About

I was born into a lineage where art was not a profession, but a responsibility.

My grandfather, Hilarion N’Dinga, was part of a generation of modern African artists whose work entered international collections and global exhibitions. His paintings were not created to follow trends, but to leave traces — marks of a time, a people, and a vision of the world.

My father, Eliezer Dinga, continued this path. His work deepened the language, expanded the dialogue, and carried the family practice into a new era. Art, in our family, was never an isolated act. It was transmission.

I am the third generation.

 

CONTINUITY, NOT REINVENTION

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My work does not attempt to break away from this history.
It extends it.

I work in abstraction — both physical and digital — because abstraction allows what is essential to remain when everything else changes. Gesture, rhythm, matter, silence, energy.

Today, this practice lives at the intersection of human creation and artificial intelligence, not as a fascination with technology, but as a question of legacy:

What does it mean to create when tools evolve faster than traditions?
What does it mean to preserve meaning when mediums disappear?
What survives?

Art is Life is my answer to these questions.

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ART IS LIFE

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Art is Life is not a brand.
It is a long-form project.

A living archive where daily creation, physical painting, digital works, writing, and reflection converge into a single continuum. Some works are produced in ten minutes. Others take months. All belong to the same lineage.

Each piece is part of an ongoing conversation between:

• Past and present

• Hand and algorithm

• Memory and projection

Nothing here is accidental. Nothing is decorative.

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COLLECTING AS PARTICIPATION

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To collect an Art is Life work is not simply to acquire an object.

It is to enter a lineage.

Each artwork — physical or digital — is accompanied by its context, its place in the body of work, and its role in the broader narrative. Certificates of authenticity, signed documentation, and digital records ensure continuity beyond the present moment.

Collectors are not buyers.
They are witnesses.

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A LIVING FUTURE

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This project is not finite. It is designed to grow, evolve, and be transmitted.

Through physical works, digital archives, NFTs as certificates of legacy, and private circles of exchange, Art is Life explores how creation can remain meaningful across generations — even as tools, platforms, and markets change.

This is not about novelty.
It is about permanence.

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AN INVITATION

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If you are here, you are already part of the dialogue.

Whether you engage as a reader, a member, or a collector, you are stepping into a story that began before me and will continue after me.

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Art is Life.

And life, by definition, continues.

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Hilarion Dinga