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[[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]] | [[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.]] | ||
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. She has exhibited in many parts of the world and is currently living and working in Livingstone, Zambia where she runs a private Studio and Gallery called [[Wayi Wayi Art Studio & Gallery|Wayi Wayi]].<ref name="lechwe">[http://www.lechwetrust.org/artists/artistprofiles/74-yombwe-agnes-buya Lechwe Trust, Agnes Yombwe]</ref> | 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. She has exhibited in many parts of the world and is currently living and working in Livingstone, Zambia where she runs a private Studio and Gallery called [[Wayi Wayi Art Studio & Gallery|Wayi Wayi]].<ref name="lechwe">[http://www.lechwetrust.org/artists/artistprofiles/74-yombwe-agnes-buya Lechwe Trust, Agnes Yombwe]</ref> | ||
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Agnes Buya Yombwe (born 1966) is a Zambian painter and sculptor. She was born in Mazabuka, Zambia.
Education and career
Agnes received an Art Teachers Diploma from Evelyn Hone College, Lusaka in 1989. She later obtained a certificate in Art and Design from Wimbledon School of Art in London.
She taught Art at Libala and Matero Boys secondary schools in Lusaka. Yombwe conducts weekend workshops for children in her home town, Livingstone.
Agnes is a founder member of the Zambia National Visual Arts Council (VAC). In the 1990s coordinated and facilitated women artists’ workshops at VAC, she served as National Treasurer. She is a prolific and successful experimental artist who has won several awards. [1]
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. She has exhibited in many parts of the world and is currently living and working in Livingstone, Zambia where she runs a private Studio and Gallery called Wayi Wayi.[1]
Personal life
Agnes is married to accomplished painter and one of Zambia’s foremost artists, Lawrence Yombwe. The two met at art college and later got married.
