MTENDERE MANDOWA ‘TEEBS’
B: 04.10.87, Bronxville, NY
Painter / Musician
Lives works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2006 -2009
Cal State Polytechnic, Pomona
2008
Red Bull Music Academy, Barcelona
SOLO//TWO PERSON EXHIBITS
2015
“OVERGROWN”
New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
“Ante Vos”
Space1520, Los Angeles, CA
Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto, Japan
Kagoshima, Japan
Takamatsu, Japan
2012
“New Exchange”
(two person show with Charles Munka)
HVW8 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS / COLLABORATIONS
Summer, 2014
Shirt Design: Obey Clothing
Winter, 2014
Shirt Design: Ron Herman Japan
2009
Dublab 10 year anniversary Los Angeles, CA
Dublab/ Creative Commons Into Infinity “exploration of on and on” Japan, Los Angeles, World
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2014
KCET Interview: “Teebs:Ethereal Beats and Visual Remixes”
2012
Los Angeles Times Pop & His Album Review, "Collections"
LA Record Interview, "Make What You Think is Missing"
2011
LA Weekly Interview: “Teebs…speaks on loss and art”
2010
NPR Interview, "Better Living Through 'Beat Music'"
BIOGRAPHY
Born in New York to Malawi and Barbados origins, Mtendere (pronounced “ten-de-ra”) (Chichewa for “Peace”) Mandowa, is an electronic musician and painter who bounced around the East Coast before finally planting his feet in the Southern California suburb of Chino Hills. Already successful in music with Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder and ‘My Hollow Drum’ Collectives, Teebs’ painting is similar to his music production; collaging and illustrating images to create meditative and minimalist soundscapes on canvas.
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