Mangangu
Bona Mangangu- Artist , painter, writer, art critic, photographer
Bona Mangangu was born in Kinshasa, Congo and studied History of Arts, Literature and science education at the University of Paris VIII, France. He also published several books as a poet and writer before moving to Sheffield, UK to achieve his Postgraduate in fine art at the Sheffield Institute of Arts and Design. He works in a number of media, including painting, drawing, printmaking and recently sculpture.
Whilst the United Kingdom remains his primary base, Bona Mangangu divides his time between Portugal, Scotland and France.
His work has been exhibited in internationally Galleries in Germany, Belgium, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Norway, Mexico, Spain, among others. He also has numerous works in private collections.
Bona Mangangu received his MFA from the Sheffield Institute of Arts (Sheffield Hallam University) and lives and works in Sheffield and London, UK. He has exhibited at Arundel Court gallery and as solo shows at various galleries in France, Belgium, Germany, Norway and Morocco. He has recently exhibited in Mexico Museo Leonora Carrington with the French painter Claude-Henri Bartoli.
He has also exhibited in Mexico University (Gallery of Habitat) in San Luis Potosi, in French Cultural Centers in Lebanon, Israel and Palestine as a writer alongside with his friend Michele Arellano, a French printmaker. Residencies include College Paul Riquet and Workspace Residency at Villa Antonine of the famous French sculptor Injalbert in Beziers, in the South of France. His work has been collected in private collections in France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Morocco, United Kingdom, Mexico, Congo, USA etc...
As a writer, he has published severals books –fiction and poetry in french, and essays in english (Sheffield Hallam university). Most of his books can easily be found online. (Refer to his Wikipedia page)
Education
2008-2011
Sheffield Institue of Art at Sheffield Hallam University. MFA. United Kingdom
1984-1990
Paris VIII University. France
Publications
2020
Le Songe de Leonora Carrington. Edition bilingue français/ espagnol. Musee Leonora Carrington/ Arcana Editions nomades. San Luis Potosi. Mexique
2017
Rubato. Peinture de Bona Mangangu. Texte de Jean-Yves Fick. Editions Publie.net/ Toulouse. France
2016
Joseph le Maure, Tekedio Editions/ Tiers Livre. net
Exhibitions
Solo-Interview
2020
Museo Leonora Carrington, San Luis Potosi, Mexico .Publication: Le Songe de Leonora Carrington. Edition bilingue. Francois/espagnol
2019
Qui etait Joseph, modele du peintre Gericault. Interview de Helene Combis sur France Culture. A l'occasion de l'Exposition le Modele Noir. Musee d'Orsay, Mars 2019
Group- Residencies- Colloque
2020
Museo Leonora Carrington, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Avec le peintre français Claude-Henri Bartoli. Du 20 Mars au 30 Dec 2020
2018
« POUR L'AMOUR DE L'ART » EXPOSITIONdu 2 AVRIL au 2 JUIN 2018 ESPACE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN MUSEE/MAISON DES ARTS . Et à la Mediateque de Bédarieux. Livre d?art. Aux cotés de Michel BUTOR, GUILLEVIC, Bernard NOEL, Jean-pierre BAROU, Michel MAFFESOLI, Michae?l GLUCK, Enan BURGOS, Dario PELLEGRINI, Bona MANGANGU, Mario Alonso LOPEZ NAVARO, Christian SKIMAO, Isabelle PIERRET, Hugo BEAUDIERE-M'BAYE, Laura Elena GONZALEZ SANCHEZ, et d'autres... 34600 BEDARIEUX FRANCE
2015 – Residence d'artiste. Furnace Park. En collaboration avec L'université de Sheffield. UK.
– 2015-2015 Colloque autour de mes oeuvres: Texas University, Austin USA sous la direction du professeur Anne-Cirella Urrutia
2007-2009-2010
Exposition: Mare Nostrum :Centres culturels français de Jérusalem, Ramallah et Gaza. Centres culturels français de Beyrouth, Tripoli, Saïda :
Gravures de Michelle Arellano et textes de Bona Mangangu