Gibril Bangura is a painter from Sierra Leone, He relocated to Canada in 2014 and now lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, for the past 5 years.
His first exhibition was at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, at age 19. He has since exhibited in Embassies in Sierra Leone, Guinea, The Edge Gallery, Frame Arts Warehouse, IRCOM in Winnipeg. He has been a full-time artist for the last 30 years.
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Winnipeg artist Gibril Bangura signs with gallery in England. 6 years ago; News; 1:58. A refugee from Sierra Leone who peddled his artwork around Winnipeg ..
Artist Gibril Bangura came to Winnipeg from Sierra Leone, where he says he suffered a lot growing up. The led to anger in his paintings but Bangura said he now feels a “joyous flow.
He has endured poverty, homelessness, and a civil war. Yet it’s the kindness of strangers that has often influenced Gibril Bangura’s work.
L’artiste et réfugié de Sierra Léone Gibril Bangura, dont les toiles sont exposées en Europe et commissionnées par l’Organisation des Nations Unies, figure parmi les artistes expulsés de l’édifice Frame Arts Warehouse, à Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg artist Gibril Bangura works on a painting in 2016. This panel installation is an example of what the 2020 Wall-to-Wall artwork submissions will look like.
“My paintings are therapeutic,” said Sierra Leone artist Gibril Bangura.
