Pélagie Gbaguidi

Pélagie Gbaguidi (he yin jiji to 1965) yin anazọ́nwatọ Bénin-nu de he nọ nọ̀ Brussels bosọ nọ wazọ́n to finẹ. Ewọ yin yinyọnẹn ganji na anazọ́n debọdo-dego etọn lẹ bosọ nọ dọ̀n tẹnmẹ-yinkọ etọn lẹ wá “le Code noir”  he nọ dekọtọn do danuwiwa azọ́n afanumẹ lọ tọn po nugandomẹgo etọn po mẹ do whẹndo he bọdego to Whèyihọ-waji Aflika tọn lẹ ji.

 Otàn gbẹzan etọn tọn 
Gbaguidi yin jiji to Dakar to 1965. E plọn anazọ́n to Liège, Belgium to l'École des beaux-arts Saint-Luc fie e mọ gbedewema yí te to 1995.

 Azọ́n etọn 
To paa mẹ, anazọ́nwatọ lọ nọ ylọ ede dọ "griot” ovivu de he nọgbẹ̀ to ojlẹ dopolọ mẹ hẹ to Whèyihọ-waji Aflika tọn; yèdọ anazọ́nwatọ de he nọ yí anazọ́n po húnhiho po zan taidi nuyizan lẹdogbedevomẹ tọn yetọn. Kanbiọ mẹhẹnlẹnnupọn tọn he mẹlọ tindo lẹ nọ whàn ẹn nado plọn hogbe hohowhenu tọn lẹ bo ze apajlẹ dagbe dai na ẹn nado sọgan yin zẹẹmẹ basina gbọn mẹhe nọ nọ̀ lẹdo lọ mẹ lẹ dali.
Anazọ́n etọn yin ohia po ohia azọ̀n tọn lẹ po, podọ e yin zize sinai do nujijọ ajiji po nujijọ ajiji whenuho Aflika tọn lẹ po ji. Po azọ́n etọn po, e kàn ayiha nado wọnji awusinyẹnnamẹnu he ylan hugan to ojlẹ he wayi lẹ mẹ go. To nulinlẹnpọndo nujijọ mẹhẹngbọjọ tọn ehelẹ ji mẹ, e taidi dọ linlẹn gigẹdẹ he e tindo lẹ fọ́n linlẹn niyaniya - yinyin tọn de dote to anazọ́nwatọ lọ lẹ mẹ nado wleawuna yẹdide he nọ hẹnmẹ jẹ mẹdekannu lẹ, yèdọ nuhudo lọ nado wleawuna yẹdide he na hẹn yé jẹ mẹdekannu lẹ he na wá sọn wunmẹ voovo ojlẹ lọ tọn lẹ mẹ.Pélagie Gbaguidi : Hommage aux ancêtres, exposition du 15 mai au 10 juin 1996, Art'Senik, Saint-Leu (La Réunion), 1996, 10 p.Griffiths, Claire. “Imaging the Present: An Iconography of Slavery in Contemporary African Art” in At the Limits of Memory: Legacies of Slavery in the Francophone World, edited by Nicola Frith & Kate Hodgson. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2015, p. 209-228Dunja Hersak, Écouter et entendre : Pélagie Gbaguidi, Ola-Dele Kuku, Carlos Amorim Lemos, Toma Luntumbue, Hassan Musa, Otobong Nkanga, Aimé Ntakiyica, Mulugeta Tafesse, Galerie Kevin Conru, Bruxelles, 2008, 74 p.Dak'Art 2008. Afrique : Miroir ?, catalogue de la 8e Biennale de l'art africain contemporain, 2008, p. 102-103Dak'Art 2006, catalogue de la 7e Biennale de l'art africain contemporain, 2006, p. 188-189Dakar- Martiggny. Hommage à la Biennale d’art contemporain, Directeur de la publication: Mads Olesen (Martigny: ART-RAY éditions, 2016), pp. 71-73Mémorial ACTe. Direction: Thierry L’Étang. L’esclavage et la traite négrière dans la caraïbe et le monde. Guadeloupe: Mémorial Acte Éditions, 2015. pp. 150-151Hélène Tissières, « Biennale de Dakar 2006 : œuvres exposées et témoignages », in Éthiopiques, no 77, 2e semestre 2006

 Fihe enọ lẹ 
2018 - Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship.
2016 – NIROX Foundation, South Africa.
2013 - Villa Waldberta Munich
2012 - IFITRY Morocco
2011 - Thamgidi FoundaXon, Netherlands
2007 - Factory, Krems, Austria
2004 - Lieu Unique, Nantes, France

 Agban etọn lẹ 
L'Artothèque, île de la Réunion
Holocaust Memorial Foundation, Chicago IL, USA
Casa África, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Memorial ACTe, Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe Islands
Mu.ZEE, Ostende, Belgium
Kanal - Centre Pompidou, Brussels, Belgium
Private Collection, Zurich, Switzerland

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Adà:Mẹhe yin jiji to 1965 lẹ