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| name = Agnes Yombwe | |||
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| birth_date = 1966 | |||
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| nationality = Zambian | |||
| residence = [[Livingstone]], [[Zambia]] | |||
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| occupation = Painter and sculptor | |||
| spouse = [[Lawrence Yombwe]] | |||
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'''Agnes Buya Yombwe''' (born 1966) is a [[Zambia]]n painter and sculptor. She was born in [[Mazabuka|Mazabuka, Zambia]]. | '''Agnes Buya Yombwe''' (born 1966) is a [[Zambia]]n painter and sculptor. She was born in [[Mazabuka|Mazabuka, Zambia]]. | ||
==Early life== | |||
Agnes is [[Tumbuka language|Tumbuka]] and she is the third born in a family of ten. She started drawing when she was in her 8th grade at [[St Mary's Secondary School]] in Lusaka. In 11th grade she saw an art competition advertised in the [[Orbit Magazine]]. She participated and won a consolation prize. In 12th grade, the art teacher took Yombwe's class for an art exhibition by [[Lawrence Yombwe]], who was later to become her husband.<ref name="radio">[https://archive.org/details/aporee_18953_21988 Interview with Radio Continental Drift, 13 November 2012]</ref> | |||
==Education and career== | ==Education and career== | ||
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==Exhibitions== | ==Exhibitions== | ||
She has held several solo exhibitions and undertaken prestigious studio residencies at the Edward Munch Studio in Oslo, Norway in 1995 and at the McColl Centre for Visual Art in North Carolina, USA in 2002. | [[File:Agnes Yombwe painting1.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Stop Women Abuse (mixed media) by Agness Yombwe. The painting shows shows a woman in stitches with a disfigured face depicted in a rudimentary and playful manner.<ref>[http://andrewmulenga.blogspot.com/2012/04/agnes-social-issues-condemns-child.html Agnes’ "Social Issues" condemns child, women abuse], by [[Andrew Mulenga]], 24 April 2012</ref>]] | ||
She has held several solo exhibitions in many parts of the world and undertaken prestigious studio residencies at the Edward Munch Studio in Oslo, Norway in 1995 and at the McColl Centre for Visual Art in North Carolina, USA in 2002. | |||
==Initiatives== | |||
She runs a private Studio and Gallery called [[Wayi Wayi Art Studio & Gallery|Wayi Wayi]] in the tourist capital of Zambia, [[Livingstone]]. <ref name="lechwe">[http://www.lechwetrust.org/artists/artistprofiles/74-yombwe-agnes-buya Lechwe Trust, Agnes Yombwe]</ref> | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Agnes is married to accomplished painter and one of Zambia’s foremost artists, [[Lawrence Yombwe]]. | Agnes is married to accomplished painter and one of Zambia’s foremost artists, [[Lawrence Yombwe|Lawrence]]. The two met at art college and later got married. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Women in the arts]] | [[Category:Women in the arts]] | ||
[[Category:Art promoters]] | [[Category:Art promoters]] | ||
[[Category:People of Zambia]] | |||
