Catheris Mondombo Bio
Born 1992, Kinshasa, DRC
Lives and works in Kinshasa, DRC
For Mondombo, his city is both the foundation and inspiration of his artistic practice and its content. After graduating in 2013, from Fine Art School in Kinshasa, with a concentration in sculpture he determined to develop his own personal artistic vision and direction gradually by observing both life on the street as well as following his interest in film. A seminal inspiration for him was the film Passengers, a science fiction movie about astronauts, who go into space to find other worlds, once this one becomes uninhabitable. For Mondombo the parallels with his immediate environment made the concept of space a useful metaphor to be utilised in work with semi-abstracted images of figures in diving/space suits in weightlessness. This becomes a point of departure to comment on a society out of step with the needs of the people, both their survival and their future aspirations.
To further connect his imagery with the daily reality, he uses as supports for his works, recovered tarpaulins used by the many informal vendors on the streets of Kinshasa.
Catheris is currently one of the finalists in the Art Tembo 2019 competition; a contemporary art contest taking place in Kinshasa. In 2017, he was part of "Tosala discovery" festival exhibiition at the French Institute of Kinshasa. In 2016 with other artists he was part of group exhibition for International Youth Day in Kinshasa. 2015: Collective exhibition "Holiday ball" in Kinshasa.
Lives and works in Kinshasa, DRC
For Mondombo, his city is both the foundation and inspiration of his artistic practice and its content. After graduating in 2013, from Fine Art School in Kinshasa, with a concentration in sculpture he determined to develop his own personal artistic vision and direction gradually by observing both life on the street as well as following his interest in film. A seminal inspiration for him was the film Passengers, a science fiction movie about astronauts, who go into space to find other worlds, once this one becomes uninhabitable. For Mondombo the parallels with his immediate environment made the concept of space a useful metaphor to be utilised in work with semi-abstracted images of figures in diving/space suits in weightlessness. This becomes a point of departure to comment on a society out of step with the needs of the people, both their survival and their future aspirations.
To further connect his imagery with the daily reality, he uses as supports for his works, recovered tarpaulins used by the many informal vendors on the streets of Kinshasa.
Catheris is currently one of the finalists in the Art Tembo 2019 competition; a contemporary art contest taking place in Kinshasa. In 2017, he was part of "Tosala discovery" festival exhibiition at the French Institute of Kinshasa. In 2016 with other artists he was part of group exhibition for International Youth Day in Kinshasa. 2015: Collective exhibition "Holiday ball" in Kinshasa.
Catheris Mondombo - cambiste (changeur de monnaie), 2019, acrylic on used tarpaulin, 200cm x 230cm
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Catheris Mondombo - Reforme, 2019, woven tarpaulin, 160cm x 170cm
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Catheris Mondombo - Moving, 2019, acrylic on used tarpaulin, 150cm x 170cm
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