African Digital Art

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Otobong Nkanga (Born in Kano, Nigeria) performer and Visual Artist
Otobong Nkanga works in a broad spectrum of media, including performance, installations, photography, drawing and sculpture. According to Nkanga, the various media she employs “interrogate our mental and physical identities in varied environments and contexts.” Thus taking inspiration from her surroundings, especially architecture, the artist creates [...]

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Aurelien Rakotomanga also known as LTR is a 28 year old graphic designer from Madagascar. This malagasy (that’s right – one who hails from Madagascar) works as an art director, graphic designer and photographer. LTR has been passionate about graphic art since childhood and believes he inhereited this passion from his grandmother who was a [...]

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Colwyn Thomas is a South African Illustrator from Durban. Colwyn is behind the design studio Stone The Crows. Colwyn’s illustrations are haunting and beautiful with a cool palette that bring the illustrations to  life.
I like to think of my work as a blend of classic and new art forms. I’m particularly influenced by Schiele and [...]

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Yvonne Muinde is a painter and matte painter currently residing in Wellington, New Zealand. Her work mainly focuses on the challenge, truth and evolution. Born in Nairobi, Kenya, she begun her career at age ten painting murals on her bedroom wall. Since then she attended the Savannah College of Art in Georgia and completed her [...]

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Olusola Akinseye is a Nigerian illustrator whose work has been published in several storybooks, textbooks, periodicals and calenders. He has extensively worked in the children educational publishing industry. In 2007, Olusola was shortlisted for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award and won the Macmillan, Illustrator Award for Africa in 2008.  Olusola’s work is versatile and vibrant [...]

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The growth of ICT industry in Africa can be directly linked to the massive amount of creativity that is coming out of Africa. In anticipation of what lies ahead in 2010 we wanted to present to you a lists of African Digital Artists to watch for. These artists represent a huge variety of styles and [...]