Born in 1969 in Mtwara, Tanzania, Haji Mussa Chilonga works as an artist (fine art, abstact and sculpture) since 1992. He is currently living in Dar es Salaam.
He underwent artistic training in Dar es Salaam (1999) and at the Salzburg International Summer Academy, Austria (2007, 2014).
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 A unique encounter with the Master, at The Drum Restaurant. Dar es Salaam Tanzania
2022 Women into Family, at Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi Kenya
2021 UN Recreation Centre, in Nairobi Kenya
2018 Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2012 Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2011 Warm Heart Art Gallery, Arusha, Tanzania
2011 Makutano Art Gallery, “Past and Present” Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2010 Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi Kenya
2010 Fine Artz Gallery, Arusha Tanzania,
2009 Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
2009 Fine Artz Gallery, Arusha Tanzania,
2008 Warm Heart Art Gallery, Arusha Tanzania
2008 Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
2008 Warm Heart Art Gallery, Arusha Tanzania,
2004 Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
1997 Bamayu Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
Group exhibitions:
Haji Chilonga participated in many group exhibitions in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, The United kingdom, Austria, The United States and Canada.
2024 Venice Biennale, Italy
2023 Asante Sanaa, Germany
2022 International collaboration at National Museum. Dar es Salaam Tanzania
2022 African Festival Tübingen, Germany
2018 Art Fair Stockholm Sweden
2016 Iwacu Nyumbani, at Inganzo Art Centre. Kigali Rwanda
2012 Hello East Africa, Kigali, Rwanda
2012 Royal Commonwealth Club, London, UK
Workshops:
2018 pARTage International Artists Workshop at Flic n Flac Port Louis, Mauritius.
2017 Thupelo International Artists Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa
2013 6th Insaka International Artists Workshop, Livingstone, Zambia,
2011 Clay workshop Dogo dogo Centre, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
2010 Collography Workshop Dogo dogo Centre, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
2006 Thupelo International Workshop, Rorke’s Drift KwaZulu Natal, South Africa,
2004 Ngoma International Workshop, Nabinonya, Kampala Uganda,
2001 Rafiki International Workshop, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Art Residencies:
2023 Gibb’s Farm in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
2022 African Galleria, at Manyara Tanzania
2022 Gibb’s Farm in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
2021 Gibb’s Farm in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
2016 La Gemma de'l est, Nungwi Zanzibar
Awards:
Third winner of the art Competition a hundred and fifty years of Italian unification 2011 by the Italian Embassy Tanzania,
Top ten (Art Against AIDS) MACMILLAN in South Africa 2002
He underwent artistic training in Dar es Salaam (1999) and at the Salzburg International Summer Academy, Austria (2007, 2014).
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 A unique encounter with the Master, at The Drum Restaurant. Dar es Salaam Tanzania
2022 Women into Family, at Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi Kenya
2021 UN Recreation Centre, in Nairobi Kenya
2018 Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2012 Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi, Kenya
2011 Warm Heart Art Gallery, Arusha, Tanzania
2011 Makutano Art Gallery, “Past and Present” Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
2010 Banana Hill Art Gallery, Nairobi Kenya
2010 Fine Artz Gallery, Arusha Tanzania,
2009 Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam Tanzania.
2009 Fine Artz Gallery, Arusha Tanzania,
2008 Warm Heart Art Gallery, Arusha Tanzania
2008 Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
2008 Warm Heart Art Gallery, Arusha Tanzania,
2004 Mawazo Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
1997 Bamayu Art Gallery, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania,
Group exhibitions:
Haji Chilonga participated in many group exhibitions in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Zambia, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, The United kingdom, Austria, The United States and Canada.
2024 Venice Biennale, Italy
2023 Asante Sanaa, Germany
2022 International collaboration at National Museum. Dar es Salaam Tanzania
2022 African Festival Tübingen, Germany
2018 Art Fair Stockholm Sweden
2016 Iwacu Nyumbani, at Inganzo Art Centre. Kigali Rwanda
2012 Hello East Africa, Kigali, Rwanda
2012 Royal Commonwealth Club, London, UK
Workshops:
2018 pARTage International Artists Workshop at Flic n Flac Port Louis, Mauritius.
2017 Thupelo International Artists Workshop in Cape Town, South Africa
2013 6th Insaka International Artists Workshop, Livingstone, Zambia,
2011 Clay workshop Dogo dogo Centre, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
2010 Collography Workshop Dogo dogo Centre, Dar es Salaam Tanzania,
2006 Thupelo International Workshop, Rorke’s Drift KwaZulu Natal, South Africa,
2004 Ngoma International Workshop, Nabinonya, Kampala Uganda,
2001 Rafiki International Workshop, Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Art Residencies:
2023 Gibb’s Farm in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
2022 African Galleria, at Manyara Tanzania
2022 Gibb’s Farm in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
2021 Gibb’s Farm in Ngorongoro, Tanzania
2016 La Gemma de'l est, Nungwi Zanzibar
Awards:
Third winner of the art Competition a hundred and fifty years of Italian unification 2011 by the Italian Embassy Tanzania,
Top ten (Art Against AIDS) MACMILLAN in South Africa 2002