Christophe Ndabananiye

Christophe Ndabananiye (* 1977 in Lubumbashi , Democratic Republic of the Congo ) is a Rwandan-German visual artist.

Life

Christophe Ndabananiye was born in 1977 to Rwandan parents in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From 1991 to 1994 he studied at the École d'Art de Nyundo in Rwanda and from 2002 to 2008 at the University of Fine Arts in Saarbrücken and graduated with a diploma. In 2006/07 he completed a year abroad at the École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de La Réunion, Reunion Island. He has lived in Berlin since 2009.

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The meta-theme of traces is at the center of Christophe Ndabananiye's work. Traces from the past and memories are examined, rediscovered over and over again, and brought back to life and visible in the present. The traces are seen primarily in the historical context, whereby these can be thoughts, ideas, objects, feelings or concrete experiences. In the constant search of yesterday, Ndabananiye uses different materials and media, paints mainly with boat varnish and acrylic, but the photo and video camera is also a constant companion.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2010: Traces, IWALEWA house , Bayreuth
2011: Traces, Center de Formation REFUGE ICYUGAMO in Masaka, Rwanda
2011: Traces, platform for the present - Alexandra von Scholz, Berlin
2013: From there to here, Remains Gallery Listros - From there to here, Berlin

Group exhibitions (selection)

2007: Projet container, École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de La Réunion, Reunion Island
2008: Autumn Salon 2008, Kulturzentrum am Eurobahnhof (KuBa), Saarbrücken
2008: Diploma course: room installation "The shoe - personal versus impersonal" in the special workshop at the Eurobahnhof, Saarbrücken
2010: instigated !, 25 years of the Saarländisches Künstlerhaus , Saarbrücken
2010: African Diversity, group exhibition at the August Bebel Institute, Berlin
2011: gruppe otto, group exhibition in the Westwerk , Leipzig
2011: Nomadic Settlers - Settled Nomads, Kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien , Berlin
2012: ... what makes you white ?, group exhibition, Association of Berlin Artists , Berlin
2012: FLYING, group exhibition, Künstlerhaus Bethanien , Berlin
2015: YESTERNOW. Between Jet Set and Forgetting Part II, group exhibition, Ballhaus Naunynstraße , Berlin

Scholarships

2011: Exhibition grant ifa (Institute for Foreign Relations)

Public collections

IWALEWA house , Bayreuth

Individual evidence

Web links

Homepage

personal data
SURNAME	Ndabananiye, Christophe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Rwandan-German visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH	1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lubumbashi , Democratic Republic of the Congo

[1] ttp://www.iwalewa.uni-bayreuth.de/de/archiv-ausstellungen/2009-2010/Christophe_Ndabananiye/index.html

[2] ttp://www.vondortbishier.listros.de/von-dort-bis-hier/

[3] ttp://www.vondortbishier.listros.de/kuenstlerinnen/informationen/christophe-ndabananiye/

[4] Institute for Foreign Relations: Exhibition Funding ( Memento from May 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )