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Romuald Hazoumé | ( Benin )
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 Currently showing at documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany, Romuald Hazoumé is one of Africa's leading visual artists. He has worked with many media throughout his career, from discarded petrol canisters, oil paint and canvas, to large-scale installation, video and photography.
Romuald Hazoumé was born in 1962 in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin, and now lives in Cotonou and works in Porto Novo. His work has won widespread critical acclaim, and he has recently exhibited his major installation "La Bouche du Roi, a re-creation of a slave ship made from petrol canisters, in solo shows at the British Museum, London, the Menil Collection, Houston, the Musée Quai Branly, Paris, and participated in the exhibitions "100% Afrique" at the Guggenheim Bilbao and in "Uncomfortable Truths", an exhibitions which addresses the ways in which the legacy of slavery informs contemporary art and design, at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Exhibitions at October Gallery include "ARTicle 14" (2005) and "From Courage to Freedom" (2007)
Exhibitions
ARTicle 14
From Courage to Freedom |
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Romuald Hazoumé
| Selected solo exhibitions |
| 1996 | | Romuald Hazoumé, Gelbe Musik Galerie, Berlin, travelled to Dany Keller Galerie, Munich and Firma Harlekin Art, Wiesbaden, Germany |
| 1997 | | Romuald Hazoumé, Galerie 20 x 2, Arnheim, Netherlands |
| 1999 | | Romuald Hazoumé, Vor-Sicht, Dany Keller Galerie, Munich; travelled to Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany; and The Project, New York |
| 2000 | | Romuald Hazoumé, La Bouche du Roi, Centre Culturel Français, Cotonou, Benin |
| | | Romuald Hazoumé, Galerie Art & Public, Geneva |
| 2001 | | Romuald Hazoumé, Galerie Olivier Houg, Lyon, France |
| 2002 | | Romuald Hazoumé, Centre Culturel Français, Turin, Italy |
| 2005 | | Romuald Hazoumé, La Bouche du Roi, The Menil Collection, Houston |
| 2006 | | Romuald Hazoumé, Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Benin |
| Selected group exhibitions |
| 1992 |
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Out of Africa: Contemporary African Artists from the Pigozzi Collection, Saatchi Gallery, London |
| 1999 |
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Liverpool Biennal: International Festival of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, UK |
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Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York |
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Spaceship Earth, Art in General, New York |
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Art Basel 2000, Galerie Art & Public, Basel, Switzerland |
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Construction in Process VII: This Earth Is a Flower, The International Artists Museum, Bydgoszcz, Poland |
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Dinge in der Kunst des XX Jahrhunderts, Haus der Kunst, Munich |
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| Man + Space, Kwangju Biennale, Korea |
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Partage d'exotismes: 5e Biennale d'Art Contemporain de Lyon, France |
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Romuald Hazoumé, Paul Pfeiffer, Duke University Museum of Art Durham, North Carolina |
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Sieben Hügel, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany |
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Lyon Biennal, Lyon, France |
| 2001 |
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Œil pour œil, Le Rectangle Centre d'Art Contemporain, Lyon |
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XXXV Prix International D'Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo, Salle des Arts, Monte Carlo, Monaco |
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TRADE, Nederlands Fotos Institut, Rotterdam & Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
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| 2002 |
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African Market, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, University of New South Wales, Sydney. |
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40Jahre: Fluxus und die Folgen, Kunstsommer Wiesbaden, Germany |
| 2003 |
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Armour: The Fortification of Man, Biennale de Fort Asperen, Netherlands |
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Magic Markers: Objects of Transformation, Des Moines Art Center,Iowa; travelled to Musée Bellerive, Zurich; and Musee d'art de Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2004 - |
2006 |
Africa Remix, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
| 2005 |
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African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco |
| Selected biography |
| 2006 |
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Romuald Hazoumé Exhibition catalogue. Published by Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Benin |
| 2005 |
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La Bouche du Roi. Exhibition catalogue. Published by the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, USA |
| 2005 |
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African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection. Exhibition catalogue. Edited by André Magnin. Published by Merrell. |
| 2004 |
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Africa Remix. Exhibition Catalogue. |
| 1999 |
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Romuald Hazoumé "Vor-Sicht" by Peter Volkwein. Exhibition catalogue, Stãdtische Galerie Ingolstadt. Bilingual text: German, French |
| 1998 |
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7. Triennale der Kleinplastik: Zeitgenössische Skulptur. Europa Afrika. Exhibition Catalogue: Romuald Hazoumé by André Magnin. Text in German |
| 1998 |
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Benin- Benin, Tussen Gisteren Morgen. Romuald Hazoumé by Frits Bless. Exhibition catalogue, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn. Text in Dutch. |
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