Haji Mussa CHILONGA
a unique artist from TanzaniaBorn in 1969 in Mtwara, Tanzania, Haji Mussa Chilonga works as an artist (fine art, abstract and sculpture) since 1992. He is currently living in Dar es Salaam.
He underwent artistic training in Dar es Salaam (1999) and at the Salzburg International Summer Academy, Austria (2007, 2014).
Solo Exhibitions:
2018 Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2012 Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2011 Warm Heart Art Gallery, Arusha, Tanzania
2011 Makutano Art Gallery, “Past and Present” Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2010 Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi Kenya
2010 Fine Artz Gallery, Arusha Tanzania,
2009 Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
2009 Fine Artz Gallery, Arusha Tanzania,
2008 Warm Heart Art Gallery, Arusha Tanzania
2008 Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
2008 Warm Heart Art Gallery, Arusha Tanzania,
2004 Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
1997 Bamayu Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
Group exhibitions:
Haji Chilonga participated in many group exhibitions in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, The United kingdom, Austria, The United States and Canada.
2012 Hello East Africa, Kigali, Rwanda
2012 Royal Commonwealth Club, London, UK
Workshops:
2013 6th Insaka International Artists Workshop, Livingstone, Zambia,
2011 Clay workshop Dogo dogo Centre, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
2010 Collography Workshop Dogo dogo Centre, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
2006 Thupelo International Workshop, Rorke’s Drift KwaZulu Natal, South Africa,
2004 Ngoma International Workshop, Nabinonya, Kampala Uganda,
2001 Rafiki International Workshop, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Awards:
Third winner of the art Competition a hundred and fifty years of Italian unification 2011 by the Italian Embassy Tanzania,
Top ten (Art Against AIDS) MACMILLAN in South Africa 2002