artista dos EUA (THERMEN STATON)/With Artist of USA Thermen Staton. Chissano Museum and Gallery. Matola, Mozambique. 

        -Um encontro no chissano/A Meeting in Chissano. Chissano Museum and Gallery. Matola, Mozambique.

2004 -Alúsivo decimo aniversario da morte do mester chissano/Ten Year Anniversary of the Death of Master Chissano. Chissano Museum and Gallery, Matola, Mozambique. 

2005 -Com artistas da RSA/With Artists of South Africa. Matola and Boane, Mozambique.

    -Dia do criador/Day of Creator. Nucleo de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique. 

2007  -Revivendo o mester CHISSANO/Anniversary of Master Chissano. Chissano Museum and Gallery, Matola, Mozambique.



2008 -Contrução de instrumentos musicais com o mester Batista/Construction of Musical Instruments with Master Batista.  Casa da Cultura Tâina –canpimas / São Paulo, Brazil.



2010 -Por ocasião da comemoração dos 175 anos da abulição da escravatura no monumento da rota dos escravos( onde fiz 1uma escultura em pedra dentro do monumento, com o titulo abaixa a escravatura , a convite de le morne heritage trust fund)/em Le Morne / Expo por acasião da comemaração dos 175 anos da abúlição da escravatura( no monumento da rota dos escravos/ On the ocassion to Commemmorate 175 years after the Abolition of Slavery. Slave Route Monument. I  was commissioned to construct a stone sculpture in Le Morne monument. Invited by the president of Mauritius, Le Morne, Mauritius.



      -Tributo ao Núcleo de Arte/Tribute to Nucleo de Arte. Nucleo de Arte, Maputo, Mozambique.

     -TAE Workshop to Celebrate the Mozambican Dia do Paz. Christian Council of Mozambique Headquarters, Maputo, Mozambique.

2012     Mozombike. Maputo.



 

Bibliography/Text



2011 -Amy Schwartzott. “Transformação de Armas em Enxadas: Um projecto de base moçambicana e modelo para  preservação da paz global.” article written in Portuguese, in Culturas Lusofonas: A Reader, Ed. Elena Como, Atlantico Book Importers Inc., Astoria, March, 2011.  

2010  -Gervasio de Jesus. “Makolwa: homem de espirito artistico.” Idolo. Mozambican magazine. p. 37. 

        -Amy Schwartzott. Transforming Arms into Plowshares: Weapons that Destroy and Heal in Mozambican Urban Art.” Chapter in Representations of Reconciliation: Art and Trauma in Africa, Eds. Lizelle Bisschoff and Stefanie Van de Peer I. B. Tauris Publishers. forthcoming, spring 2012. 

                                      

Honors and Awards

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2010 -Selection for inclusion for month/page in Banco Pro Credit yearly calendar celebrating and showcasing the arts in Mozambique. Banco Pro Credit, publisher.

     -First prize in Coca-Cola Sponsored art event/design and decoration of Coca-Cola bottles. Maputo, Mozambique.