Bill Kouélany

**Bill Kouélany** (amụrụ na 31 Ọktoba 1965 na Brazzaville) bụ onye na-ese ihe na Congo, onye edemede na onye na-emepụta ihe. N'afọ 2007, o sonyere na *Documenta 12* na Kassel na ntinye nka multimedia. Ọ bi na Brazzaville, isi obodo nke Republic of the Congo.

## Ndụ na ọrụ
Dị ka onye nọ n'afọ iri na ụma, **B.** **Kouélany** (dị ka ọ na-ahọrọ ka a kpọọ ya) biri ndụ n'oge agha na ime ihe ike na obodo ya bụ Congo. Afọ ole na ole ka e mesịrị, a pụrụ ịchọta akara nke ahụmịhe mbụ ndị ahụ n'ihe odide ya na nka ya.

### Onye edemede
Onye na-ekwu okwu French, ihe odide mbụ ya gụnyere ihe nkiri dịka Cafard, cafarde (Cockroach, cockroach), nke o gosipụtara na Paris (2003), na Peut-être (Perhaps) (2007), nke ya na onye ọrụ ibe ya Jean-Paul Delore dere. Ihe odide ya na-ekpughe ihe akaebe nke mmetụta nke onye na-ede uri Congo na onye na-edekọ akwụkwọ akụkọ Tchicaya U Tam'si, onye a na-echeta dị ka "onye edemede na-emekpa ahụ ma na-emetụ n'ahụ nke ukwuu nke [B. Kouélany] gosipụtara na eserese mbụ ya".

Dị ka Chavelet si kwuo, e bipụtaghị ọtụtụ n'ime ihe odide ya (dị ka nke 2016). 

### Onye na-ese ihe
Ihe osise B. Kouélany na-ekpughe nkà mmụta onwe onye nke onye na-ese ihe yana ihe ndị metụtara ndụ ha, na-eme ka a chọọ nka ya n'etiti ndị na-ege ntị mba ụwa n'Africa na Europe. Kemgbe afọ 2007, Peter Hermann Gallery dị na Berlin na RDV Gallery dị na Nantes, France ekesawo ọrụ ya na mba ụwa.

N'afọ 2001, o sonyere na mmemme obibi nke ụlọ ọrụ obodo Doual'Art na Cameroon. Na 2002, a kpọrọ ọrụ ya na Dak'Art Biennale na ndị okike nke Central Africa, na 2006 ọ debere nka na Dak'Art nke asaa. N'afọ 2004, a kpọrọ ya aha onye na-ese ihe na Nantes, France wee soro na ihe ngosi ebe ahụ a na-akpọ Beautés d'Afrique (Mma Africa). Na 2006, ọzọ na ihe ngosi Dak'Art Biennale, ọ natara ihe nrite abụọ, Prix de la Francophonie na Prix Montalvo Arts Center..

Ntinye aka B. Kouélany n'afọ sochirinụ na ihe ngosi a na-akpọ *Documenta 12* na Germany ka a hụrụ n'ọtụtụ ebe. Ọrụ ahụ, nke a na-akpọ Untitled, bụ nnukwu nrụnye na-enyocha ihe agha na ime ihe ike si na ya pụta.N'afọ 2007, B. Kouélany bụ nwanyị Africa mbụ na-esote Sahara iji gosipụta na Documenta na Kassel. O gosipụtara ihe kachasị ukwuu ya ruo ugbu a: mgbidi akwụkwọ maché nwere ihe odide sitere na ọtụtụ akwụkwọ akụkọ mba ụwa na vidiyo gbagọrọ agbagọ nke ihu ya, ebe ọ na-egosipụta, dị ka nne na nwa nwanyị, ọmịiko ya n'ebe ndị Congo nọ.

### Onye nkuzi
N'afọ 2012, B. Kouélany tọrọ ntọala ụlọ ọrụ nka na oge a, Les Ateliers Sahm na Brazzaville, na-aghọ onye nduzi nka ya. Ụlọ ọrụ multidisciplinary na-akwado nka nke oge a na Congo ma na-etinye aka n'ịkwado ndị na-eto eto na-ese ihe, ọ bụghị nanị site na obodo ya kamakwa ndị fọdụrụ na mpaghara Africa. Dị ka Prince Claus Fund si kwuo, okike nke Les Atelier Sahm "bụ ma eleghị anya, otu n'ime ihe ndị ọ rụzuru.".

Ọ na-aga n'ihu na-arụ ọrụ n'ụzọ okike. N'afọ 2019, o sonyere na ihe ngosi Prête-moi ton rêve (Nwee m nrọ gị) na Morocco, nke gosipụtara ndị na-ese ihe ndị ọzọ si Africa ma hazie (n'oge ahụ) ileta ọtụtụ mba.

## Onyinye

* 2006: Prix de la Francophonie (France)
* 2006: Montalvo Arts Center Prize (USA)
* 2018: Officer of Arts and Letters, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture.
* 2019: Prince Claus Prize in the Netherlands.

## Ebem si dee

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