High Artist Spotlight: Emmanuel Chibaye
Emmanuel Chibaye is a versatile visual Artist based in Zambia in the middle part of Southern Africa. Generally, he is known for ink drawings on paper and oil painting on canvas. He is a diploma holder in the field of Fine Arts from Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Commerce in Lusaka Zambia. He embraces freedom and originality as far as creativity is concerned. The most predominant elements in his works are letters, shapes, and numbers. Finally, his work is characterized by the use of cubism, surrealism, futurism, and a touch of tribal African art. Because of such a combination, he calls his style Giga Psyche Art.
We recently caught up with Emmanuel after High Art 2022 to learn more about his most recent inspirations:
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Where do you find your creative inspiration?
Anywhere
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Why do you do what you do?
Personal progress and Inspiration of others.
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What art/artist do you most identify with?
Cubism, Surrealism and African tribal Art.
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What themes do you pursue the most?
Love and Hardwork.
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What role does an artist have in society?
To shade more light by providing awareness on various issues affecting Mankind.
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What is your artistic outlook on life?
Not easy to grasp but good.
Not easy to grasp but good.
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What advice would you give to your younger self?
Love is the answer
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Do you listen to music while you are creating? If yes, tell us your favorite song and artist.
Franco luambo and the song is" Makambo".
Franco luambo and the song is" Makambo".
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What's the best thing about being an artist?
You get to different people and some are interesting.
You get to different people and some are interesting.
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What is your dream project?
To Create a very large sophisticated painting may be 5x10ms which should one day hung in one of world's renowned gallery.
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