Milumbe Haimbe
Milumbe Haimbe (born 1974) is a Zambian painter and digital illustrator. Her work portrays black women as superheroes.
Milumbe Haimbe
- Name
- Milumbe Haimbe
- Born
- 1974
- Birthplace
- Lusaka, Zambia
- Occupation
- Painter
- Known for
- digital illustrator
- Nationality
- Zambia
- Education
- Copperbelt University · Oslo National Academy of the Arts
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Milumbe Haimbe • Born — 1974 • Birthplace — Lusaka, Zambia • Occupation — Painter • Known for — digital illustrator
Early years and education
Early years and education
Haimbe was born in Lusaka, Zambia in 1974. She attended the Copperbelt University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Architecture. Haimbe obtained a master's degree in Fine Arts from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts in Norway.
Career
Career
With inspiration from superheroes and the lack of black and female characters in comics, Haimbe created a graphic novel titled The Revolutionist, which features a female protagonist called Ananiya. The novel addresses issues like racism and same-sex love. She is known to have exhibited her work in numerous shows both locally and internationally, including at FOCUS 10 – Art Basel in Switzerland, at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., and the Dak'Art Biennale in Senegal. Other locations where her work has been exhibited include New York, Switzerland, South Africa and Norway. In 2015, Haimbe was named an Artist in Residence at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
Awards
• 2015 – Bellagio Arts Fellowship Award • 2015 – Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship Award
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- 1.Milumbe Haimbe – DAK'ART 2014. biennaledakar.org.
- 2.Milumbe Haimbe. Astraea Lesbian Foundation For Justice.
- 3.Kapambwe, Mazuba. 7 Visual Artists From Zambia You Should Know. Culture Trip.
- 4.jaradmin. Milumbe Haimbe. Biennale de Rabat 2019.
- 5.RESCHEDULED: Milumbe Haimbe's Dystopian Compulsions. africa.si.edu.
- 6.Milumbe Haimbe, Special to. Where are the black superheroes?. CNN.
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