About the Artist
Grandbills ( Christian Ngabo) is a multimedia freelance African artist based in Potomac, MD, known for his unorthodox use of color and value to compose a unique and artistic experience inspired by culture, perspective, context of time and event, personal experience from traveling across continents and collaboration with other artists in Toronto, Ottawa, Maryland and Washington DC. Grandbills often creates inflammatory themes and genres like story concept, poetry, Love and many more. He is an emerging artist with creative stories and prominent styles.
Born in Kigali, Rwanda the nation of more than thousand hills, Grandbills studies at Mohawk College of Arts and Sciences for civil Engineering Technology. In 2019, a semester before high school graduation, he earned his second group exhibition from the Youth Art For Healing program for North Bethesda Hospital and JohnHopkins Hospital. The YAFH experience gave him an opportunity to learn and understand art and the creative processes to compose a true masterpiece, collaboration and curatorial process. In 2021 he started showcasing his art in Maryland, Hamilton, Toronto, St Catherines, Montreal and Ottawa.
Grandbills also had his first solo exhibition in February 2023 in Toronto, participated in different group exhibitions and showcases with platforms like: Raw Artist Canada, Hamilton Artistic Inc. (Dec 2022), TrapArt Toronto, Gallea gallery, and Museum of Dufferin county. Currently Grandbills is preparing for ArtExpo Miami this winter, and New York
