Guy Wouete

Guy Wouete, born 1980 in Douala, Cameroon, lives and works in Douala and Antwerp, Belgium.

Education
2014 BFA, University of Paris 8, Paris, FR
2009-2010 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amstrdam, NL
1999-2001 Atelier Viking, Douala, CM
1997-1999 Atelier Iya Simon, Douala, CM

Solo Exhibitions
2011
La Tête de Dieu..., Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, ZA,
2010
Lines of Wind, Galerie 23, Amsterdam, NL.
2008
The night of Altina, Doual' Art, Douala, CM.
2006
Vanity, Modern Art Museum, Medellín, CO. (exh. cat.)
SUR-SUR, una emergencia, Museum dʼAntioquia, Medellín, CO. (exh. cat.)
Suenos de Camérun Para Columbia, Taller 7, Medellín, CO
Lettre ouverte, Les Chantiers de la Lune, La Seyne sur Mer, FR
2004
Sans Titre, French Cultural Center, Douala, CM

Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Yango Biennale, Museum of Contemporary Art (Echangeur de Limeté) Kinshasa, DRC
Still fighting ignorance and intellectual perfidy, Video art from Africa, Ben Uri Gallery, London UK.
(exh. cat.)
The Space Between Us, ifa Gallery, Stuttgar, DE. (exh. cat.)
2013
The Space Between Us, ifa Gallery, Berlin, DE. (exh. cat.)
Totem, Fondation Blachère, Apt, FR. (exh. cat.)
United Nations Revisited, Galerie M, Berlin, DE. (exh. cat.)
ECHO, Croxhapox, Gand, BE
2012
Trouwn together, Nomad Gallery, Brussels, BE
2011
Time is Love.4, Bildetage Gallery, Vienna, AT
20 Years Thami Mnyele Foundation, CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NL
2010
7th Mosaïque de photos, La Collégiale Saint-André, Chartres, FR
CrunchTime, International Art Event, York, UK
Fotografia Europa 2010, Teatro Valli, Reggio Emilia, IT
RijksakademieOPEN, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL (exh. cat.)
Borders, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, ZA
2009
For your eyes only, White Meat City, København, DK
Reflection of Africa, 2nd Panafrican festival, National Modern and Contemporary Art Museum
(MAMA), Alger, DZ (exh. cat.)
The Generational: Younger Than Jesus, The New Museum, New York (NY), US (exh. cat.)
Integración y Resistencia en la era Global, 10th Havana Biennial, La Habana, CU (exh. cat.)
Borders, 8th Bamako Encounters, Biennial of African Photography, National Museum Bamako, ML
(exh. cat.)
2008
Africa. Personal poetics, 3rd Guangzhou Triennial, Guangzhou, CN
Le jour se lève, ESC Rennes School of Business, Rennes, FR (exh. cat.)
Africa Now!, World Bank, Washington (DC), US
8th Biennial of Dakar, Dakar, SG (exh. cat.)
Abstraction and decoration in Bamoum art, National Museum, Yaoundé, CM
2006
Afrique entendus, sous-entendus et malenlendus, 7th Biennial of Dakar, Dakar, SG (exh. cat.)
Euope-Afrique: Rêves croisés, Ateliers des Tanneurs, Brussel, BE (exh. cat.)
2005
Boulev'art by night, Cotonou, BJ
2004
EXIT, Espace Doual'art, Douala, CM
2001
Esthétique de la forme réduite, Goethe Institut, Yaoundé, CM (exh. cat.)

Video Screening & Film Festivals (selection)
2014
Six Videos by Guy Wouete, in the context of “The Divine Comedy” film programme, curated by Marie-
Hélène Gutberlet, Deutsches Filmmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, DE. Corridor, 2010, 10min 44s HDv,
color/sound / Who Cares?, 2009, 5min 11s Dv, color/sound / Rite, 2008, 16min 48s Dv, color/sound /
L'imminent Tsunami, 2007, 4min 53s Dv, color/sound / Afri-can Traffic, 2007, 4min 34s Dv,
color/sound / Esperamos, 2009, 1min 10s Dv, color/sound
2013
26th Images Festival, Next Week, 2010, 4min 49s, HDv, color/sound, Toronto, CA
LʼAfrique en Mouvement, Centre de Production Daïmon, Next Week, 4min 49s, HDv, color/sound,
2010, curated by Pierre Beaudoin, Gatineau (Québec), CA
2012
LʼAfrique en Mouvement, Festival International Film Black Montréal, Next Week, 4 min 49 s, HDv,
16/9, couleur/son, 2010, Cinémathèque québécoise, Québec, CA
2010
Film Progam, 'RijksakademieOPEN', Corridor, 2010, 13min 28s, HDv, color/sound, Amsterdam, NL
4th Free International Forum, Miroir, 2005, 01min 06s, Dv, color/sound / Cendre, 2005, 01min 05s Dv
color/sound, Bolognano, IT
Where is Africa?, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Codes, 2007, 01min 02s, Dv color/sound,
Rotterdam, NL
'Regard sur les Rencontres de Bamako', Regard Bénin 1.0, Volcano, 2008, 05min, color/sound, BJ
2009
Videoformes 09, LʼImminent Tsunami, 2007, 4min 53s Dv, color/sound, Clermont-Ferrand, FR
2007
'Fragility of Life', Amakula Kampala International Film Festival, La liste est longue, 2006, 02min 26s,
Dv color/sound, Kampala, UG
Festival des Cinémas dʼAfrique du pays dʼApt, Africa best deal I & II, 2007, 04min 31s, Dv
color/sound, Apt, FR

Art Fairs
2013
Joburg Art Fair, Gallery MOMO, Johannesburg, ZA (exh. cat.)
2012
SCOPE Art Fair, Nomad Gallery, New York, US (exh. cat.)
ART BRUSSELS, 30ème édition, Nomad Gallery , Bruxelles, BE (exh. cat.)

Awards
2009 8th Bamako Encounters, Biennial of African Photography, Bamako, ML, 'Organisation
Internationale de la Francophonie Award'
2008 8th Biennial of Dakar, Dakar, SG, 'CulturesFrance Award'
2006 7th Biennial of Dakar, Dakar, SG, 'Djamilatou Bikami Award'
2006 Fondation Jean-Paul Blachère, Apt, FR, 'Price of Critic'
2005 Centro Colombo Americano, UNESCO-Aschberg Program, FR

Selected Collections
UNISA Art Collection, (University of South Africa), ZA
The World Bank Art Collection, Washington DC, US
Blachère Colection, Apt, FR

Residencies
2013 Fondation Jean-Paul Blachère, sculptur workshop base on the topic of Totem, APT, FR
2008 CAMAC - Centre d'Art - Marnay Art Centre, Marnay sur Seine, FR
2008 Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers Multimedia de Bamako, Bamako, ML
2006 Centro Colombo Americano, Medellin, CO
2006 Thami Mnyele Foundation, Amsterdam, NL
2004 'Portfolio program', ArtBakery, Douala, CM

Teaching Activities
2009 AKV/St. Joost, Den Bosch, NL, “WALKIE-TALKIE” workshop facilitator

Fellowships/Stipends
2010
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (ICE), NL
2009
Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs/DCO/IC, NL
Program Afrique et Caraïbes en Créations, CulturesFrance, FR
Mobility award, Prins Claus Fund, NL
2007
Program Afrique et Caraïbes en Créations, Visa pour la Création, CulturesFrance, FR

Special Projects
2012
'Public Talk: Guy Woueté; on the project: Next Week', University of Arts and Design, Karlsruhe, DE
'Shoe Shop', artistic event (conferences, films projections of african directors), Johannesburg, ZA
'To Be told', Lifelong Learning Programme/Grundtvig Workshops, international workshop on the topic
of : Lingustic Minorities at risk of disappearance in the EU. Organized by Fabbricaeuropa-Centro di
creazione e cultura, sous la coordination, Florence, IT
2011
'Street life in Cameroon and Mali', Social Act, Seminar series host by SARCHI, east London Campus,
University of Fort Hare, ZA
2008
'Artiste une profession ?', University of Paris 8, Paris, FR
'Le jour se lève', un Parcours, Ecole des beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, FR
One Minute Workshop, workshop facilitator, Douala, CM
2007
Start «WoueteʼStudio», Bonandale, Douala CM. (Personal working studio with possibilities of international
exchange and collaboration between artists, scientists, curators, filmmakers and local
communities.

Represented at the moment by:
Gallery MOMO, in Johannesburg – South Africa (<link http: www.gallerymomo.com>www.gallerymomo.com)

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