I was born in Angola, in the city of Malange on the 7th January 1962, one year after the start of the Angolan revolution and the struggle for independence. I lived in Lunda, the Tchokwe region, in the village Camaxilo. In 1975 I celebrated the independence of Angola in Malange and also experienced the beginning of the civil war. At the end of the year I moved to Luanda and saw the ocean for the first time. I stayed in the capital until 1978. In March 1978 I went to Portugal where I studied and lived for a decade. My journeys brought me to Amsterdam to further develop my art.
By way of exercise and for joy I keep a scrapbook and paint envelopes. Many elements in my paintings found a first start in these sketches. The fishes, the birds, the houses , faces and scenes are lightly and swiftly put on paper and return in my larger work. This same lightness I put in a series of portraits which voice a Portuguese atmosphere expressed by the fado music and the smoky grand cafe’s in Lisbon.
As an Angolan painter living in Holland, I am trying to mix my memories from the past with experiences of everyday-life in Amsterdam and other places, in order to continue creating artworks and by doing so try to enrich the life of other people.
scrapbook envelopes portrait Start exhibition
Contact with Antognoni Brunhoso via E-mail africa@dds.nl The artist's paintings are for sale.