Welcome to Tingatinga Arts Co-operative Society
This website brings you the Tinga Tinga art (see the Tinga Tinga paintings) of Tanzania, your ancestral home. Astonishing genetic evidence reveals that everyone alive today descends from just one tiny group which left Tanzania 70 thousand years ago. By the time of the first exodus from the African continent, we were already painting.(The Bradshaw Foundation) Often the motives were the single animals which are found in the ancient rock art of Tanzania, dated back to 50 thousand years ago. The same animals are painted today by hundreds Tinga Tinga artists who has never been influenced by any formal education. Therefore the Tinga Tinga art is a manifestation of their true artistic talent which also dwells in your soul.
The word Tinga Tinga decends from just one poor artist E.S.Tingatinga born in 1936 in Tanzania. He started to paint in sixties. Now the Tingatinga family and his children continues in his legacy. Recently Walt Disney company started to use the name "Tinga Tinga" for its new children programs called "Tinga Tinga Tales". All illustrations in the films are also painted by our Tinga Tinga members - Mbwana Sudi, Maulana Saidi, Hasani Kamale, Abasi Rafiki and Zachi Chimwanda. One independent Tinga Tinga was also employed - John Kilaka.
If you click on your country flag your national website will open. Don´t forget to come back to us.
Tingatinga Representatives
The Tinga Tinga "Ambassadors" represent Tinga Tinga Art and the Tingatinga Arts Co-operative Society (TACS) in the respective countries. If you have any questions about exhibitions, painters, history of Tinga Tinga, then please contact the person from your country. The representatives work independently from TACS and we have no responsibitlity for the content on the their websites.
New fans of Tinga Tinga are encouraged to join our international network. We are happy to announce that soon these countries will join us: New Zealand, Australia, Israel and Singapore. We are still looking for representatives in France and Italy
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Ceska Republika Ilona Bittnerova |
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China Dr. Libo |
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United Kingdom Stef Van den Heuvel |
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Sverige Karin Zetterqvistl
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USA Todd Schaffer |
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Deutchland Sebastian Hansen
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United Arab Emirates Sharon Goldberg |
Switzerland Angelika Brockhaus |
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Poland Filip Kitnudu |
Canada Liz Duerholt |