Julien Sinzogan

**Julien Sinzogan** (born 1957), be a Beninese contemporary painter den graphic artist. Ein artwork actively dey engage de impact of de Atlantic Slave Trade for ein native Benin, one of de largest slave-trading posts of West Africa. Na he exhibit widely thru out Europe den Africa. As a professional artist Sinzogan ein techniques den references move from areas of monochrome pen den ink into glimpses of full-color scenes. He dey live insyd Paris, France.

## Early life den education
Na dem born Julien Sinzogan for 27 January 1957 insyd Porto Novo, Republic of Benin. Sinzogan ein education begin na he dey study architecture for de Art School of Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 1978 to 1979. He study architecture insyd Paris, France, for de École Spéciale des Travaux Publics, du bâtiment et de l'industrie, Paris, til 1982. A year later, Sinzogan study for Laboratoire International de Calcul et d’Informatique Appliquée (L.I.C.I.A.), Paris, France, wer na he run de department of computer images, before he turn to painting professionally.

## Exhibitions
### Solo exhibitions
* 2003: French National Assembly, Paris, France
* 2008: *Journées ébène, Voyages: la porte du retour*, Musée de la peinture de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.
* 2009: *Chemins d’esclaves*, Museum of Angoulême, Angoulême, France.
* 2010: *Spirit Worlds*, October Gallery, London, UK.

### Group exhibitions
* 1990: Gallery Gabor Uzvesky, Bussy Saint-Georges, France
* 1991: Ministère de l’Education Nationale, Paris, France.
* 1992: Ecole pour l'Informatique et les Techniques Avancées (E.P.I.T.A.), Paris, France.
* 1993: Petit Palais, Cotonou, Benin. 
** Ouidah '92: First International Festival of the Arts and Cultures of Vodun, Ouidah den Cotonou, Benin.
* 1994: Espace Kauffman-Eiffel, Paris, France.
* 1996: Hôtel Novotel, Cotonou, Benin.
* 1997: 7th Plein Sud Festival, Cozes, France.
* 1997-99: Permanent exhibition, Centre Français du Cadre, Paris, France.
* 1999: Maison de l’Ile, Auvers sur Oise, France. 
** *D'Afrique et de Cuba*, André Malraux Cultural Centre, Le Bourget, France.
** *Couleurs Vodun*, Lille Town Hall, Lille, France.
* 2000: *Rendering Visible*, October Gallery, London, UK.
* 2001: *Journées Béninoises*, Dourdan, France. The Power of the Word Exhibition, Archive Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, UK
* 2002: The Royal Museum and Art Gallery, Canterbury, UK.
** Permanent exhibition, Atelier de l’Yvette, Épinay sur Orge, France.
** *A Thousand Ways of Being: Memory and Presence in the Arts of Diasporas*, October Gallery, London, UK.
* 2003: *Transvangarde: Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Welt* (Contemporary Art from Around the Planet) and Kulturbrauerei, Pferdestall Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
* 2004: *Artists from Around the World*, October Gallery, London, UK
* 2005: *Aux Grain d'Argent*, Angoulême, France. Agence Française pour le Développement (AFD), Paris, France.
* 2006: 17th Salon International, Château de Beauregard, Caen, France
* 2007: *Uncomfortable Truths: the shadow of slave trading on contemporary art and design*, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 
** *Voyages: Crossing the Lake of Fire*, October Gallery, London, UK.
* 2008: Johannesburg Art Fair, October Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa, and Angaza Africa, African Art Now and Spring Show, October Gallery, London, UK.
* 2009: Johannesburg Art Fair, October Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa.
* 2010: *L'Art Actuel d’Afrique*, Collégiale Saint-André, Chartres, France.
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