ARTISTS
Michelle Okpare
BIOGRAPHY Michelle Okpare, from Nigeria (b.1996) raised between Nigeria and Ivory Coast. She received a B.A in Fine Arts from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. Okpare draws inspiration from her personal experiences with people and, how one responds...
Aron Demetz
Aron Demetz è nato nel 1972 in Val Gardena, Bolzano. Vive e lavora tra Bolzano e Venezia, dove insegna scultura all’Accademia delle Belle Arti. E’ uno scultore che utilizza principalmente tecniche tradizionali di intaglio del legno infatti l’artista ha adottato...
Nu Barreto
NU BARRETO Nu Barreto is born in 1966 in São Domingos (Guinea-Bissau). Nú Barreto has been living and working in Paris since 1989. Graduated from the École Nationale des Métiers de l'Image des Gobelins (Paris, France), Nú Barreto has forged a language of his own...
Aboudia
Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, Aboudia, was born on October 21, 1983 in Abendourou, 200km from Abidjan and is a contemporary American-Ivorian artist. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works between Abidjan and New York. He approached art when he was in primary school....
Armand Boua
Armand Boua is an Ivorian visual artist, born in Abidjan in 1978, Ivory Coast. He lives and works in Abidjan. He graduated from the National School of Fine Arts of the Ivory Coast and also studied at the Technical Center for Applied Arts, the Sainte Marie Training...
Yeanzi
Yeanzi est un artiste plasticien né à KATIOLA en Côte d’Ivoire. Il vit et travail entre Abidjan et Paris. Il est également enseignant et promoteur de projets culturels.Diplômé de l'Ecole Nationale des Beaux-arts d'Abidjan d’où il sort major de sa promotion en 2012, il...
Laetitia Ky
Laetitia KY is a young Ivorian artist and activist born in 1996 in Abidjan. She attended ordinary school in the same city where she grew up and graduated in high school at the age of 16 in 2012. After her baccalaureate she is accepted at the National Polytechnic...
Ajarb Bernard Ategwa
Ajarb Bernard Ategwa (1988, Kumba, Cameroon. Lives and works in Duala, Cameroon) Ategwa's work is characterized by the use of bright colors and everyday subjects taken from recurring city scenes in his city. The artist defines himself as a "witness" of his time and...
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, also known as Cheik Nadro (11 March 1923 – 28 January 2014).Bouabré was born in Zépréguhé, and was among the first Ivorians to be educated by the French colonial government. On March 11, 1948, he received a vision, which directly influenced...
Mederic Turay
Visionary, thoughtful as much as intuitive, Mederic Turay uses his talents to participate in raising awareness by telling the most beautiful as well as the hardest stories. This multidisciplinary storyteller lives his art as a privilege and uses a plurality of...
Mário Macilau
Mário Macilau was born in Maputo, Mozambique in 1984. He currently lives and works in Maputo. During the most critical phase of the Mozambican Civil War, his family struggled with financial difficulties and therefore moved from the province of Inhambane to Maputo in...
Gonçalo Mabunda
Gonçalo Mabunda was born on January 1, 1975 in Maputo, Mozambique. He is an artist and anti-war activist. Mabunda has exhibited important museums such as the Center Pompidou in Paris, the Venice Biennale, the Museum of Art and Design in New York, Gangwon International...