The sale opens with an anchor group of fourteen works by Ídasse Ekson Tembe Malendza — founding figure of the Charrua movement — spanning four decades of painting, from Longa vida (1982) to his most recent mixed-media compositions.
Alongside Ídasse, the sale brings together painting, watercolour and sculpture by Silva Dunduro, Languana, Suzy Bila, Ciro, Luís Cardoso, Ulisses, Bela Rocha, Isabel Noronha and the sculptors Júlia, Reinata Sadimba and Donato — works sourced directly from the artists and exhibited at our Braga gallery.
Estimates in euros. All works offered with provenance direct from the artist.
Founding member of the Charrua movement (1984); works in the permanent exhibition of the National Art Museum, Maputo. Over 100 exhibitions; collections in 13 countries. Artist page →
b. 1964, Búzi, Sofala. Founding member of the Núcleo de Artes Plásticas da Beira (1989) and former Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mozambique. Artist page →
Aldino Dinis Languana (b. 1972, Maputo). Watercolourist and filmmaker, trained under Noel Langa and Ulisses; president of the Núcleo de Arte association since 2024. Artist page →
b. 1974, Maputo. Known for the Reflexos watercolour series. Trained at Noel Langa's studio and at Ar.Co, Lisbon; featured in Moçambi-Cá (UCCLA, Lisbon, 2023). Artist page →
Ciro Pereira (b. 1957), based in Maputo since 1980. First Prize for Painting, MUSART/TDM Annual Exhibition (1997). Artist page →
b. 1962, Beira. Painter, illustrator and designer. Coordinator of the guest artists in this sale. Artist page →
Ulisses Oviedo (b. 1952, Cuba), in Maputo since 1990 — teacher at ENAV and member of Kulungwana's artistic committee. Painting and assemblage: masks and totemic forms. Artist page →
b. 1958. Silk-painting technique developed in Brazil; Expo'98, Culturgest (2011) and Moçambi-Cá (UCCLA, 2023). Artist page →
b. 1964, Maputo. A defining voice of Mozambican cinema — director of Ngwenya, o Crocodilo (2007), on Malangatana — now showing her painting. Artist page →
Makonde ceramicist — the trio with Reinata Sadimba and Merina Amade; Maia Biennial of Contemporary Art, 2025. Artist page →
b. 1945, Cabo Delgado. The great Makonde ceramicist — 1st Johannesburg Biennale (1995); National Art Museum, Maputo; Phaidon. Artist page →
b. 1953, Maputo. Ceramicist trained in Brasília and London; Johannesburg Art Fair (2018); exhibited with Ídasse at Kulungwana (2017). Artist page →
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