Djofray Makumbu
Djofray Makumbu
Djofray Makumbu is a British Congolese artist born and based in East London. His work draws on his personal experiences and those of the people close to him. He often collaborates with friends and family.
Recent projects have focused on the shame and stigma of mental health difficulties and disability, the pressures and violence of inner-city life from the perspective of young people and the joy of music and dancing.
Djofray works predominantly in moving-image, bringing together different techniques combining stop-motion animation, video footage and hand drawn/painted elements which are sometimes presented alongside live performances or dance. Each element of the work is carefully self-made, from hand built sets and hand stitched garments for Claymation characters, to soundtracks that are developed closely with Djofray’s brother
Djofray graduated from the BA Fine Art programme at Goldsmiths in 2018 and was awarded the Alumno/SPACE Studio Bursary. In 2020, Djofray won a Goldsmiths Exhibitions Hub commission, in partnership with the London Community Video Archive, to make Hello Mr Officer, a moving image work that sees young Black men from across London share their experiences of being harassed by the police. The work uses stop-motion, watercolour and rotoscope alongside archive material from The People’s Account (1987) by Ceddo Film Collective held in the LCVA archive. The work was exhibited at South London Gallery in 2021.
In 2021, Djofray was awarded the LOEWE FOUNDATION / Studio Voltaire award and also undertook a Guest Projects digital residency with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation.
Profile
Current RA Schools student
Nationality: British, Congolese
RA Schools student from 2023 to 2026
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Works by Djofray Makumbu
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Djofray Makumbu, Film still from Cover, 2022.
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Djofray Makumbu, Film still from Lonely Tears, 2021.
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Djofray Makumbu, Hello Mr Officer, 2021.
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Djofray Makumbu, Video still from Hello Mr Officer, 2021.
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Djofray Makumbu, Video still from Hello Mr Officer, 2021.
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Education
Education
2023 – ongoing Royal Academy Schools Programme
2014 – 2017 BA Fine Art, Goldsmiths UniversityPublications
2018 Afropunk Take over Britain, zine, 198 Gallery, London
Talks and Workshops
2022 Animation Workshop x2, Studio Voltaire
2022 The University of Zurich
2022 Camberwell College of Arts (UAL)
2022 Studio 3 Arts
2022 LUX Moving Image
2021 South London Gallery
2021 Animation Workshop x2, SPACE
2021 Goldsmiths University of London Fine Art
2021 Youth Workshop, Craft Council
2020 Get Creative at Home Gallery
2020 Summer Craft, Craft Council
2020 Fine Art Week
2019 Djofray Makumbu Emotion Picture, Lambeth Black History Month
2018 Goldsmiths Summer School -
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2019 Djofray Makumbu Emotion Picture, Brixton Tate Library, London
2019 Smack Tacos X Djofray Makumbu Dream, Play Ground, London
2019 Esperer, RAW Labs, LondonGroup exhibitions
2020 Stay Home Exhibition, virtual exhibition, DIFFRNT
2019 The Black male is ________., Not Just Another Store, London
2019 Southwark Untold 2.0 with Pempeople, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern
2019 Art Jam, DIFFRNT, London
2019 The Art of Carnival 2
2018 Open Studios 50th Anniversary, SPACE, London
2017 New Cross Frontline: Race + Class Revisited, Goldsmiths, London
2017 Goldsmiths Degree Show, London
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Screenings
Screenings and Performances
2023 Cover, Somerset House (Hyper-functional, Ultra-healthy)
2022 Cover, Studio 3 Art
2022 Hello Mr Officer, SPACE ILFORD
2021 Lonely Tears, Studio Voltaire, London
2021 Hello Mr Officer, South London Gallery, London
2019 Micro Acts 5, Artist Film Screening Hotel Elephant, London
2018 RSA FAN Film Night, Peckham Pelican, LondonAwards and Residencies
2021 LOEWE FOUNDATION / Studio Voltaire Award
2021 Guest Projects Digital Residency
2021 Studio3Arts Black Art Matters
2020 London Community Film and Video Commission
2018 Goldsmiths Alumno / SPACE Studio Bursary
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