About

Angel Ihosvanny Cisneros (Ihosvanny)

Born in Mexico, Angola in 1975, “Ihosvanny” is a self-taught artist and member of the so-called Movimento dos Nacionalistas, a visual arts movement in Angola. His practice comprises painting, video, and installation, which he uses to apprehend the physical chaos and psychic experiences of urbanism. He is part of the new generation of Angolan artists born in the wake of the country’s independence. Luanda’s cityscape provides a constant source of material for Ihosvanny’s work: scenes of disorder and arrest are transmuted and synthesized into a reflective …