Barthélémy Toguo

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Barthélémy Toguo (amụrụ 1967) bụ onye Cameroon na-ese ihe, ihe na-ahụ anya na onye na-eme ihe nkiri. Ugbu a ọ na-ekewa oge ya ibi na ịrụ ọrụ na Paris, France na Bandjoun, Cameroon. Ọ na-arụ ọrụ n'ụdị mgbasa ozi dị iche iche ma e wezụga ihe ngosi na nka nka gụnyere foto, mbipụta, ihe ọkpụkpụ, vidiyo, na nrụnye..

## Akụkọ ndụ
Toguo gụrụ akwụkwọ na National School of Fine Arts na Abidjan, Ivory Coast, na École supérieure d'Art de Grenoble, France na Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany. A na-ahụ ụfọdụ n'ime ihe osise ya na The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) nke Jean Pigozzi. Malite na 2005 wee gaa n'ihu ruo mgbe emechara na 2007, ọ rụrụ ọrụ omenala akpọrọ Bandjoun Station. Ọ bụ ụlọ ọrụ nka dị na obodo Cameroon nke gụnyere ebe ngosi ihe ngosi, ọbá akwụkwọ, ebe obibi ndị na-ese ihe, na ubi ahịhịa. Emere ya iji kwalite nka na omenala nke oge a n'ime obodo. Ọdụdọ ahụ nwere ụlọ abụọ dị iche iche kewara n'ime ebe dị iche iche a na-eji maka ebumnuche dị iche iche. E ji ogidi kọmpụta ise nwere ngwá agha rụọ nnukwu ụlọ ahụ ma jiri osisi gable dị mita iri tinye ya; elu ụlọ a gbadara agbagọ na-asọpụrụ ụkpụrụ ụlọ ọdịnala ma ọ bụ mpaghara. Ọdụ ụgbọ ahụ dị na ebe na-anabata ụdị ọdịnala niile. A na-akpọ ndị mmadụ òkù ka ha kwekọọ na oghere a, ịhazi ememe maka ma ọ bụ metụtara omenala ha dị ka olili, ọmụmụ, na ọbụna agbamakwụkwọ. A na-eme ya niile na-atụ anya ịmepụta mmekọrịta ọha na eze n'ime obodo.

N'afọ 2011, e mere Toguo Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature  na France maka ọrụ ya na-aga n'ihu na ihe okike, na-enyere aka ịzụlite nka na ọdịbendị na France na n'ụwa niile, yana iji nka ya wuo àkwà mmiri n'etiti mba.  Ka e mesịrị na 2016, e depụtara Toguo maka Prix Marcel Duchamp, ihe nrite nka kachasị elu na France. E nyere ya 2018 Inga Maren Otto Fellowship site na The Watermill Center na Long Island, New York.  N'oge obibi ya n'oge ọkọchị n'afọ 2018, o mepụtara ụfọdụ ọrụ maka ihe ngosi ya The Beauty of Our Voice, nke e gosipụtara na Parrish Art Museum na Water Mill, New York,  site n'August 5, 2018 ruo October 14, 2018. Ihe ngosi nke mbụ ya n'onwe ya na ebe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie nke America, The Beauty of Our Voice gbasaa anya ya na US site na ihe osise mmiri ọhụrụ, ntinye, foto, arụmọrụ, na ọrụ nka obodo.[5]

N'ọnwa Ọktoba 2021, onye isi nchịkwa UNESCO Audrey Azoulay họpụtara Barthélémy Toguo, onye UNESCO Artist for Peace.

N'oge oyi nke afọ 2023, e buliri Toguo n'ọkwa Onye isi nke Order of Arts and Literature . 

## Ihe osise
alt=Wood boat, bundles made with African fabrics, glass bottles, 2016|frame|The Road to Exile bụ ihe dị n'etiti usoro The Beauty of Our Voice. Ntinye ahụ na-ekwu maka nsogbu ndị na-akwaga mba ọzọ na ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ, ọchịchọ nke ndị na-eto eto Afrịka ịgbapụ na ọkachasị ọchịchọ nke ndị ntorobịa Afrịka ịgba ọsọ na olileanya maka ndụ ka mma.
Toguo bụ onye na-ese ihe n'ọtụtụ ihe ọmụma nke ọrụ ya na-ekwu maka ịkwaga, ọchịchị, agbụrụ, ịgba ọsọ ndụ na ịkwaga. Ọ malitere imepụtaghachi ihe osise ndị Europe ruo n'afọ 1992 ebe ọ malitere ịkpụ osisi. Na Grenoble, ọ chọpụtara foto na vidiyo na nnwale na German realism. Ka e mesịrị na Dusseldorf, ọ malitere inwe mmasị na nka arụmọrụ na 1996 Toguo mere usoro Transit ya. Na ngwụcha afọ 1990 ọ malitere nyocha ya na mmiri. Ihe osise mmiri ndị a sitere na njem ya na ahụmịhe ya wee gbanwee ọbụna karịa mgbe ọ chọpụtara mmasị ya na paspọtụ na stampụ ha. Paspọtụ ahụ nwere ikike idepụta njem mmadụ gafere ókèala. Obere akwụkwọ a nwere stampụ dịgasị iche iche nke ghọrọ akara ngosi nke ndị uwe ojii nke ụmụ mmadụ. Echiche a nke ịbụ onye sitere na nwa amaala abụọ ya na Cameroon na France. Ọrụ ya enwetala ihe ọmụma site na ndị na-ahụ maka mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya gụnyere Black Lives Matter hụrụ na usoro Black Lives Always Matter [1] na Nsogbu ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ hụrụ na ọrụ The Beauty of Our Voice .

Ewezuga stampụ ndị a hụrụ n'ime paspọtụ, Barthelemy Toguo sikwa na kaadị post. Enwere ike ịhụ nke a n'ime ọrụ ya na usoro Head Above Water. Ọ gara gburugburu ụwa na-anakọta kaadị ndị a iji nye ndị mmadụ olu. Ọ jụrụ ndị mmadụ banyere ọnọdụ ndụ ha, ihe ndị na-eme ugbu a, agha, na banyere olileanya na nrọ ha. Toguo ga-aga ebe ndị a gụnyere ụlọ akwụkwọ, okporo ámá, na ahịa ma chịkọta azịza nye ajụjụ ya. Ka oge na-aga, ọ ga-aga n'ọfịs post ma mepụta postcard ma gwa ya onwe ya. Ọ gaghị ezipụ ha ozi n'ezie kama ọ ga-ahọrọ idebe ha ma buru ha na njem ya.

N'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 2023, e ji ihe osise ya bụ Chroniques avec la Nature mee ihe dị ka ihe osise mkpuchi maka egwu Peter Gabriel "Olive Tree", site na abọm ya na-abịanụ i/o.

## Ihe ngosi
Ọrụ Toguo dị na nchịkọta nke Museum of Modern Art, na Studio Museum na Harlem, New York; Pérez Art Museum Miami,  Florida; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Musée d'art contemporain, Lyon; Fondation Louis Vuitton; na Kunstsammlungen der Stadt, Düsseldorf, n'etiti ndị ọzọ. E gosipụtara ihe ngosi nke ọrụ ya n'onwe ya na ụlọ ọrụ ndị gụnyere Uppsala Art Museum, Sweden; Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Etienne, France; La Verrière by Hermès, Brussels; Fundaçao Gulbenkian, Lisbon; na Palais de Tokyo, Paris. 

Barthelemy Toguo ajụla isonye na ihe ngosi n'ihi echiche ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. Dị ka oge na 2007 mgbe ọ jụrụ oku ịbanye na Venice Biennale. Ọ na-ekwu, "Ihe na-eduzi m bụ ihe mara mma na-agbanwe agbanwe mgbe niile kamakwa mmetụta nke ụkpụrụ omume nke na-eme ka ọdịiche dị ma na-ahazi usoro m niile. Site na ebumnuche nke onwe m, Bandjoun Station na Cameroon, na ọrụ nka nke na-eso ya, achọrọ m iburu ibu ọrụ m dị ka nwoke na onye na-ese ihe site n'inye ihe nlereanya na ntụaka ọzọ. N'ọnọdụ ọ bụla, a gaghị ejikọta aha m na nke Sindika Dokolo ma ọ bụ nchịkọta ọ chịkọtara kemgbe ọtụtụ afọ. Ọ na-aga n'ihu na-ekwu na ọ na-akwanyere ndị omenkà ndị ọzọ niile na-ekere òkè na ọrụ ahụ ùgwù ọ bụ ezie na ọ gaghị esonyere ha.

### Naanị ya

* 2020 Bilongue, Cape Town, South Africa
* 2019 Urban Requiem, Lelong Gallery, New York
* 2018 The Beauty of Our Voice,  gosipụtara na Parrish Art Museum,  Water Mill, New York, site na August 5, 2018 ruo October 14, 2018. Ihe ngosi nke mbụ ya n'onwe ya na ebe ngosi ihe mgbe ochie nke America.
* 2018 Heimatlos, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg
* 2017 Fragile Body, Hadrian From Montferrand Gallery, Beijing, China 
* 2017 Strange fruit, Lelong & Co Gallery, Paris 
* 2016 Strange Fruit, Johannesburg, South Africa[1]
* 2015 2015 Africa, Galerie Samuel Lallous, Montreal 
* 2014 The Cost of Living , Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Narbonne, France 
* 2014 Ebe nrọ maka ụmụ mgbei, l'Aspirateur Lieu d'art contemporain, Narbonne France.[9]
* 2014 Ememe, Cape Town, South Africa[1]
* 2013 Ihu zoro ezo, Lelong Gallery, Paris
* 2012 Nwatakịrị Ụwa Na-ele Ala Ala, Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg 
* 2011 Ụlọikpe Mpụ, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna
* 2004/2005 The Sick Opera, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
* 2004 Agha nwoke na nwanyị agaghị eme, Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France
* 2003 Pure and Clean, Institute of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, USA
* 1994 Ebe etiti Europe, Saint-Martin d'Heres, Grenoble, France

### Ìgwè

* 2019 Danger Bodies, Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice, New York, USA
* 2018 Exile, International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Geneva, Switzerland 
* 2014 Jaume Plensa - Kiki Smith - Bartélémy Toguo, Lelong Gallery, Paris
* 2005 African Art Now: Masterpieces si na Jean Pigozzi Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, USA 
* 2005 Hayward Gallery, London, England
* 2005 Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
* 2004 Africa Remix, Art contemporain nke otu kọntinent, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
* 2004 M bi n'ebe a na-egbu anụ, La collection d'art contemporain d'agnès b., Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
* 2003 The American Effect, Global Perspectives on the United States, 1990-2003, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA

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