Romuald Hazoumè

**Romuald Hazoumè** (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la yuuni 1962, Porto Novo, Republic of Dahomey) ka o nyɛ Yoruba nuuni tuunbaŋda, ŋun nyɛ tamiɛra mbe Republic of Benin.

O nyɛla bɛni mi so pam ni o tuma din nye La Bouche du Roi,o ni labi tum tuunshɛli yuuni 1789 anfooni zaŋ chaŋ dabba ŋariŋ bɛni booni Brookes. La Bouche du Roi daa nyɛla din wuligi gili United Kingdom din pahi centenary teesim nti dabba daabiligu Act 1807 jinaduu. O nyɛla ŋun mali neeinkura n-tumdi o tuma.  

Hazoumè nyɛla bɛni lahi mi so ni o ninpɔbirigu tuma, tuunshɛli o ni pili yuuni 1980s sunsuuni. Lala ninpɔbirisi ŋɔ nyɛla o ni mali gasoline canisters, din lahi ka bukaata, ka ŋmani bɛni mali Gbaŋsabila kaya ni laɣiŋsi. O yɛligu ni, Hazoumé yɛliya “ n labisirila tiri wuntaŋ luhili binshɛɣu bɛni su”.  

Hazoumè pahila tanmɛriba ban zani nti  The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi.  

## Tuushɛŋa bɛni pii

### O ko tuma
*2012 *Cargoland* - October Gallery, London
*2011 *Romuald Hazoumè
*2010 *Romuald Hazoumè: My Paradise - Made in Porto Novo*, Gerisch-Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany
*2009 *Romuald Hazoumè: Made in Porto-Novo*, October Gallery, London
*2009 *Exit Ball*, Aliceday, Brussels, Belgium
*2008 *La Bouche du Roi*, Horniman Museum & Gardens, London
*2007 *La Bouche du Roi*: An artwork by Romuald Hazoumè, The British Museum, London, England
*2006 *La Bouche du Roi*, Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France
*2005 *Romuald Hazoumè Installation Art*, CAISA (City of Helsinki Cultural Office), Helsinki, Finland
*2005 *ARTicle 14 - débrouilles-toi, toi-même*, October Gallery, London
*2001 *Romuald Hazoumè*Galerie Olivier Houg, Lyon
*1998 *Romuald Hazoumè*, Art Gallery of New South Wales,shush, Sydney, Australia
*1997 *Romuald Hazoumè*, Galerie 20, Arnhem

===Group===
*2010/2011 The Land Between Us, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK
*2010/2011 The Global Africa Project, MAD – Museum of Arts and Design, New York
*2010/2011 *21st Century: Art in the First Decade*, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
*2010 *African Stories*, Marrakech Art Fair, Marrakech
*2009 *Against Exclusion*, 3rd biennale of Contemporary Art, The Garage Center for Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia
*2008 *Angaza Afrika - African Art Now*, October Gallery, London
*2008 *PetrodollART*, Galerie Motte et Rouard, Paris, France
*2007/2008 *Why Africa?*, [[Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli]], [[Turin]], Italy
*2007 *UN/FAIR TRADE, Die Kunst der Gerechtigkeit*, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
*2007 *From Courage to Freedom - El Anatsui / Romuald Hazoumè / Owusu-Ankomah*, October Gallery, London
*2004-2007 *Africa Remix*, Dusseldorf; Hayward Gallery, London; Centre pompidou, Paris; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
*1999 *Spaceship Earth*, Art in General, New York
*1999 *Paradise 8*, Exit Art, New York
*1999 *Liverpool Biennial: International Festival of Contemporary Art*, Liverpool, UK
*1992 *Out of Africa: Contemporary African Artists from the Pigozzi Collection'', Saatchi, Gallery, London

## Pina
* 2009 3rd Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow
* 2007 Arnold-Bode-Preis, documenta 12, Kassel
* 1996 George-Maciunas-Preis, Wiesbaden

## Kundivira
* [http://www.octobergallery.co.uk/artists/hazoume/index.shtml  "Romuald Hazoumè (Benin)", October Gallery website