Emo de Medeiros

Organizaciones con obra

Associação Cultural Videobrasil

Descripción del Artista

Emo de Medeiros lives and works in Cotonou, Benin, and in Paris, France. He studied at Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris/Ulm), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux- Arts (Paris), and at the Massachusetts College of Art (MassArt). Emo de Medeiros' work is based on a single concept, which he calls contexture, which emphasizes transculturalness, interconnection, transformation, hybridization and the circulation of forms, myths and merchandises in a post- colonial, globalized and digitalized world, employing notions of origin, place and identity to question their context within our increasingly globalized culture. His artworks always include a salient conceptual dimension, and are characterized by a participatory, serial and rhythmic approach, by a mix of traditional and technological materials and media, as well as the link between art, spirituality and transcendence. As an artist interested in transformation processes and non-linear narratives, Emo de Medeiros explores the shapes, patterns and edges of contemporary African creation, as well as how it is perceived both from inside and outside the continent. Emo de Medeiros works with a wide array of mediums, including sculpture, video, photography, performance, electronic music, drawing, interactive devices, performative installations, painting or connected objects.. Exhibitions 2017 Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival. Artistic Director: Solange Farkas. Sao Paulo, Brazil Digital Africa, group show. Curator: Christine Eyene. OGU MAG gallery, Tokyo, Japan Die Schönheit im Anderen, group show. Curator: Mark Gisbourne. Lieberose , Germany The Black Sphinx, group show. Primo Marella gallery, Milan, Italy Flow of Forms/Forms of Flow, group show. Curators: Kerstin Pinther and Alexandra Weigand. Galerie Karen Wimmer, Munich, Germany Afriques Capitales, group show. Curator: Simon Njami. La Villette, Paris, France Vers le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, group show. Curator: Simon Njami. Gare Saint-Sauveur, Lille, France 2016 Transpositions, solo show 50 Golborne gallery, London, UK Transmutations, solo show. Curator: Manuela de Barros. Backslash Gallery, Paris, France Dakar Biennale, The City in the Blue Daylight. Artistic Director: Simon Njami. Curator: Valentina Gioia Levy. IFAN Museum of African Arts, Dakar, Senegal Marrakech Biennale, Not New Now. Artistic Director: Reem Fada. L'Blassa, Marrakech, Morocco The Way It Is, Invited Artist solo show. Art Africa Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa 2015 All things magic, solo show, Galerie RSF, Paris, France Pavillon du Bénin, installation, Venice Biennale Off. Venice, Italy Vodunaut, solo show. Curator: Didier Houenoude. Centre Arts et Cultures, Cotonou, Benin Zemidjan, Invited Artist solo show. Ddessin Contemporary Drawing Fair, Paris,France Variations, group show. Galerie Joseph, Paris, France 2013-2014 Kaleta/Kaleta. Curator: Vittoria Matarrese. Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France Black Light Sanctuary, Artistic Director: Stéphane Corréard. 58ème Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France. Art Fairs 2017 • Cape Town Art Fair, South Africa, Primo Marella gallery • Artissima, Turin, Italy, Primo Marella gallery • Miart, Milan, Italy, Primo Marella gallery • Art Paris, France, 50 Golborne gallery • Artefiera, Bologna, Italy, Primo Marella gallery • 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, New York, USA, 50 Golborne gallery 2016 • Art Africa Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa, solo show • Art Paris, 50 Golborne gallery • 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair London, 50 Golborne gallery

Exposiciones en las que ha participado como artista

XXII Bienal de Arte Paiz

Colectiva

XIII Bienal de Gwangju

Colectiva

Cosmopolis #2. Repenser l'humain

Colectiva

4 exposiciones colectivas