Born in 1971, Porto-Novo, Benin. Lives and works Porto-Novo, Benin. |
Solo Shows |
2016 | | Rêves et Réalités, Gallery 23, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
2015 | | Gérard Quenum – Peintures récentes, Galerie Roy Sfeir, Paris, France
Traces, Art Twenty One, Lagos, Nigeria |
2013 | | Rupture, Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Bénin
Regards Déracinés, Galerie Christopher Gerber, Lausanne, Switzerland |
2012 |
| Dolls Never Die, October Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
2010 |
| O dragão entre dois mundos (The Dragon Between Two Worlds), Museu Afro-Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil |
| | Humeur d’artiste, Résidence Virchaux, Cotonou, Benin |
2009 | | Clandestins, October Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
2007 | |
Residency and exhibition in Ateliers d’Allonnes, Allonnes, France |
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Exhibition at Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture, Fontainebleau, France |
2004 |
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Exhibitions in Chalon-sur-Saône and Chagny, France |
2002 |
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Residency and exhibition at the Kerava Museum of Art, Kerava, Finland |
2000 |
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Gérard Quenum, Galerie R. Treger, Paris, France |
1999 |
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Exhibition at the Centre Culturel Français (French Cultural Centre), Cotonou, Benin |
1998 |
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Voix intérieures (Inner Voices), Maquis Dunya, Cotonou, Benin |
Group Shows |
2020 |
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LATITUDES Art Fair, Joburg, South Africa, with October Galler, London, UK. (online) |
2019 |
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Dream No Small Dream: Celebrating 40 Years of the Transvangarde, October Gallery, London, UK |
2018 |
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1-54 Contemporary Art from Africa, Somerset House, London, with October Gallery, London, UK IN-DISCIPLINE #1, Espace Montresso, Marrakech, Morocco |
2017 |
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Stop Ma Pa Ta (Ma matière première n’est pas ta matière), Villa Arson, Nice, France
Paris-Cotonou-Paris, Galerie Vallois, Paris, France |
2016 |
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AKAA: Also Known as Africa, Contemporary art and design fair, Paris, France, with October Gallery, London, UK |
2015 |
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AKAA: Also Known as Africa, Contemporary art and design fair, Paris, France, with October Gallery, London, UK |
2014 |
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Blank Canvas, Art Twenty One, Lagos, Nigeria
1-54 Contemporary Art from Africa, Somerset House, London, with October Gallery, London, UK |
2013 |
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1-54 Contemporary Art from Africa, Somerset House, London, with October Gallery, London, UK |
2012 |
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Bénin contemporain, Galerie Vallois, Paris, France Moving Into Space: Football and Art in West Africa, National Football Museum, Manchester, United Kingdom |
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NO LIMIT – une œuvre/un artiste, Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, France Dangerous and Divine - The Secret of the Serpent, Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, the Netherlands |
2011 |
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África ancestral e contemporânea, Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
2010 |
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Fesman (World Festival of Black Art), Dakar, Senegal |
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Regard – Bénin – 1.0, Cotonou, Benin |
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Gérard Quenum et Dominique Zinkpè, Les Chailloux , St. Boil, France |
2009 |
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VOO-DOO: Hoochie Coochie and the Creative Spirit, Riflemaker, London, United Kingdom |
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Artistes contemporains du Bénin, Galerie Château des Gondi, Joigny, France |
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O Benin está vivo ainda là, Museu da Cultura Afro-Brasileira, Salvador-de-Bahia, Brazil |
2008 |
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Partilhar Territórios, 5th International Biennale of São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Bénin 2059, Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Benin |
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Benin, de corpo e alma, Galeria Bernardo Marques, Lisbon, Portugal |
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Angaza Afrika, African Art Now, October Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
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Bénin, corps et âme, Multimedia library, Melun, France |
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L’oeil de Caïn, Festival Sun’art, Lourmarin, France |
2007 |
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Reflets d’Afrique, l’Espal, Le Mans, France |
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Voyages - Crossing the Lake of Fire, October Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
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O Benin está vivo ainda là, Museu Afro-Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil |
2004 |
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Workshop and exhibition, Chalon-sur-Saône, France |
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Africas, Galerie Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil |
2003 |
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Mural together with Zinkpè and Tchif, Maison des Auteurs (House of Authors), Limoges, France |
2002 |
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Ewole, International Encounter of Fine Art, Togo |
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Collective of eight artists in Pontigny, Yonne, France |
2001 |
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Tchif, Quenum, Zinkpè, trois jeunes béninois, travelling exhibition in Benin, Niger,
Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast |
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Boulv’art, les artistes dans la rue, Cotonou, Benin |
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Boulv’art, La Ciotat, France |
2000 |
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Bénin, City Hall of Cergy-Pontoise, Pontoise, France |
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Boulv’art, les artistes dans la rue, Cotonou, Benin |
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Rendering Visible: Contemporary Art from the Republic of Benin, October Gallery,
London and Cambridge University, United Kingdom |
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L’harmattan 2000, 1st Benin Salon of Contemporary Art, Cotonou, Benin |
1999 |
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Boulv’art, les artistes dans la rue, Cotonou, Benin |
1996 |
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Ewole, International Encounter of Fine Art, Togo |
1995 |
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Expo, art béninois contemporain, Centre Culturel Français (French Cultural Centre), Cotonou, Benin |
1994 |
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Festaco, Porto-Novo, Benin |