Joël Mpah Dooh

Joël Mpah Dooh (Camerun, 1956) è un artista camerunese.

Biografia

Joël Mpah Dooh nasce in Camerun nel 1956. Lavora e risiede a Douala. Studia Belle Arti ad Amiens in Francia. Partecipa a numerose mostre sia personali che collettive in Camerun, Austria, Senegal, Francia, Cuba, Libano, Stati Uniti e Kenya, suscitando interesse nella critica internazionale.

Tematiche

I lavori di Joël Mpah Dooh, pitture e tecniche miste, sono ispirati alla sua terra. Le opere sono caratterizzate da carte, ferro, tele unite alla terra, colori, argilla, gesso e incisioni.

Esposizioni

2008

• After taste, solo exhibition, Afronova Gallery, Johannesburg (Sudafrica)
• Joburg scene, thee-man show, Bag Factory, Johannesburg
• As you like it, group show, Johannesburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg

2007

• Eclipse, solo exhibition, Maisons Follies, Maubeuge (Francia)
• Eclipse, solo exhibition, Fondation Jean Paul Blachère, Apt (Francia)
• Ba Mama, two man show with Goddy Leye, Bonendale, Douala
• Pistes africaines, solo exhibition, Les Chantiers de la Lune, La Seyne sur Mer (Francia)

2006

• Just to say hello..., solo exhibition, Afronova Gallery, Johannesburg
• Rendez-vous, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala
• Reves croisees, group show, Ateliers des Tanneurs, Brussels (Belgio)

2005

• Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Théâtre de la ville en bois, La Rochelle (Francia)
• Les galeries plastiques itinérantes, Ouagadougou, Bamako, Lome, Niamey, Accra, Dakar
• Group show, Intemporel Gallery, Parigi
• National Black Fine Art Show, solo exhibition, Noël Gallery, New York

2004

• Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Noël Gallery, Charlotte (U.S.A.)
• Moi est un autre, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala
• Group show, McColl Center for visual arts, Charlotte
• Group show, Dakar Biennale, Atiss Gallery, Dakar
• Animismes, group show, Da Vinci Gallery, Nice

2003

• Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Maison Française de Nairobi
• Recto-Verso, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala
• Scénographie Urbaine, group show, Mam Gallery, Douala

2002

• Djé Mo-Yé, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala, Group show, Dakar Biennale, Atiss Gallery, Dakar

2001

• Voyage a travers le rêve et la mémoire, solo exhibition, National Museum, Yaoundé
• Lines of Connection, group show, Mam Gallery, Douala

2000

• Group show, 7th Havana Biennale, Havana
• L'Afrique a Jour, Ten years of Dakar Biennale, group show, Lille (Francia)

1999

• Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala

1998

• Couleurs du Cameroun, solo exhibition, Le Nautilus, Nantes
• Nanga Def, solo exhibition, Musée d'Art Africain de l'IFAN, Dakar

1997

• Les couleurs de la différence, two-man show, Mam Gallery, Douala

Bibliografia

• Rivista, AA.VV, Revue Noir N° 13, 1994, Jean Loup Pivin Editor

Altri progetti

Altri progetti

• Wikimedia Commons

• Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Joël Mpah Dooh

Collegamenti esterni

• Sito Revue Noir N°13 (http://www.revuenoire.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45%3Arevue-noire-nd13-engl&catid=7%3AMagazine&Itemid=4&lang=en)
• Sito Afronova (https://web.archive.org/web/20100814142331/http://www.afronova.com/Joel-Mpah-Dooh.html)
• Sito Eternal (http://www.eternalnetwork.org/scenographiesurbaines/index.php?cat=joel Archiviato il 14 novembre 2008 in Internet Archive.)
• Sito Residence in artists (http://www.mccollcenter.org/artists-in-residence/alumni/123/joel-mpah-dooh Archiviato il 25 novembre 2010 in Internet Archive.)

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