Luis Meque, Couple II, 1992
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Luis Meque, "Couple I", 1996
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Luis Meque, Let's go, 1996
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Luis Meque, Umbrellas, 1994
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Luis Meque, "On Duty", 1994
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Luis Meque
born in 1966, Province Tete, Mozambique
died in 1998, Harare, Zimbabwe
Solo and group exhibitions national - especially at Gallery Delta - and international including i.a. Germany, Austria, Norway, USA
Attracted a wider audience as a new expressionist painter at the „Dak’Art Biennale“ in Senegal
Was student at the B.A.T. Workshop - National Gallery from Zimbabwe 1988-1989
1991 Pachipamwe Art Workshop, Marondera, Zimbabwe
1995 Genesis Workshop, Germany
1996 Europe Africa Workshop, Germany
Artist Profil | Awarding | Workshops | Exhibitions | Publications | Museums - Collection | Kunstwerk des Monats 2012_05, 2013_11
Born in Mozambique, Luis Meque was 20 when, in 1982, he fled the civil war for Zimbabwe. He found a new home in a suburb of Harare in 1986. It was there that he decided to become an artist. He took part in a workshop at the Harare National Gallery and subsequently gained the support of Derek Huggins and Helen Lieros, who ran an art gallery. Luis Meque died of Aids in 1998. It was in the streets of the Harare slums, especially in Mufakose, that Meque found his subjects, people whom he depicted in all situations, often painted from behind and from the perspective of one who unmasks his subjects. He depicts man with his passions, doubts and fears within a social milieu in which cash is always short. What Meque depicts is his own situation, the risks faced by a stranger in the midst of a bustling modern African city.
1994 - National Gallery of Zimbabwe - Award of Merit for painting, Harare, Zimbabwe
1993 - National Gallery of Zimbabwe - Mobil Overall Award of Distinction for Painting, Harare, Zimbabwe
1992 - National Gallery of Zimbabwe - Prize for Weld Art, Harare, Zimbabwe
1989 - National Gallery of Zimbabwe - Highly commended (painting), Harare, Zimbabwe
1996 - „Europe Africa Workshop“, Deutschland
1995 - „Genesis Workshop“, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten, Deutschland
1991 - „Pachipamwe Art Workshop“, Marondera, Zimbabwe
1988 – 1989 - Student at B. A. T. Workshop der National Gallery of Zimbabwe
2017 - "Luis Meque: The Master of the Zimbabwean Contemporary Painting Movement of the 1990's, Gallery Delta
2014 - "The Magic of Meque", Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2001 - „Luis Meque’s Portfolio“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2000 - „Retrospective Exhibition II“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1999 - „Retrospective Exhibition I - Early, Middle and Late Works“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1998 - „The Last Paintings Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1997 - „The City“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Life on the Line. Gemälde und Collagen von Luis Meque“, Kunst Transit, Berlin, Deutschland, 6. 9. – 16. 10. 1997
1996 - „Life on the Line“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1993 - „Africa Africa“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1992 - „Paintings by Luis Meque & Sculpture by Christiane Stolhofer“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2022/23 - "When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting", Zeitz MOCAA Kapstadt, 20. 11. 2022 - 03.09.2023.
On the influence of Meque on the following generations, see also the panel discussion (for more see under Publications):
2021 - "Spirit Afrika - Gegenwartskunst aus sechs
afrikanischen Ländern", Museum Abtei Liesborn, 19. 9. - 28. 11. 2021
- "Freedom - An Exhibition Inspired by 200 Years of Greek
Independance", Gallery Delta
2020/21 - "The Summer Exhibition - Signs of the Times", Gallery Delta
2020 - "The 45th Anniversary
Exhibition", Gallery Delta
- "A Southern African Collection. 1980-2020", Sulger-Buel Gallery,
London
2019 - "State of the Mind - The
Annual Summer Exhibition 2019", Gallery Delta
- "Engaging The 45th Year", Gallery Delta
2018 - "Paintings: A Select
Collection", Gallery Delta
- "Line and Form - Drawings, graphics and found object sculptures",
Gallery Delta
2014 - "Flashback", Gallery Delta
2013/14 - "Afrika heute", Museum der Völker,
Schwaz, Österreich, 12. 10. 2013 - 13. 4. 2014
- Contemporary Africa, Galerie Artco, Aachen
2011
- „Colour
Africa 2011 – Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Simbabwe“, Kulturallmende, München,
Deutschland, 7. 7. – 6. 8. 2011
- "Positionen zeitgnösssicher afrikanischer Künster in der Sammlung Kindermann", Artco Galerie, Herzogenrath, 11. 3. - 8. 4. 2011
2010 - "Fine Art - Nice Price 2010", Artco Galerie, Herzogenrath, 4. 12. - 23. 12. 2010
- Modern Zimbabwe Art On Show, Korea Foundation Cultural Center, Seoul, ab 5. 5. 2010
2009 - „Last Painting“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe, Virtuelle Ausstellung ab 24. 7. 2009
„Structures“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe, ab 29. 7. 2009
2008 - „Dialoge“, Artco Galerie, Herzogenrath, Deutschland. 16. 2. – 15. 3. 2008
2007 - „Africa select II“, Artco Galerie, Herzogenrath, Deutschland. 5. 10. – 30. 11. 2007
2005 - „Art Heritage“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2004 - „The Collector’s Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Fight Aids“, Celebrate Life, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „A Collection of Small Works“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- Europäischer Kunsthof Vicht, Stolberg/Rheinland, Deutschland
2003 - „Past and Present“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
2002 - „Africa apart. Afrikanische Künstlerinnen und Künstler konfrontieren AIDS“, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin, Deutschland
2001 - „Tracing the Rainbow“, Linz, Österreich
- „Colourfields Africa II“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
„Kunst aus Zimbabwe. Kunst in Zimbabwe“, Iwalewa-Haus, Bayreuth, Deutschland
2000 - „Gallery Delta - 25 Years“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Post Election Selection“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Colourfields Africa“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Colour Africa“, Rathausgalerie München, München, Deutschland
- „The Summer Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1999 - „Festival Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Prominent Artists Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Beyond the Crossroads Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Eve of the New Millennium Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1998 - „Dak’Art Biennale“, Dakar, Senegal
- „Crossroads and Beyond Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Prominent Artists Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Summer Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Contemporary Art in Zimbabwe“, Artoteek, Amsterdam, Niederlande
1997 - „Crossroads Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Prominent Artists“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Wind Objects“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „A Decade of Award Winners 1986 – 1996“, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Kunst der Kontinente – ‚Afrika’“, Kunstverein Alsdorf, Deutschland, 30. 11. – 12. 12. 1997
- Galerie von Miller, Frankfurt, Deutschland
- Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal-Barmen, Deutschland
1996 - „Changing Directions“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Prominent Contemporary Artists“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Man and the Landscape“, Three-Man Exhibition, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Europäisch-Afrikanische Inspiration“, u. a. mit Sokey Edorh und Amouzou Glikpa, Alsdorf, Deutschland
1995 - „Different Directions Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Prominent Contemporary Artists“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Saana Afrika“, Oslo, Norwegen
- „Inspiration Afro-Européenne“, Pédakondji, Togo
- „Genesis“, Emsdetten, Deutschland
- „180 Degrees“, Los Angeles, California, USA
- „Gallery Delta ‘Twenty Years’ Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „New Directions Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Hommage to Federico Garcia Lorca Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Summer Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- 1. Biennale Johannesburg „Africus“, Johannesburg, Südafrika
1994 - „Prominent Contemporary Artists“,
Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „New Directions Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1993 - „Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition“,
National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Works by Prominent Contemporary Artists“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „New Directions in Zimbabwe: Contemporary African Art II“, Gallery Delta,
Harare, Zimbabwe
1992 - "Summer Exhibition",
Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Young Artists’ Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition“, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare,
Zimbabwe
- „New Directions in Zimbabwe: Contemporary African Art I“, Gallery Delta,
Harare, Zimbabwe
1991 - „Young Artists’ Exhibition“,
Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- "Summer Exhibition", Gallery Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
1990 - „Summer Exhibition“, Gallery
Delta, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition“, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
1989 - „Student's and Young Artists’
Exhibition“, Gallery Delta, Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
- „Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition“, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare,
Zimbabwe
1988 - „Zimbabwe Heritage Exhibition“, National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
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- Zeitz MOCAA Kapstadt „When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting“, 2023
On the influence of Meque on subsequent generations, see also the panel discussion:
The exhibition curator of "When We See Us" ,Tandazani Dhlakama, highlights Luis Meque's work and personality in The Art Newspaper. Her contribution can still be heard on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XQAvwYE6S0
(Playback of the 10-minute contribution "Mozambican artist Luis Meque"/Work of the Week comes after 44:00 minutes, so set the slider to 44 minutes)
- Huggins, Derek und Nolte, Verena (Hg.), "Colour Africa 2011 - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Simbabwe", Kulturallmende, München, 2011, 18 S.
- Artco, "Positionen zeitgenössischer afrikanischer Künstler in der Sammlung Kindermann", Herzogenrath, 2011, 92 S.
- Hecht, Dorina und Kawik, Günter, "Afrika und die Kunst. Einblicke in deutsche Sammlungen", Kawik-Verlag, Bottrop, 2010
- Museum Kunst Palast, „Afrika Remix/Africa Remix: Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents“, Hatje-Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, Katalog 340 S., 240 Farbabbildungen, Weitere Kataloge in französisch, englisch, japanisch
- Kunstforum International, Band 164, Ruppichteroth, 2003
- Förster, Till und Assel, Marina von (Hg.), „Kunst aus Zimbabwe, Kunst in Zimbabwe: ein Projekt von Iwalewa Haus und Kunstmuseum Bayreuth“, Köln, 2001, 128 S. 24 Farbabbildungen, 26 S/W-Fotos
- Africa Apart. Unterbrochene Karrieren, NGBK, Berlin, 2000
- Artoteek Amsterdam Zuidoost, „Contemporary art in Zimbabwe“, Amsterdam, 1998. 39 S.
- Dak’Art 1998, Katalog, Dakar, 1998
- Bickle, Berry, „Hommage à Luis Meque“, in: Revue Noire Nr. 28, Paris, 1998
- Kunstforum International, Band 133, Ruppichteroth, 1996. S. 358
- Raschke-Struve, Ingrid, „Genesis“, Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten, 1995, 112 S., s/w- und Farbabbildungen
- El Loko (Hg.), „Afrikanisch-Europäische Inspiration, Alsdorf, 1995
- 1. Biennale Johannesburg „Africus“, Katalog, Johannesburg, 1995
- Delta Gallery Magazin Nr., 2, 6, 7, 12, 13, 17