CV
EDUCATION
2015-16
Rijksakademie van beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
2012-14
Assistant to Meschac Gaba and Barthélémy Toguo
2007-8
Assistant to Ernesto Houngbo
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Art Rotterdam - NN Award
2019
The World of Political Games, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam
Restless Matter group show, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Works on Paper and Some Objects group show, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2018
We Don’t Need Another Hero, 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Gaia in the Anthropocene group show, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Timelines, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK
Before It Is Completely Gone, Stevenson, Johannesburg, South Africa
2017
Une histoire: le miel aux lèvres, Cargo in Context, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016
Don't Sit In, No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thierry Oussou, Ornis A. Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Restless Matter, Cobra Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Works on Paper and Some Objects, Lumen Travo Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
We Don’t Need Another Hero, 10th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Gaia in the Anthropocene, Garage Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017
Field Work, Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK
Impossible is Nothing, Bradwolff Project Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2016
Dutch Royal Award for Modern Painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam, Netherlands
NO Future, Performance Biennale, Athens, Greece
What About Africa?, Witteveen Art Space, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015
Nine Artists, Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Aqui Africa,
SESC, Belenzhino, São Paulo, Brazil
Starting Block, Cotonou, Benin
2014
Textiles, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
Dokoutin, Mòsso, Brussels, Belgium
Green Art Project & Multiplicity, Dak'Art Biennale, Dakar, Senegal
TGD 10, IFAN Museum, Dakar, Senegal
2013
UTOPIA, Holbaek Museum, Denmark
Western Waste meets African Craft, Blaakildegaard Museum & Kroppedal Museum, Denmark
2012
A WHAN KPO DO Te, Cotonou, Benin Density New Generation, Cotonou, Benin
Inventing the Image Mode, Benin Biennial, Ouidah, Benin
2011
GBAVI NOUKPIN NON, Cotonou, Benin 2010 WABA, Cotonou, Benin
2009
The Free Education in Benin, Cotonou, Benin
2008
The Artistic Vision of Prison Life in Benin, Cotonou, Benin
2007
Young Prom'Art: Waste and Environment, Cotonou, Benin
2006
The Centenary of the Death of King Behanzin, Abomey, Benin
2005 National Arts School Competition, Cotonou, Benin
RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2018: Tollman Award
2017: Arthouse residency, Lagos, Nigeria
2016: Nominated for Dutch Royal Award for Modern Painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Awarded first Jacqueline van Tongeren Fellowship, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015-16: Rijksakademie residency, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2014: Dokoutin residency, Brussels, Belgium Mava Unit residency, Cotonou, Benin
2013: Youth Programme, World in Motion Images, Denmark
2012: Men Standing workshop, Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Benin
Creation residency, Abomey, Benin Photographic workshop: Inventing the World in Image, Ouidah, Benin
Project Design residency, Abomey, Benin
2011: Yè artist residency, Benin
Winner of One Minute Africa Award, Cairo, Egypt
2010: Residency at ESMA Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Nominated for Benin Golden Awards, Cotonou, Benin
2007: Young Prom'Art Winner, Cotonou, Benin
COLLECTIONS: Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis MN, USA