Yola
Balanga

Awardee

Country

Angola

Yola Balanga promotes gender equality through performance art.

Themes
Gender equality
Free Expression / Civil Society
Disciplines
Artistic Research
Design
Performance
Photography
Video Art
Visual Art
Awards
SEED Award 2022

Profile

Yola Balanga first began her contact with art within theater and fashion in the city of Luanda, Angola. She is a graduate in Visual and Plastic Arts from the Instituto Superior de Artes. Using art as an element of transcendence, she has presented her works in Madrid and Luanda. Through her work, Yola focuses on issues of gender equality, free expression, and civil society.