Julien Sinzogan

Julien Sinzogan (amụrụ 1957), bụ onye Benin nke oge a na-ese ihe na ihe osise. Ihe osise ya na-arụsi ọrụ ike na mmetụta nke Azụmaahịa Ohu nke Atlantic na Benin obodo ya, otu n'ime ebe ịzụ ahịa ohu kachasị na West Africa. O meela ihe ngosi nke ọma na Europe na Africa niile. Dị ka ọkachamara na-ese ihe, usoro na ntụnyere aka Sinzogan na-esi na mpaghara mkpịsị akwụkwọ monochrome na ink banye n'ìhè nke ihe nkiri zuru oke. Ọ bi na Paris, France.

## Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ
A mụrụ Julien Sinzogan na 27 Jenụwarị 1957 na Porto Novo, Republic of Benin .  Agụmakwụkwọ Sinzogan malitere ịmụ ihe owuwu na ụlọ akwụkwọ nka nke Tashkent, Uzbekistan site na 1978 ruo 1979.   Ọ gụrụ ihe owuwu na Paris na École Spéciale des Travaux Public, Paris, France ruo n'afọ 1982.   &#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup> Otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị, Sinzogan gụrụ akwụkwọ na Laboratoire International de Calcul et d'Informatique Appliquée (L.I.C.I.A.), Paris, France, ebe ọ na-elekọta ngalaba nke ihe oyiyi kọmputa, tupu ọ gbanwee na eserese.

== Ọrụ ==
Julien Sinzogan sitere n'ike mmụọ nsọ nke Yoruba Divinatory na Ifá. N'ime nke a, ọ na-enyocha njem dị n'etiti ụwa a na-ahụ anya nke Aye yana ọpụpụ gaa n'ụwa mmụọ Orun ma mụọ ha ọzọ, ma gosipụta etu ha si nwee njikọ chiri anya. Sinzogan nwekwara isiokwu abụọ yiri ibe ya nke a hụrụ n'ọrụ a: nkwenye na mbata nke "mkpụrụ obi" Afrịka na nloghachi nke mmụọ nke ndị ohu n'ikperé mmiri Afrịka; "ezi mpụ"  ịgba ohu bụ na mfu nke mmụọ ndị nna nna nke obodo ndị fọdụrụ n'Afrịka.

Usoro Sinzogan na-egosipụta mmekọrịta dị n'etiti ụwa dị iche iche dị ka ụwa 'Western', ebe ojiji Sinzogan ji ihe nnọchianya mee ihe na-agbanwe dịka ọdịnala ndị akọwapụtara nke ọma na ụwa Afrịka na akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Benin. Ihe nnọchianya dị ezigbo mkpa nye Sinzogan ka ọ na-akọwa ya "...ihe nnọchianya ahụ nwere oke a na-apụghị ịgụta ọnụ ma na-emeghe echiche site na-eyi agba na nkà ihe ọmụma nke ndụ.  " Ihe nnọchi anya Sinzogan bụ ihe nnọchi anya dị mgbagwoju anya nke ihe ncheta dị ndụ na ihe ncheta ojii nke ihe nchetara dị mgbagha nke ihe nchọpụta dị ndụ.

Sinzogan nwere solo na October Gallery, na ememe nke ọnwa akụkọ ihe mere eme ojii na [[Obodoézè Nà Ofú|United Kingdom]]. Maka ihe ngosi a, e nyere Sinzogan ọrụ ịmepụta otu ihe ọ na-akpọ "Gates of Return" na nzaghachi maka ihe mbụ ya "Gates nke No Return".

Na "Gates of No Return" Sinzogan gosipụtara mba ndị na-azụ ahịa ohu nke metụtara ụsọ oké osimiri West Africa ruo ọtụtụ narị afọ. Ọnụ ụzọ ámá na-anọchi anya ọnụ ụzọ ámá ụlọ mkpọrọ. Sinzogan na-ekwu, "e nwere njem ndị na-ekwesịghị ịbụ - akụkụ nke etiti dịka ọmụmaatụ. E nwere njem ime mmụọ, dị ka nzukọ na babalawo [onye ụkọchukwu na-akọ ọdịnihu] nke a maara nke ọma maka njem n'etiti ụwa ndị a na-ahụ anya na ndị a na'adịghị ahụ anya... na e nwere njem ndị e chepụtara echepụta, site na Gates of Return, na Gates of no Return. "  Ọhụụ Sinzogan gbalịrị ime ka isi a dị n'akụkọ ihe mere eme dị n'otu. 

== Ihe ngosi ==

=== Ihe ngosi onwe onye ===

* 2003: Nzukọ Mba France, Paris, France  
* 2008: Ụbọchị ebon, Njem: ọnụ ụzọ nloghachi, Musée de la peinture de Grenoble, Grenoble, France.   <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;
* 2009: Ụzọ ndị ohu, Museum of Angoulême, Angoulém, France.   &#x5B;**'&#x5D;</sup>
* 2010: Spirit Worlds, October Gallery, [[London]], UK.   <sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#x5B;**'&#x5D;

### Ihe ngosi ìgwè

* E1990: 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 and 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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