starsFeatured Artist
Discovered June 2026
This artist has recently entered the NUA-ARTE curated network after a rigorous review in Dakar.
KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Blanche
Buanga
Before the image resolves, there is the surface: grains of sand gathered into color, light and form. In Blanche Buanga’s work, that texture makes looking feel almost tactile. Shaded shapes take on volume; the eye follows the transitions and imagines the surface beneath a hand.
Featured work: LINEAGE
Medium: Dyed sand on canvas
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The Narrative
Before the image resolves, there is the surface: grains of sand gathered into color, light and form. In Blanche Buanga’s work, that texture makes looking feel almost tactile. Shaded shapes take on volume; the eye follows the transitions and imagines the surface beneath a hand. Known artistically as N. Niima, Buanga draws on visions and imagination. His practice carries knowledge learned from parents and grandparents, developed through his own work with dyed sand. His biography also includes displacement from Congo. The invitation in these works begins with close attention. Stay with a contour or a change in color, and the material becomes part of the encounter.
Featured work: LINEAGE.
CURATED COLLECTION
Available Works
LINEAGE
DYED DAND ON CANVAS
Price Upon Request
PROVENANCE
Previously Collected
