Osvaldo Ferreira Angola, 1980

Présentation
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.
 

 

Available Works

Œuvres
  • 5 da Manhã
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    5 da Manhã, 2022
    Acrylic on canvas
    200 x 200 cm
  • A solidão
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    A solidão, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    100 x 100 cm
  • As Ironias do Meu Tempo
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    As Ironias do Meu Tempo, 2022
    Acrylic on canvas
    160 x 200 cm
  • Chicote Económico
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Chicote Económico, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    100 x 100 cm
  • Enquanto Espero
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Enquanto Espero, 2023
    Acrylic on Canvas
    102 x 90 cm
  • Estado Maior do Kuduro
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Estado Maior do Kuduro, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    122 x 118,5 cm
  • Jikulumesso
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Jikulumesso, 2024
    Oil on canvas
    105,5 x 110 cm
  • Meu Gueto
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Meu Gueto, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas
    150 x 150 cm
  • Na Linha Ferrea
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Na Linha Ferrea, 2023
    Acrylic on Canvas
    120 x 120 cm
  • Na Placa
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Na Placa, 2023
    Acrylic on canvas
    150 x 150 cm
  • No meu Quintal
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    No meu Quintal, 2023
    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 80 cm
  • O Amanhecer
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    O Amanhecer , 2024
    Oil on canvas
    100 x 100 cm
  • O bolinho da tia nzuzi
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    O bolinho da tia nzuzi, 2024
    Acrylic on canvas
    150 x 150 cm
  • Símbolos
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Símbolos, 2022
    Acrylic on canvas
    160 x 200 cm
  • Sobrevivência
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Sobrevivência, 2022
    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 100 cm
  • Style
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Style, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 95 cm
  • Um Click
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Um Click, 2023
    Acrylic on canvas
    99 x 79 cm
  • Untitled
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Untitled, 2024
    Acrylic on canvas
    49 x 50 cm
  • Vaidade
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Vaidade , 2023
    Acrylic on Canvas
    100 x 90 cm
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  • As Ironias do Meu Tempo
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    As Ironias do Meu Tempo, 2022
    Acrylic on canvas
    160 x 200 cm
  • Mina Tradicional (tala)
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Mina Tradicional (tala), 2022
    Acrylic on canvas
    150 x 154 cm
  • Símbolos
    Osvaldo Ferreira
    Símbolos, 2022
    Acrylic on canvas
    160 x 200 cm