Dominique Zinkpé
Dominique Zinkpè was born in 1969 in Cotonou, and is one of the most recognisable contemporary artists to emerge from Benin. His work is influenced by the country's rich history and his immediate African surroundings. Zinkpè's paintings have a surrealist quality - loose figures battle and swim on the canvas. Nurturing fertile women often appear in Zinkpè's work recalling themes of desire and motherhood. He uses a mixture of oil, acrylics and found objects on his canvas and leaves large areas of empty space. Zinkpè's paintings can be jarring and unsettling, informed by animism, religion and his own internal struggles. Zinkpè's sculptures are no less arresting. Many of them consist of assemblages of carved wooded Ibeji dolls that engage the Yoruba concept of twinship. Dominique Zinkpè was awarded the Prix Jeune Talent Africa in 1993 and won the Prix Umeoa at the 2002 Dakar Biennale.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
Zinkpè (Dessins Secrets) Laboratoria, Bruxelles, Cotonou
2010
Focus Zinkpè, Laboratorio, Siege Societe Generate, Cotonou - Historic Museum of Abomey, Abomey
2009
Humeur d'artiste, Laboratorio, Residence Virchaux, Cotonou
2009
Zinkpè, Les Chantiers de la Lune, La Seyne-sur-Mer
2009
Zinkpè, Galerie Afronova, Johannesburg
2007
Passage d'immigre, Neukoeln, Berim
2007
Un monde a part- Residence Olade, Cotonou
2006
L'homme est un mystere, Office of Cultural Development department of Cotes d’Armor, François Mitterrand Room, Guingamp
2006
Go Slow, French Cultural Centre, Cotonou
2005
Photo-Vo, Bora Iwalewa Haus, Bayreuth
2004
Game Boy (Alafia), Venerie, Bruxelles
2004
Taxi, Safari, Hot fleuri, Quebec
2004
Du sarcasme a la virevolte, Les Chantiers de la Lune, La Seyne-sur-Mer
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