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Gerard Quenum Biography
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Born in Porto Novo, Benin
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Dolls Never Die, October Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo)
Biennale Bénin 2012 - Biennale Bénin, Cotonou
No Limit - Une œuvre / Un Artiste - Galerie Imane Farès, Paris
Africa, National Football Museum, Manchester, United Kingdom
Secret of the Serpent, Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, the Netherlands
Bénin contemporain, Galerie Vallois, Paris, France Moving Into Space: Football and Art in West
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2011
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África ancestral e contemporânea, Centro Municipal de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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2010
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Humeur d’artiste, Résidence Virchaux, Cotonou, Benin (solo)
O dragão entre dois mundos (The Dragon Between Two Worlds), Museu Afro-Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil (solo)
Fesman (World Festival of Black Art), Dakar, Senegal
Regard – Bénin – 1.0, Cotonou, Benin
Gérard Quenum et Dominique Zinkpè, Les Chailloux , St. Boil, France
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2009
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Clandestins, October Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo)
VOO-DOO: Hoochie Coochie and the Creative Spirit, Riflemaker, London, United Kingdom
Artistes contemporains du Bénin, Galerie Château des Gondi, Joigny, France
O Benin está vivo ainda là, Museu da Cultura Afro-Brasileira, Salvador-de-Bahia, Brazil
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2008
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Benin 2059 - Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou
V Bienal de Sao Tome e Principe - Bienal de Sao Tome e Principe, São Tomé
Spring Show 2008 - October Gallery, London (England)
Partilhar Territórios, 5th International Biennale of São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe
Bénin 2059, Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Benin
Benin, de corpo e alma, Galeria Bernardo Marques, Lisbon, Portugal
Angaza Afrika, African Art Now, October Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Bénin, corps et âme, Multimedia library, Melun, France
L’oeil de Caïn, Festival Sun’art, Lourmarin, France
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2007
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Exhibition at Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture, Fontainebleau, France (solo)
Residency and exhibition in Ateliers d’Allonnes, Allonnes, France (solo)
Reflets d’Afrique, l’Espal, Le Mans, France
Voyages - Crossing the Lake of Fire, October Gallery, London, United Kingdom
O Benin está vivo ainda là, Museu Afro-Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
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2004
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Exhibitions in Chalon-sur-Saône and Chagny, France (solo)
Workshop and exhibition, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Africas, Galerie Raquel Arnaud, São Paulo, Brazil
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2003
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Mural together with Zinkpè and Tchif, Maison des Auteurs (House of Authors), Limoges, France
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2002
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Residency and exhibition at the Kerava Museum of Art, Kerava, Finland (solo)
Ewole, International Encounter of Fine Art, Togo
Collective of eight artists in Pontigny, Yonne, France
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2001
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Tchif, Quenum, Zinkpè, trois jeunes béninois, travelling exhibition in Benin, Niger,Burkina Faso, Mali, Togo, Ghana and Ivory Coast
Boulv’art, les artistes dans la rue, Cotonou, Benin
Boulv’art, La Ciotat, France
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2000
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Gérard Quenum, Galerie R. Treger, Paris, France (solo)
Bénin, City Hall of Cergy-Pontoise, Pontoise, France
Boulv’art, les artistes dans la rue, Cotonou, Benin
Rendering Visible: Contemporary Art from the Republic of Benin, October Gallery,London and Cambridge University, United Kingdom
L’harmattan 2000, 1st Benin Salon of Contemporary Art, Cotonou, Benin
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1999
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Exhibition at the Centre Culturel Français (French Cultural Centre), Cotonou, Benin (solo)
Boulv’art, les artistes dans la rue, Cotonou, Benin
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1998
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Voix intérieures (Inner Voices), Maquis Dunya, Cotonou, Benin (solo)
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1996
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Ewole, International Encounter of Fine Art, Togo
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1995
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Expo, art béninois contemporain, Centre Culturel Français (French Cultural Centre), Cotonou, Benin
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1994
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Festaco, Porto-Novo, Benin
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The British Museum, London, United Kingdom
The Pigozzi Collection, Geneva, Switzerland
National Museums of Scotland, Scotland
Museu Afro-Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
Estúdio Buck, São Paulo, Brazil
Galeria Bernardo Marques, Lisbon, Portugal
Museu Nacional da Cultura Afro-Brasileira, Salvador-de-Bahia, Brazil
Government of Benin, Benin
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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