バルトロメイ・トグオ Barthélémy Toguo

Of Blood and Water / 2019 / Le Parvis, Ibos, France Courtesy of the Artist

Stupid African President 1 & 2 / 2005-2008 Ⓒcourtesy of the artist

Welcome / 2015 / Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale 2018 ⒸArtTank

Road to Exile / 2008 / Musée national de l'histoire et des cultures de l'immigration, CNHI Courtesy Galerie Lelong, Paris © ADAGP, Paris 2011

Urban Requiem / 2015 / Venice Biennale Ⓒphoto by ArtTank

Barthélémy Toguo, was born in 1967 in Cameroon. Moved to Europe in 1993. In 90’s the artist was interested also in performance, and gradually worked also on watercolor. He now works as a installation artist and a painter, working both in Paris and Cameroon.

主な展覧会 Selected exhibitions

2019 Aichi Triennale, Nagoya, Japan
2018 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennale, Toakachi, Japan
2018 Kochi-Muziris Biennale 2018, Mumbai, India
2016 Prix Marcel Duchamp 2016, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2018 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2015 Biennale di Venezia - 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italu
2011 11e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
2010 17th Biennale of Sydney - The Beauty and the Distance, Sydney Australia
2004 solo exhibition, Barthélémy Toguo: Sick Opera, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France