Prof. Elias Jengo

Exhibitions

SELECTED JOINT INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITIONS

1967
Lusaka, Zambia 3 paintings.

1969
Munich, Germany 4 paintings.

1970
Moscow, USSR, 5 paintings.

1971
Union Carbide Building, New York, U.S.A., 6 paintings.

1975
New Stanley Hotel, Nairobi, 10 paintings.

1977
Lagos, Nigeria, 5 paintings.

1984
Commonwealth Institute, London, 5 paintings.

1988
Droninglund Art Centre, Tvind, Denmark, 4 paintings.
Frontline Youth Centre, Ihemi, Iringa, 3 paintings.
1989 Artists of African, Ottawa, Canada.

1993
Sognefjord Art Csuise, Oslo, Norway, 3 paintings.

1993
Gallerly Espc. Finland, 3 paintings.

1994
Gallery African Heritage, Oslo, Norway, 2 paintings.

1995
Johannesburg Biennale, South Africa, 3 paintings.

1995
“Rise with the Sun: Women and Africa. Winnipeg, Canada 2 paintings.

1998
Moderne Africanische Malerei September 4 - October 10, 1998. Gallerie Halsen, Weckmarkt 8, 60311 Frankfurt, Germany. 6 paintings.

One-Man Exhibitions
1988
Lamboni Road, House No. 2 University Campus. 11 oil paintings, December, 1-20.

1989
Westphalia Park, Dortmund, West Germany, 8 paintings. April 19-25

1989
Staacken, Berlin West, West Germany, 8 paintings June-July.

1990
Goethe Institute, Dar es Salaam, 14 Art works. September 18-28.

1991
Norad Premises, Kinondoni, Dar es Salaam 12 paintings. Nov. 1991.

1992
Munster, Germany, 14 paintings. October 1992.

1993
Dortumund, Germany, July 1993, 8 paintings.

Joint Local Art Exhibitions:

1968
Goethe Institute, Dar es Salaam, 12 paintings.

1974
National Library Dar es Salaam, 4 paintings.

1976
National Museum, Dar es Salaam, 5 paintings.

1978
Goethe Institute, Dar es Salaam, 5 paintings.

1983
Goethe Institute, Dar es Salaam, 6 paintings.

1986
United States Information Center, Dar es Salaam, 5 paintings.

1992
Russian Cultural Centre, Dar es Salaam, 5 paintings.

1995
“Tanzania Art Panorama, Sheraton Hotel, 3 paintings.

1995
UNDP Headquarters, Dar es Salaam, 3 paintings.

1996
The National Museum, Dar es Salaam, 4 paintings.

1997
“Mkomazi Mind and Memory Maps. The British Council, 25th July to 3 August. 15 paintings.

1998
“Contemporary Tanzanian Painting, Goethe Institute, Dar es Salaam. February 4-20 1998, 5 paintings.

1999 Art in Tanzania Exhibition, November 2-22, National Museum, Dar es Salaam, 3 paintings

2002 East Africa Art Biennale, November 2-22, National Museum,
Dar es Salaam, 3 paintings.

2005 East Africa Art Biennale, November 2-22, National Museum,
Dar es salaam, 3 paintings

2007 East Africa Art Biennale, November 2-22, National Museum,
Dar es salaam, 3 paintings.

2008 Africa Now. Exhibition of Contemporary African Art,
Denmark,Norway and Finland. June –July 2009.

JOINT ART COMISSIONS

1977
Designed and executed with Prof. S.J. Ntiro, The 10th Anniversary of the Arusha Declaration monument, Lumumba Street, Dar es Salaam.

1979
Designed and executed with Prof. S.J. Ntiro, 4 murals at the posts and Telecommunication Head-quarters, Ohio Street, Dar es Salaam.

1979
Designed and executed with Prof. S.J. Ntiro, 2 murals at the Bank of Tanzania, Mwanza Branch.

1980
Designed and executed with Prof. S.J. Ntiro, 4 murals at the Kilimanjaro Chama cha Mapinduzi Regional Headquarters, Moshi.

1984
Designed and executed with Prof. S.J. Ntiro 5 murals at the Air Tanzania Corporation Headquarters, Ohio Street, Dar es Salaam.

1985
Designed and executed with Prof. S.J. Ntiro 4 murals at the Chama cha Mapinduzi Chairman office Dodoma, Tanzania.

1986
Designed and executed with Prof. Ntiro one mural at the Bank of Tanzania, Arusha.

1990
Designed and executed six murals (4" x 8" each) with Prof. S.J. Ntiro at the Bank of Tanzania Branch, Mbeya.

SELECTED ONE-MAN ART COMMISSIONS

1971:
Design for the 10th Independence Anniversary Monument at Tabora.

1977:
"The Burning of the Faithful". 4' x 8' mural in oil colour in the St. Alban's Anglican Church Upanga, Dar es Salaam.

1978:
Design and execution of a mural in oil colour (10' x 12') at the Board of Internal Trade Training Centre, Pugu Road, Dar es Salaam.

1984:
Designed the ceremonial robe for the chairman of the Sokoine University of Agriculture Council.

1995:Designed one poster for the General Elections.

PUBLISHED ART WORKS

1971: Newsweek.December 1971.

1971: Time International. December, 1971.

1981: E, Jengo, L.A. Mbughuni and S.A. Kondoro (eds.) Falsafa ya Sanaa Tanzania. Dar es Salaam.
National Arts Council. 1982, p. 45.

1983: V. Klima et al (eds) Safari za Africkou Kulturcu p. 375.

1986: Sunday News. June, 1986 p. 5.

1986: Fosu, Kojo, "Elias Jengo", p. 117. In 20th Century Art of Africa., Gaskiya, plate 119.

1993: Africa Kila Kitu: Contemporary art of Tanzania and Zimbabwe, p. 8.

REVIEWS AND REPORTS

1968: Daily News, December 1971.

1983: Daily News, April 9th.

1983: V. Klima, V. Kubic and A. Woukon (eds) Safari za Africkou Kulturou Prague, 1983 pp. 375.

1986: Daily News, June 1986.

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