Emo de Medeiros

Emo de Medeiros (born 1979) be a Beninese artist wey dey live den work for Paris, France den for Cotonou, Benin.

Ein work dey explore themes of transculturalism, transforming identities, post-colonial representations, den globalization as a worldwide hybridization plus mutation. He sansu throw questions give de African continent ein transformations insyd de context of de digital revolution den de occurrence of a Pan-African 21st-century TransAfrica for transition between tradition den accelerated innovation.

 Background den education 
After he spend ein kiddie time den teenage years insyd Cotonou, Benin, he move go France make he pursue an academic education. He graduate from Ecole Normale Supérieure insyd Paris wer na he study history, sociology den anthropology, after wich he continue ein training for de Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts wey sanso dey Paris.
 Work 
Emo de Medeiros ein work dey cross a variety of mediums, wey dey include photography, video, textile, painting, performance, den sculpture, wey dey investigate themes of social den symbolic interactions, of de relationship to de digital civilization, of ethnicity den Panafricanism insyd a post-colonial context. He sam times associate plus afrofuturism.

 Exhibitions 

 2021 

 13th Gwangju biennale. Curators: Defne Ayas and Natasha Ginwala. Gwangju, South Korea
 Ex Africa. Curator: Philippe Dagen. Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France.
 XXII Paiz Art Biennial. Curators: Gabriel Rodriguez et Alexia Tala. Guatemala City, Guatemala.
 Comme de longs échos. Curators: Jean-Michel Jagot et Julie Pellegrin. Garenne- Lemot/Musée Dobrée, Nantes, France.
 Rhizomes. Curator: Paula Nascimento. La Base Sous Marine, Bordeaux, France
 Ce qui s’oublie et ce qui reste. Curator: Meriem Berrada. Musée National de l'Histoire de l'Immigration, Paris, France.

 2020 

 Now Look Here (The African Art of Appearance). Curator : Renny Ramakers. New North, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
 Maison de Force. Curators : Marynet J. et Cléophée Moser, le Collectif Eaux Fortes. Aedaen Gallery, Strasbourg, France.

 Cosmopolis #2.0: Rethinking the Human. Curator : Kathryn Weir. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
 21st Contemporary Art Biennial Sesc_Videobrasil, Imagined Communities. Artistic Director : Solange Farkas. Curatorr : Gabriel Bogossian. Sao Paulo, Brasil.
 São Tomé Art Biennale VIII. Curator : Renny Ramakers. São Tomé and Principe, Brasil.
 TIIT, performance. Goethe Institut, Salvador de Bahia, Brasil.

 2018 

 Cosmopolis #1.5: Enlarged Intelligence, Curator : Kathryn Weir. Centre Pompidou, in collaboration with Mao Jihong Arts Foundation, Chengdu, China.
 Biennale de Casablanca 4th edition, Récits des bords de l’eau (Tales of water margins). Artistic director : Christine Eyene. Casablanca, Morocco.
 LagosPhoto Festival 2018. Curators : Eva Barois De Caevel, Wunika Mukan, Charlotte Langhorst et Valentine Umansky. Lagos, Nigeria.
 Chromatics, solo show, 50 Golborne Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
 Les pouvoirs des émotions. Curators : Laure Kaltenbach et Armelle Pasco. Centre Pompidou, Paris, France.
 Dak'art Biennale 13th edition, L’heure rouge / Une nouvelle humanité (The red hour / A new humanity). Artistic director : Simon Njami. Palais de Justice, Dakar, Senegal.
 Do Disturb, Festival of performing arts. Curator : Vittoria Matarrese. Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France.

 2017 

 Africa Aperta II, group show. Galerie Dominique Fiat, Paris, France.
 Videobrasil Contemporary Art Festival. Artistic director : Solange Farkas. Sao Paulo, Brasil.
 Digital Africa, group show. Curator : Christine Eyene. OGU MAG gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
 Die Schönheit im Anderen, group show. Curatour : Mark Gisbourne. Lieberose Castle, Germany.
 The Black Sphinx, group show. Primo Marella gallery, Milano, 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 (installation proposal by Dominique Fiat), Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris, France.
 Vers le Cap de Bonne-Espérance, group show. Curateur : Simon Njami. Gare Saint-Sauveur, Lille, France.
 Le Havre - Dakar, partager la mémoire, group show. Curator : Cédric Crémière. Muséum d'histoire naturelle, Le Havre, France.

 2016 

 Transpositions, 50 Golborne gallery, London, United Kingdom
 Transmutations, Backslash gallery, Paris, France
 12th Dakar Biennale, Witnesses of the Invisible, Dakar, Senegal
 6th Marrakech Biennale, "Not New Now", Marrakech, Marocco

 2015 

 All things magic, RSF gallery, Paris, France
 Venice Biennale Off, Benin Pavilion, Venice, Italy
 Vodunaut, Centre Arts et Cultures, Abomey-Calavi, Benin

 2014 

 Kaleta/Kaleta, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France

 2013 

 Black Light Sanctuary, 58th Salon de Montrouge, Montrouge, France

 References 

Category:1979 births
Category:Human
Category:Beninese people
Category:Beninese artists
Category:Beninese expatriates insyd France
Category:École Normale Supérieure alumni
Category:Massachusetts College of Art and Design alumni