Welcome to Tingatinga Arts Co-operative Society
Tinga Tinga art (see the Tinga Tinga paintings) originates from Tanzania, your ancestral home. Astonishing genetic evidence reveals that we descend 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) The motives were often animals which are found in the ancient rock art of Tanzania. The same animals are painted today by hundreds of Tinga Tinga artists.
Walt Disney/BBC/Penguin and other companies started to use the name "Tinga Tinga" for its new children programs called "Tinga Tinga Tales". The animated films are based on illustrations created by our Tinga Tinga members - Mbwana Sudi, Maulana Saidi, Hasani Kamale, Abasi Rafiki and Zachi Chimwanda. One independent Tinga Tinga painter was also employed - John Kilaka.
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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.
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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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Poland Filip Kitnudu |
Switzerland Angelika Brockhaus |
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Canada Liz Duerholt |