Moisés Ernesto Matsinhe Mafuiane, also known as Butcheca, is a self-taught artist born in 1978 in Maputo where he currently lives and works.The Mozambique-born artist started his career in the early 90's passing through the workshops of Masters Fernando Romão and Naguib and becoming a member of Núcleo de Arte in 1997 where he has been exhibiting his work regularly.His art speaks through paintings and sculpture and his works carry mystery and arouse curiosity. In Butcheca's vision, visible beings are hidden behind the masks. Faces are a mask, the thought we express is a mask, the first impression we have of a person is a mask. In 2015 he won the 2nd prize in the XIII edition of the TDM Biennale and was selected in an international competition for the creation of the graphic image of the 2014 edition of the Sukiyaki Meets the World Festival in Japan. In the same year, he also benefited from the Moving Africa program of the Goethe Institut to visit the Dak'Arte Biennale in Senegal. Group exhibitions: 2022 African identities, AKKA Project Venezia, Venice, Italy 2021 Crescente Collection , Kulungwana Gallery, Maputo, Mozambique DISTRAS II (with Luís Santos and Filipe Branquinho), ARCO E-xbithions, AFRICA EM FOCO Three dimensions– paths, densities and possibilities, CCBM– Centro Cultural Brasil-Moçambique, Maputo, Mozambique 2020 Experience FNB Art Joburg , South Africa (online) ARCO Lisboa 2020, Portugal (online-Artsy) Crescent Collection 2020, Kulungwana Gallery, Mapuzto, Mozambique 2019 Encounter with Option Dzikamai (Zimbabwe), Nafasi Art Space, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania In contact with Phambi, Deal – Espaço Criativo, Maputo, Mozambique Drawing Room Lisbon 2019, National Society of Fine Arts, Lisbon, Portugal 2018 Crescente Collection 2018, Kulungwana Gallery, Maputo, Mozambique Exhibition B, Gallery 1834, Maputo, Mozambique Solo Exhibition: 2020 Cerco, curated by Yolanda Couto and Jaime Lisma, Fernando Leite Couto Foundation, Maputo, Mozambique 2018 Traços, curated by Ulisses Oviedo, Galeria Kulungwana, Maputo, Mozambique 2017 Moments of the atelier, 16Neto, Maputo, Mozambique