Van Andrea
Born in 1992 in Brazzaville, Congo. He lives and works in Brazzaville.
A graduate of the National School of Fine Arts in Bamako, Van Andrea presents his first solo exhibition in 2013 at Ateliers Sahm. In 2014, he took part in the Biennale Dak’Art Offshoot as part of the project : Congo(s) : aesthetics shared beyond geographies.
After a residency in Switzerland, a personal exhibition is dedicated to him at the Foundation Basango in Pointe-Noire (Congo). Painter but also graffiti artist, Van Andrea realizes a fresco at the festival Ostrale ’15 in Germany in 2015. He exhibits in 2016 to the French Institute of Pointe-Noire.
« Woman is the round belly of the world ». This thought of Raoul Vaneigeim finds its place in the work of the Congolese plastic artist Van Andrea. Make-up vanities or classical muses, women are at the center of the artistic project of Van Andrea. They also become under his brush combining acrylic and fabric, representations of the different strata of our societies.