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| Stary Mwaba and part of his works |
STARY Mwaba, renowned Zambian painter, on Tuesday left for Berlin, Germany to start a one-year residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien.
Mwaba was the only artist selected by the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) from all scholarship applications in Africa on the basis of works which later translated into his inspiring exhibition, ‘We’re still going to the Moon’, which officially opened on March 20, 2014 at the Lusaka National Museum.
The theme of his exhibition is based on the story of Mukuka Nkoloso,
who planned and hoped to send a person from Zambia into space in the
early 1960s and is the background of the exhibition, which focuses on
inspiration, dreams and encouragement.
This is according to a statement issued by Marcel Grella, the public relations/micro-projects officer at the German Embassy in Lusaka.
Chingola-born Mwaba, was raised within a rich traditional background and intellectually stimulated environment surrounded by traditional craftsman and performers.
He decided to move to Northern Province where he fostered his love to the arts, but also became a peer counsellor for Family Life Education.
Starting in 1985, he attended a two-year apprentice programme under Lutanda Mwaba and built on his self-taught skills through various programmes of the Zambia National Visual Arts Council Academy.
Although, most of his works are paintings, Mwaba has also created art works in public spaces in form of wall murals in an inquiring, investigative, experimental and research-minded way on universal themes such as human rights and politics.
Mwaba’s solo projects include the exhibitions; ‘Crossing over Caribbean Contemporary Arts’ in Port-of-Spain in 2005, ‘Freedom in Transition’ at Lusaka National Museum in 2008 and ‘Solace of a Migrant’ in Johannesburg in 2009, while he has also exhibited in New York, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago in recent years.
Mwaba is a recipient of the Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Award and the Zambia National Arts Council Award. It will be his first visit to Germany.
This is according to a statement issued by Marcel Grella, the public relations/micro-projects officer at the German Embassy in Lusaka.
Chingola-born Mwaba, was raised within a rich traditional background and intellectually stimulated environment surrounded by traditional craftsman and performers.
He decided to move to Northern Province where he fostered his love to the arts, but also became a peer counsellor for Family Life Education.
Starting in 1985, he attended a two-year apprentice programme under Lutanda Mwaba and built on his self-taught skills through various programmes of the Zambia National Visual Arts Council Academy.
Although, most of his works are paintings, Mwaba has also created art works in public spaces in form of wall murals in an inquiring, investigative, experimental and research-minded way on universal themes such as human rights and politics.
Mwaba’s solo projects include the exhibitions; ‘Crossing over Caribbean Contemporary Arts’ in Port-of-Spain in 2005, ‘Freedom in Transition’ at Lusaka National Museum in 2008 and ‘Solace of a Migrant’ in Johannesburg in 2009, while he has also exhibited in New York, Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago in recent years.
Mwaba is a recipient of the Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Award and the Zambia National Arts Council Award. It will be his first visit to Germany.
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