Serafim Segunda Yssolo

Serafim Segunda Yssolo was born on September 17, 1992, in the city of Luena, capital of the province of Moxico. He studied at the Instituto Médio Industrial de Luanda (IMIL), specializing as a draftsman. He finds inspiration in the attitudes and behaviors of people in society.  Through the expressive language of human interactions, he creates an aesthetic of philosophical disciplines. His visual language represents visual manifestations of spiritual, moral, religious, and social values within society. He completed his training in art in 2005, at the Escola Vocacional de Artes Plásticas (EVA), in the municipality of Viana.

⁠Currently based in Lewiston, ⁠Yssolo, calls himself a “young dreamer artist,” manifested the need to express himself through artistic actions from a tender age. “Serafim Serlon” was the name he used to mark his first steps as a visual artist. ⁠

Profile Headshot Credit: In honor of Black History month, LA Arts announced its first gallery exhibition of 2024 featuring Angolan visual artist, Serafim S. Yssolo, formerly known as Serafim Serlon. The show entitled “Life on Scraps,” ran from February 23 – May 17, 2024. A rising talent in the world of Angolan contemporary art, this was Yssolo’s first solo exhibition in the United States.