Born in Njombe, Tanzania, in 1974, Cloud is a visual artists specialized in illustration and drawings. He received his training from Kinondoni Young Artist (KYA). His illustrations have been widespread used in Tanzania in schoolbooks, Magazines, Social Campaign and Comics. Chatanda has received several awards for his work; among others he won the Best AC cartoon award 2013. Chatanda currently works on larger scale hand drawings that deal with daily and city life in Tanzania; he has exhibited his works at Nafasi Art Space and the East African Biennale. ARTIST STATEMENT Recently I came to realize that the art I am doing is actually an invisible religion which exist within me. This weird feeling of mine hunts me and my mind, and makes me have day dreams and creates an imaginary world. I have lived with this for many years and that lead me creating and working out different ideas. I found out that people remember some of the characters I created as if they exist. Being an artist like that I found out that my art speaks louder than word, this helps me to socialize and have lots of friend. I feel lucky to have this special ability of using my talent to express my feelings in beauty, passion so to touch people, make it attractive and also to create views that add an extra window to our lives.
« Kichuguu » Mixed media 64x74 cm Cabinet Of Curiosities 2015
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