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Sebastião Armando Jonze Born: 28 July 1970 in Maputo.
He started sculpting in wood in 1988 as a pupil of the great sculptor Alberto
Chissano. Before long, he turned out to be a great talent. After six weeks,
Alberto Chissano advised him to leave and work individually at home. From
then on Ndlozy developed his own style.
In 1989 and 1991 he won respectively the 3rd and 1st prize at a competition for
new talents organized by Horizonte Arte e Difusão. In 1992 he won a North
American scholarship.
His first solo exhibition took place in 1991 in the Centro de Estudos Brasileiros
in Maputo. After that he had individual exhibitions in Maputo, the United States
and South Africa.
Individual exhibitions:
1991 | Centro dos Estudos Brasileiros |
1992 | U.S.A. |
1994 | Associação Moçambicana de Fotografia |
Collective exhibitions:
1997 | Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa |
1998 | On the occasion of the visit of the French president Jacques Chirac in
July to the Centro Cultural Franco - Moçambicano |
| On the occasion of the visit of the King of Sweden in November to the
Centro Franco - Moçambicano |
Workshops:
1994 | Ujamaa IV of Núcleo de Arte |
1995 | Wood carving in Durban, South Africa |
1997 | Lusaka, Zambia |
1998 | Águas subterrâneas of Núcleo de Arte |
1998 | TAE of Núcleo de Arte |
Awards:
- | 3rd prize competition for new talents by Horizonte Arte e Difusão , 1989 |
- | 1ste prize, idem, 1991 |
- | 6th position International MAAA/USIA in the USA, 1999 |
- | Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes, Lisbon |
- | Mármores, Maputo, 1999 |
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