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Lael for ETUK
11/2024

Donya Solaimani for her EP Cover
fund from stadt.koeln and initiativemusik
05/2024

Brian “GUCCI”
Billionaires Boys Club F/W25 for Solebox
03/2025

Mohammed for MBCY
06/2025

Collection “Childhoods View” for Etuk
10/2024

Lacoste F/W25 for MBCY
04/2025

Christ in Junya Watanabe for MBCY
05/2024

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Contact

Tembela Toto Kiesa
tembela.toto.kiesa@live.de
@documentembela

Tembela is a German designer and portrait photographer of Congolese descent based in North Rhine-Westphalia. His work focuses on human connection, capturing raw emotion and strong personalities. Through vibrant colors and an intimate visual language, he highlights the essence of Black culture. Available for portrait, advertising, and editorial work in Germany and internationally.

Education

Communication Design (B.A.)
Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences

Employment

Solebox (Photographer and Content Creator)
now

Skills

Photography, Illustration

Press & Exhibitions

heimA(R)Ten - HKW Berlin
Kollektiv verstanden, künstlerisch inszeniert
13. - 14.09. und 18. 10. 2025

hn. lyonga & Safiya Yon,
Healingspace. E-Werk Luckenwalde.
14.06.2025

Photo Pavillon. Temporäres Haus für Fotografie
29.05.2025

Internationaler Museumstag Angebote in der Sonderausstellung "Das ist kolonial."
18.5.2025

Kunstausstellung Paradies – Kreative Entfaltung von designkrefeld Studierenden 07.03.2025

Junges Forum: PARADIES
Christian Born, Tembela Toto Kiesa, Leonie London, Celine Labonde, Jonathan Werner Kuratorin: Anna von Borstel
07.03. – 06.04.2025

Laura
12/2025

Tano Jackson
09/2024