Osvaldo Ferreira Angola, b. 1980
Overview
Osvaldo Ferreira explores themes associated with the everyday life of Angolan society, evidencing an intergenerational continuity/discontinuity concerning social experiences.
His work, primarily constituted of paintings, often integrates chromatic and material elements that refer to the African textile tradition of exuberant colors. With this, he aims to emphasize the presence of Africa’s cultural and social heritage – a continent that, through colonization and globalisation, witnessed successive processes of appropriation and cultural manipulation, triggering involuntary miscegenation and the imposition of a system that degenerates the continent’s identity.
In 2019, Osvaldo was one of the first artists to complete a higher education in Visual Arts within the Angolan territory (Instituto Superior de Artes - ISARTES). Since 2020, his work has been represented by the gallery THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE in Luanda, Lisbon, and internationally. His paintings were integrated into several collections worldwide (Portugal, Angola, United Kingdom, Italy, Israel, United States, Spain, France, Romania, and India, among others) such as the Carla & Pieter Schulting collection and The Rockefeller Foundation collection (New York, USA). Furthermore, he was awarded one of Angola's most relevant distinctions in visual arts - the ENSA Art 2020 Painting Grand Prize – and held a solo exhibition (2021) at one of Luanda's most important exhibition spaces - Galeria Banco Económico.
He was awarded one of Angola's most relevant distinctions in visual arts - the ENSA Art 2020 Painting Grand Prize – and in 2021 he held his solo exhibition “Extravagant Dissidence: Building a Local Praxis” at one of Luanda's most important exhibition spaces - Galeria Banco Económico. In 2021, Osvaldo was invited to be part of the first artistic residency of the NESR Art Foundation.
In 2023 he held "Revivescência: Uma Jornada para o Presente" (Revival: A Journey to the Present), his first solo exhibition in Lisbon through a collaboration between THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE and Eritage.
Works
Exhibitions
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EMBODIED NARRATIVES
International group show 21 May - 13 July 2024The show explores a wide variety of media, including painting, ceramics, photography and installation, and encapsulates a growing trend in contemporary African art, which emphasizes figuration and portraiture as vehicles...Read more -
UNTITLED 3
Group Show: Banco Económico Gallery 4 May - 23 June 2023The third edition of the group show 'UNTITLED 3 - O Vendedor de Passados', brings together more than 50 names of national contemporary artistic production. This large-scale cultural production, held...Read more -
Pocket Universes: The Policy of (Im)Possibilities
Group Show 27 January - 31 May 2023Curated by Jamil “Parasol” Osmar, the exhibition features around 23 mostly unpublished works, through which a reflection on the notion of human interaction is proposed, particularly focusing on the moments...Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
Group Show 1 October 2022 - 15 January 2023“(IM)MATERIALITY” promotes a reflection on the concepts of materiality and immateriality, highlighting works by artists from a wide variety of cultural and geographical origins, whose practices cross spatial and technical...Read more
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(IM)MATERIALITY
GROUP SHOW 20 May - 12 August 2022The exhibition promotes a reflection on the concepts of materiality and immateriality, highlighting around 90 works by 48 artists from a wide variety of cultural and geographical origins - including...Read more -
EXTRAVAGANT DISSIDENCE - BUILDING A LOCAL PRAXIS
Solo Show: Osvaldo Ferreira 10 September - 31 December 2021THIS NOT A WHITE CUBE is pleased to present: 'Extravagant Dissidence: Building a Local Praxis', a solo show by the Angolan artist Osvaldo Ferreira. The show will be held at...Read more
Art Fairs
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AKAA - Also Known As Africa 2024
Group Show: Barbara Wildenboer, Ibrahim Bemba Kébé, Osvaldo Ferreira, and Sanjo Lawal 18 - 20 October 2024AKAA – Also Known As Africa – the first and foremost contemporary art fair focused on Africa in France, reflects an Africa with many facets...Read more -
RMB LATITUDES ART FAIR 2024
BENIGNO MANGOVO & OSVALDO FERREIRA 24 - 26 May 2024THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE will be at the 2024 edition of the RMB Latitudes Art Fair in Johannesburg, with works by Benigno Mangovo...Read more -
ART FAIR LUANDA 2024
OSVALDO FERREIRA, RÓMULO SANTA RITA, LUÍS DAMIÃO, NELO TEIXEIRA, BENIGNO MANGOVO & PEDRO PIRES 19 - 21 April 2024Through this project, 'DISCURSOS DE COLONIALIDADE', the gallery aims to generate a dialogue among six Angolan artists reflecting on the concept of decoloniality and seeking...Read more -
African Galleries Now x Artsy 2023
Group Show: ILÍDIO CANDJA CANDJA, OSVALDO FERREIRA, NICOLE RAFIKI, and CÁSSIO MARKOWSKI 28 March - 15 April 2023In the 2023 edition of “African Galleries Now,” THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery presents unique artworks by ILÍDIO CANDJA, OSVALDO FERREIRA, NICOLE...Read more
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African Galleries Now x Artsy 2022
Group Show: BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY, and LUÍS DAMIÃO 30 March - 17 April 2022In the 2022 edition of “African Galleries Now,” THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery presents unique artworksby BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY...Read more -
Cape Town Art Fair 2022
Solo Show: Osvaldo Ferreira 18 - 20 February 2022We look forward to welcoming you to the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022. Osvaldo Ferreira, represented by the Angolan gallery THIS IS NOT A...Read more -
African Galleries Now x Artsy 2020
Group Show: ALIDA RODRIGUES, LUÍS DAMIÃO, RENÉ TAVARES, and OSVALDO FERREIRA 23 November - 13 December 2020THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE is showing a curated project with unreleased works of photography by ALIDA RODRIGUES (Angola), LUÍS DAMIÃO (Angola), and RENÉ...Read more
Press
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"Embodied Narratives"
Collective exhibition in Lisbone-cultura -
(IM)MATERIALITY Águeda's Art Centre
RTP, 8 October 2022 -
(IM)MATERIALITY: NOT A MUSEUM receives international art exhibition
por VÁRIOS, VOU SAIR , 14 August 2022 -
Águeda Arts Center hosts exhibition of more than 40 artists: a reflection on the materiality and immateriality
Comunidade Cultura e Arte, 26 September 2022 -
OSVALDO FERREIRA PRESENTS 20 NEW WORKS REPRESENTATIVE OF LUANDA'S DAILY LIFE
Brenda Sambo, Forbes África Lusófona, 12 September 2021 -
REFLECT #2: FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES
por VÁRIOS, Buala, 13 April 2022 -
REFLECT #2: FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES The Museum of African Art, Belgrade
Ana Knezevic & Emilia Epstajn, ICOM National Committee Magazine, 15 September 2022 -
The NESR Foundation
Selena Mattei, Artmajuer Magazine, 5 November 2022
Video
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Osvaldo Ferreira
Nesr Art Foundation Studio 28 June 2023Read more -
Art can help to overcome the post-colonial Portugal-Africa stigmas
Interview with Graça Rodrigues and João Paulo Sacadura 6 June 2022Interview with Graça Rodrigues, conducted by journalist João Paulo Sacadura for the Portuguese radio station 'Observador' - podcast 'Convidado Extra.' Graça Rodrigues is co-artistic director...Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
international art exhibition 1 July 2022Read more
Publications
Events
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AKAA - Also Known As Africa 2024
Group Show: Barbara Wildenboer, Ibrahim Bemba Kébé, Osvaldo Ferreira, and Sanjo Lawal 18 - 20 October 2024AKAA – Also Known As Africa – the first and foremost contemporary art fair focused on Africa in France, reflects an Africa with many facets...Read more -
RMB LATITUDES ART FAIR 2024
BENIGNO MANGOVO & OSVALDO FERREIRA 24 - 26 May 2024THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE will be at the 2024 edition of the RMB Latitudes Art Fair in Johannesburg, with works by Benigno Mangovo...Read more -
ART FAIR LUANDA 2024
OSVALDO FERREIRA, RÓMULO SANTA RITA, LUÍS DAMIÃO, NELO TEIXEIRA, BENIGNO MANGOVO & PEDRO PIRES 19 - 21 April 2024Through this project, 'DISCURSOS DE COLONIALIDADE', the gallery aims to generate a dialogue among six Angolan artists reflecting on the concept of decoloniality and seeking...Read more -
COCKTAIL BACK TO CUBO
Pocket Universes: The Politics of (Im)Possibilities 27 January 2023Join us for a reconnection cocktail at 'Cubo'. In an open conversation about artistic models and practices, we welcome the South African artist Malebona Maphutse,...Read more
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African Galleries Now x Artsy 2022
Group Show: BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY, and LUÍS DAMIÃO 30 March - 17 April 2022In the 2022 edition of “African Galleries Now,” THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery presents unique artworksby BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY...Read more -
Cape Town Art Fair 2022
Solo Show: Osvaldo Ferreira 18 - 20 February 2022We look forward to welcoming you to the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022. Osvaldo Ferreira, represented by the Angolan gallery THIS IS NOT A...Read more -
Opening: Solo Show by Osvaldo Ferreira
Extravagant Dissidence: Building a Local Praxis 9 September 2021OPENING EVENT, BY INVITATION-ONLY THIS NOT A WHITE CUBE inaugurates a solo exhibition by the Angolan artist Osvaldo Ferreira. 'Extravagant Dissidence: Building a Local Praxis',...Read more
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AKAA - Also Known As Africa 2024
Group Show: Barbara Wildenboer, Ibrahim Bemba Kébé, Osvaldo Ferreira, and Sanjo Lawal 18 - 20 October 2024AKAA – Also Known As Africa – the first and foremost contemporary art fair focused on Africa in France, reflects an Africa with many facets...Read more -
"Embodied Narratives"
e-cultura 3 June 2024Read more -
RMB LATITUDES ART FAIR 2024
BENIGNO MANGOVO & OSVALDO FERREIRA 24 - 26 May 2024THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE will be at the 2024 edition of the RMB Latitudes Art Fair in Johannesburg, with works by Benigno Mangovo...Read more -
EMBODIED NARRATIVES
International group show 21 May - 13 July 2024The show explores a wide variety of media, including painting, ceramics, photography and installation, and encapsulates a growing trend in contemporary African art, which emphasizes...Read more
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ART FAIR LUANDA 2024
OSVALDO FERREIRA, RÓMULO SANTA RITA, LUÍS DAMIÃO, NELO TEIXEIRA, BENIGNO MANGOVO & PEDRO PIRES 19 - 21 April 2024Through this project, 'DISCURSOS DE COLONIALIDADE', the gallery aims to generate a dialogue among six Angolan artists reflecting on the concept of decoloniality and seeking...Read more -
Osvaldo Ferreira
Nesr Art Foundation Studio 28 June 2023Read more -
UNTITLED 3
Group Show: Banco Económico Gallery 4 May - 23 June 2023The third edition of the group show 'UNTITLED 3 - O Vendedor de Passados', brings together more than 50 names of national contemporary artistic production....Read more -
African Galleries Now x Artsy 2023
Group Show: ILÍDIO CANDJA CANDJA, OSVALDO FERREIRA, NICOLE RAFIKI, and CÁSSIO MARKOWSKI 28 March - 15 April 2023In the 2023 edition of “African Galleries Now,” THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery presents unique artworks by ILÍDIO CANDJA, OSVALDO FERREIRA, NICOLE...Read more
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COCKTAIL BACK TO CUBO
Pocket Universes: The Politics of (Im)Possibilities 27 January 2023Join us for a reconnection cocktail at 'Cubo'. In an open conversation about artistic models and practices, we welcome the South African artist Malebona Maphutse,...Read more -
Pocket Universes: The Policy of (Im)Possibilities
Group Show 27 January - 31 May 2023Curated by Jamil “Parasol” Osmar, the exhibition features around 23 mostly unpublished works, through which a reflection on the notion of human interaction is proposed,...Read more -
The NESR Foundation
Artmajuer Magazine 5 November 2022Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY Águeda's Art Centre
RTP 8 October 2022RTP interview with Katherine Sirois about the Exhibition (IM)MATERIALITY in Águeda's Art Centre - THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE by Daniel CatalãoRead more
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(IM)MATERIALITY
Group Show 1 October 2022 - 15 January 2023“(IM)MATERIALITY” promotes a reflection on the concepts of materiality and immateriality, highlighting works by artists from a wide variety of cultural and geographical origins, whose...Read more -
Águeda Arts Center hosts exhibition of more than 40 artists: a reflection on the materiality and immateriality
Comunidade Cultura e Arte 26 September 2022Read more -
REFLECT #2: FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES The Museum of African Art, Belgrade
ICOM National Committee Magazine 15 September 2022Read more -
Reflect #2 - FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES
Exhibition Catalogue by The Museum of African Art - Belgrade 31 August 2022The exhibition 'Reflect#2 - FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES,' held at the Museum of African Art in Belgrade (Serbia) in collaboration with THIS IS NOT A WHITE...Read more
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(IM)MATERIALITY: NOT A MUSEUM receives international art exhibition
VOU SAIR 14 August 2022Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
international art exhibition 1 July 2022Read more -
Art can help to overcome the post-colonial Portugal-Africa stigmas
Interview with Graça Rodrigues and João Paulo Sacadura 6 June 2022Interview with Graça Rodrigues, conducted by journalist João Paulo Sacadura for the Portuguese radio station 'Observador' - podcast 'Convidado Extra.' Graça Rodrigues is co-artistic director...Read more -
(IM)MATERIALITY
GROUP SHOW 20 May - 12 August 2022The exhibition promotes a reflection on the concepts of materiality and immateriality, highlighting around 90 works by 48 artists from a wide variety of cultural...Read more
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REFLECT #2: FRAGMENTS, FRAGILITIES, MEMORIES
Buala 13 April 2022Read more -
African Galleries Now x Artsy 2022
Group Show: BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY, and LUÍS DAMIÃO 30 March - 17 April 2022In the 2022 edition of “African Galleries Now,” THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE Art Gallery presents unique artworksby BARBARA WILDENBOER, OSVALDO FERREIRA, PATRICK BONGOY...Read more -
Cape Town Art Fair 2022
Solo Show: Osvaldo Ferreira 18 - 20 February 2022We look forward to welcoming you to the Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2022. Osvaldo Ferreira, represented by the Angolan gallery THIS IS NOT A...Read more -
OSVALDO FERREIRA PRESENTS 20 NEW WORKS REPRESENTATIVE OF LUANDA'S DAILY LIFE
Forbes África Lusófona 12 September 2021Read more
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EXTRAVAGANT DISSIDENCE - BUILDING A LOCAL PRAXIS
Solo Show: Osvaldo Ferreira 10 September - 31 December 2021THIS NOT A WHITE CUBE is pleased to present: 'Extravagant Dissidence: Building a Local Praxis', a solo show by the Angolan artist Osvaldo Ferreira. The...Read more -
Opening: Solo Show by Osvaldo Ferreira
Extravagant Dissidence: Building a Local Praxis 9 September 2021OPENING EVENT, BY INVITATION-ONLY THIS NOT A WHITE CUBE inaugurates a solo exhibition by the Angolan artist Osvaldo Ferreira. 'Extravagant Dissidence: Building a Local Praxis',...Read more -
African Galleries Now x Artsy 2020
Group Show: ALIDA RODRIGUES, LUÍS DAMIÃO, RENÉ TAVARES, and OSVALDO FERREIRA 23 November - 13 December 2020THIS IS NOT A WHITE CUBE is showing a curated project with unreleased works of photography by ALIDA RODRIGUES (Angola), LUÍS DAMIÃO (Angola), and RENÉ...Read more