Art Stories: The Official Podcast · Vancouver Visual Art Foundation

Heritage in 3D: Storytelling with Jeryce Dianingana

March 2, 2026·56 min·5 clips

He sculpts African masks of women, inspired by the strong women in his life and cultural heritage.

The opening feels like a studio welcome. The host introduces a Paris-born Congolese artist who works in 3D art, gaming, fine art, and film, then asks where the creative path began. He answers with two homes. France and Congo sit side by side in his memory, and his first childhood return to Congo is when art, culture, and belonging started to make sense together. The episode talks about heritage, technology, identity, and storytelling, but it is strongest when it stays close to real contact. The Vancouver story does a lot of that work. During an Uber ride, the guest meets a Chokwe man by chance, and the trip turns into a warm exchange about Chokwe food, people, art, and spirituality. Both men light up. The guest remembers how unusual it felt, partly because he had only met a few Congolese men in Vancouver. The host catches why the moment mattered and lets it sit before asking how ethnic groups are spread across Congo. His answer stays careful. He explains that different groups are tied to different regions, with his mother as Boshi from the north and his father as Larry near the capital in the south. He is also honest about the limits of knowing. People from the same country may recognize another group's dances or food without knowing the deeper cultural or spiritual pieces. That is where the episode gets interesting: shared national identity does not mean finished knowledge. By the end, the host says she feels educated and taken on a journey, and the guest says her questions woke up his inner nerd.

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A warm art conversation about heritage, 3D practice, and being recognized through culture.

The episode brings together a Paris-born Congolese artist and a conversation about heritage, identity, and 3D work that moves across gaming, fine art, and film.

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Press play if you want heritage talk that opens into identity, culture, and creative work.

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