Calixte Dakpogan

Calixte Dakpogan (born 1958) be a Beninese sculptor dem know for ein installations as well as ein masks he make out of diverse den original found materials. A native of Pahou, he currently den live den dey work insyd Porto Novo. Chaw of ein work be inspired by ein Vodun heritage.

Na dem exhibit Dakpogan ein work for de "Ouidah '92" festival, wich celebrate Vodun art wey komot Benin den de African Diaspora insyd Ouidah, Benin insyd February 1993. Chaw of ein masks be part of The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi wey na dem exhibit insyd major group shows insyd museums around de world.

Group exhibitions
2000: Rendering Visible : Contemporary Art from the Republic of Benin, October Gallery, London, UK
2000: Partage d’Exotismes, 5th Biennale de Lyon, France
2000: Fait Maison, Musée international des arts modestes, Sète, France
2005: African Art Now : Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
2005: Arts of Africa, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, France
2006/2007: 100% Africa, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
2007: Masques rituels et contemporains, Fondation Jean Paul Blachère, Apt, France
2007/2008: Why Africa?, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin, Italy
2010: African Stories, Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech, Morocco

Bibliography
1994: Otro pais: escalas africanas, Exhibition catalogue.
1992: Dakar Biennale (1). Dak’Art 92, Exhibition catalogue
1995: Africus : Johannesburg Biennale, 1995 Exhibition catalogue.
1996: Contemporary Art of Africa, André Magnin and Jacques Soulillou
1997: Lumière Noire : Art Contemporain, Exhibition catalogue. 
1998: Bénin-Bénin, Gisteren-Tussen-Morgen. Exhibition catalogue. Fritz Bless et al.
2000: Forjar el Espacio : La Escultura Forjada en el siglo XX, Exhibition catalogue.
2000: Lyon Biennale d’Art Contemporain, (5) Partage d’Exotismes, Exhibition catalogue.
2001: Rendering Visible : Contemporary Art from the Republic of Benin, Exhibition catalogue. Publish by The October Gallery.
2005: African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Exhibition catalogue. Publish by Merrell.
2006: 100% Africa, Exhibition catalogue. Published by TF Editores & FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museum.
2007: Why Africa?, Exhibition catalogue. Published by Electa & Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli.

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 Biography from the National Museum of African Art

Category:1958 births
Category:Human
Category:Beninese people
Category:20th-century Beninese sculptors
Category:20th-century Beninese male artists
Category:21st-century Beninese artists
Category:21st-century Beninese male artists
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Category:Voodoo artists
Category:21st-century sculptors
Category:People wey komot Atlantique Department
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Category:Installation artists