Camille-Pierre Pambu Bodo, known as Bodo (born 1953), is a painter

Painting

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 from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Born and raised in Mandu

Mandu

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, Bodo left high school to move to Kinshasa

Kinshasa

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 in 1970; he participated in the exhibit Art Partout that same year. He converted to Christianity

Christianity

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 in 1980, and has since become Pentecostal. He lives, works, and preaches in Kinshasa.

Bodo's work is fairly surreal

Surrealism

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, and bears some resemblance to the paintings of Hieronymous Bosch; some of his paintings are in the collection of Jean Pigozzi

Jean Pigozzi

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