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

Osvaldo Ferreira
5 da Manhã, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
200 x 200 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
A solidão, 2024
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
As Ironias do Meu Tempo, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
160 x 200 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Chicote Económico, 2024
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Enquanto Espero, 2023
Acrylic on Canvas
102 x 90 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Estado Maior do Kuduro, 2024
Oil on canvas
122 x 118,5 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Jikulumesso, 2024
Oil on canvas
105,5 x 110 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Meu Gueto, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 150 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Na Linha Ferrea, 2023
Acrylic on Canvas
120 x 120 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Na Placa, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 150 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
No meu Quintal, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 80 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
O Amanhecer , 2024
Oil on canvas
100 x 100 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
O bolinho da tia nzuzi, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
150 x 150 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Símbolos, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
160 x 200 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Sobrevivência, 2022
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 100 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Style, 2025
Acrylic on canvas
100 x 95 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Um Click, 2023
Acrylic on canvas
99 x 79 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Untitled, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
49 x 50 cm

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Osvaldo Ferreira
Vaidade , 2023
Acrylic on Canvas
100 x 90 cm
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