Benjamim Sabby
Angola
Benjamim Sabby is an Angolan visual artist who lives and works in Luanda.
He is a member of the National Union of Visual Artists (UNAP), an employee of DINFA (National Directorate for Artistic Training) and a visual arts teacher. He attended and completed a secondary course in visual arts at the National School of Visual Arts of INFAC (now DINFA). He defended his thesis on The Thematic Evolution of Angolan Painting 1930-1995 and holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology from ISCED - Agostinho Neto University.
He visited the studios of the artists Van and Gonga. He has illustrated books such as Geração da Utopia by Pepetela, Editora Nzila, De Gravata by Carmo Neto, Edição UEA, Exclusão Social em Angola by Paulo de Carvalho, KILOMBELOMBE.
He has had several personal exhibitions, such as 2006, Marcas do Real e do Onírico, Celamar Gallery.
Selected group exhibitions: 1997, Sonhos e Realidades, with Marco Kabenda, Galeria Cenários - Luanda; 1999, the City of Luanda Prize, Cidade Alta, Luanda; 2000, the Ensa Prize, Arte - CCP, Luanda; 2003, Expo UNAP, Siexpo, Luanda, and the Angolan Visual Arts Exhibition, Porto; 2005, Exposição Movimento, preview of the Luanda Triennial, and Exposição Angola 30 anos, Gallery of the Municipal Library of Sofia, Bulgaria; 2006, Angola: Sounds and Textures - Museum of America - Madrid; 2007, UNAP 30 years, UNAP Gallery, Luanda.
He is a member of the National Union of Visual Artists (UNAP), an employee of DINFA (National Directorate for Artistic Training) and a visual arts teacher. He attended and completed a secondary course in visual arts at the National School of Visual Arts of INFAC (now DINFA). He defended his thesis on The Thematic Evolution of Angolan Painting 1930-1995 and holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology from ISCED - Agostinho Neto University.
He visited the studios of the artists Van and Gonga. He has illustrated books such as Geração da Utopia by Pepetela, Editora Nzila, De Gravata by Carmo Neto, Edição UEA, Exclusão Social em Angola by Paulo de Carvalho, KILOMBELOMBE.
He has had several personal exhibitions, such as 2006, Marcas do Real e do Onírico, Celamar Gallery.
Selected group exhibitions: 1997, Sonhos e Realidades, with Marco Kabenda, Galeria Cenários - Luanda; 1999, the City of Luanda Prize, Cidade Alta, Luanda; 2000, the Ensa Prize, Arte - CCP, Luanda; 2003, Expo UNAP, Siexpo, Luanda, and the Angolan Visual Arts Exhibition, Porto; 2005, Exposição Movimento, preview of the Luanda Triennial, and Exposição Angola 30 anos, Gallery of the Municipal Library of Sofia, Bulgaria; 2006, Angola: Sounds and Textures - Museum of America - Madrid; 2007, UNAP 30 years, UNAP Gallery, Luanda.
