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Mwano Studio is a local initiative in Kinshasa, D.R. Congo that creates opportunities of co-creation in the arts, connects multiple knowledges, and stands up for a pluriversal world. 🌍 https://mwanostudio.cargo.site/
Meet the artist Spiritus (Bongonda) — who is part of the Mwano Studio team 🤗 Spiritus has been active in the art scene in Kinshasa for 20+ years. A.o. as a member of Bebson de la Rue's infamous band "Trionyx" (since 2007).
#art #music #performance #contemporaryart #congoleseart
📸 Stephan Gladieu
Thank you Funken Akademie #chemnitz for a beautifully hosted and curated programme tonight ✨ #creatingspaces #dialogue #art #music #togetherness
12.09.2025 22:08 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0On our way to #chemnitz 🤗 for a performance by Nada Tshibwabwa ✨at Funken Academy in the frame of european cultural capital 2025 🧚♀️ @chemnitz.de
12.09.2025 06:29 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Artist and founder of Mwano Studio, Nada Tshibwabwa, will be performing at Funken Akademie in Chemnitz (GER) this friday as Homme Tshombo 🦾. #capitalofculture #chemnitz #art #performance #coltan #technology #congo #congoleseartist #music #electronic #phone #nature
funken-akademie.de/2025/08/15/f...
Songs we like at Mwano Studio #2: The queen, Mimi Mongo, who left this planet far too soon to join the ancestors www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIQC... #music #congo #drcongo #rdcongo #art
05.08.2025 16:13 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0We adopted these little ones because their mom got stolen over night at our neighbour's 🥲 #chicken #mwanostudio #coliving #interspecies If you want to support us, we still have our crowdfunding open: gofund.me/eb1db394 #fundraiser #kinshasa #drcongo #music #art
10.07.2025 13:51 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sleeping cat and excessively growing maracuja plant 🌱🐈 Grateful for these two housemates 💜 #mwanostudio #housemates #soulmates #coliving #cobreathing #interspecies #caturday #cats #maracuja #passionfruit #congo #kongo #drcongo #kinshasa #communitywork #sharing #love #friendship #art #music #gift
27.06.2025 09:09 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🦋✨
25.06.2025 23:01 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
💜 Songs we like at Mwano Studio #1 💜 #enjoy #music #heroes #congo #rdc #congolesemusic #kinshasa #piano #raylema #dreams #nganga www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcJn...
25.06.2025 21:49 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Eyes focused, hands steady… Some serious sketching and painting going on at Mwano Studio 💜🌱🌳
16.06.2025 19:56 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mwano Studio celebrating #16june #africanchildday ❤️🔥 #mural #painting #peinture #kinshasa #drcongo #congoriver #art #music #discussing #nature
16.06.2025 18:21 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0#16june Mwano Studio celebrating in #kinshasa #drcongo. #arts #music #comingtogether #experimenting #recycling #singing #callresponse #learning #mural #mwanostudio
16.06.2025 18:18 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Mwano Studio designed the cover for the single Enxame by Luise Volkmann and Kiku Dinucci, a German-Colombian Jazz-Punk-Mix. Enjoy the doings of some of our recent collaborators: tinyurl.com/yy92jhhx #concert #berlin #jazz #punk #music #coverart #illustration #contemporary #drcongo #colombia #cologne
10.06.2025 11:32 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 116 June is International Day of the African Child — in commemoration of the Soweto Uprising in 1976, in which Black school children marched for better education in South Africa. Many were killed, even more were injured. Since 1991 the Organisation of African Unity honours this event on 16 of June. ✊
08.06.2025 16:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#Murals for #mwanostudio in progress 👾 Help us get ready for 16 June 💜 gofund.me/ce837e64 💜
#childday #16june #painting #kinshasa #drcongo #kongo #music #congoriver #drawing #community #dialogue #family #neighbourhood #art #contemporaryart #workshops #children #youth #congolesemusic #freecongo #fund
Homme Tshombo (cellphone man), a figure created by Nada Tshibwabwa, as it appeared in the village of Sao in 2020, as one of the very first arts activities of Mwano Studio youtu.be/ZgicE1QWIxA?... #kinshasa #congo #kongo #art #performance #village #dialogue #workshop #contemporaryart #nadatshibwabwa
07.06.2025 14:06 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Nada founded Mwano Studio in 2020. Check the website for more info on his practice 🌱 and more info on Mwano Studio here: mwanostudio.cargo.site // Photo by Stephan Gladieu. #performanceart #contemporaryart #congo #artivist #exploitation #cobalt #coltan #freecongo #community #workshops #photography
04.06.2025 11:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nada Tshibwabwa is a multi-disciplinary artist from Kinshasa, working in painting, performance art, sculpture and music. His practice deals with the violence inherent in contemporary power relations, addresses environmental issues and sets out to create counter narratives. ➡️ nadatshibwabwa.com
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03.06.2025 20:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nada Tshibwabwa, founder of Mwano Studio, explaining his artistic practice, including his approach in working with children and the neighbourhood 🌱💭🌍🌀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNYu...
#kinshasa #artist #contemporaryart #performance #sculpture #congo #freecongo #dialogue #drcongo #mask #blacksociality
Our Okra plants are growing 🌱🌱 Who can spot the soursop / guanábana tree growing under their leaves, that might provide us with the most delicious fruits in about five years? 🌳💜 #garden #seedlings #food #growing #health #congo #kinshasa #nature #agriculture #sharing #power #green #guanabana #okra
02.06.2025 11:01 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We geared up on our solar panels! Now we can soon record our first musical experiments 💜 Thank you for all the support on our fundraiser! 🔥 Please consider sharing the link: gofund.me/a082a603
#kinshasa #congo #solar #ecology #recycling #music #congolesemusic #africanmusic #workshops #kids #reclaim
Meet Pagero one of the very talented kids in our neighbourhood who have become regulars at Mwano Studio 🔥
#workshops #instruments #art #music #contemporaryart #artivism #recycling #congo #kinshasa #rdcongo #congolesemusic #africanmusic #drums #rhythms #reclaiming #mwanostudio #nadatshibwabwa
Instruments in the making 🥁🔥 During the last couple of days we have been collecting and recycling all sorts of objects with the children and artists in the neighbourhood… Now we are putting them together and testing them… Stay tuned! #accoustic #analogue #recycling #music #art #fundraiser #sound
14.05.2025 10:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Moringa seeds from one of the trees we planted 4 years ago 🌱✨ Moringa leaves and other parts of the tree are insanely healthy and full of vitamins. Time to plant some in our neighborhood in Kinshasa DR Congo 🌱🌱🌱 If you want to support us, every bit helps: gofund.me/c454ea8a
12.05.2025 17:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
#interspecies #living Please meet our coworkers at Mwano Studio: Chantal and Engambe. They add artistically to our soundscapes, love listening to music, check on everyone's wellbeing, keep the space clean and fertilized, and get on pretty well with the cats. #chicken #coop #collaboration #health
30.04.2025 11:20 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Can you believe it?? We just reached the 1000 € mark with our #fundraiser 💜💜💜 Thank you so much for your #support! Please keep #sharing with #friends, #family, #colleagues 💜 Every bit makes a #difference ☀️ www.gofundme.com #congo #kinshasa #freecongo #donations #youth #culture #arts #music #hiphop
29.04.2025 08:44 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Encouraged by the #support our #fundraiser gets [link in bio], we started the first part of activities around #earth #soil #plants #arts and #collaborativework today 💚 #mwanostudio #workshops #nature #congo #kinshasa #artivist #contemporaryart #courage #art #kids #culture #africa #afrika #gofundme
27.04.2025 22:55 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Costumes come out in the open to recreate balance, especially in moments in which communal life is being disrupted. The artists Nada Tshibwabwa, Spiritus Bongonda, and Wijo created a performance for peace at #mwanostudio #kinshasa #drcongo this #eastersunday. #freecongo #contemporaryart #artivists
24.04.2025 11:26 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
