Vit à : Paris , France
As an independent curator and art critic specializing in contemporary African and diasporic scenes, I integrate a theory of wandering as emancipation into my practice. The exhibitions I design share counter-narratives and blend scholarly and popular references, in conversation with the artists. I explore the historical and architectural roots of exhibition spaces, envisioning them as fields of interference.
I am also developing a personal project titled noncurated, where a philosophy of Relation unfolds, traversed by the question of authorship. In this project, I collect poetic and political reflections rooted in the ordinary and build, letter by letter, my curatorial alphabet.
The Independences, Purple Lab Collective, Mains d’Oeuvres, Saint-Ouen, FR
Sea(E)scapes DNA don’t (n)ever ask, Euridice Zaituna Kala, salon H gallery, Paris, FR
With the support of CNAP – the Centre national des arts plastiques
Sink or Swim, Ugo Ahiakwo, Alliance Française Lagos/Mike Adenuga Centre, Lagos, NG
Harmony in Discord, Bolatito Aderemi-Ibitola, Tolulope Ami-Williams, Alliance Française Lagos/Mike Adenuga Centre, Lagos, NG
Waiting for Bus, Dilomprizulike (The Junkman from Africa), Alliance Française Lagos/Mike Adenuga Centre, Lagos, NG
Portraits of Public Figures, Seidougha Linus Eyimiegha (Mr. Danfo), Alliance Française Lagos/Mike Adenuga Centre, Lagos, NG
Game of Confidence, Taiwo Aina, Claire Nicolas, Alliance Française Lagos/Mike Adenuga Centre, Lagos, NG
Young Photographers, Ife Ofulue, Unu Mamu, Nnebuifé Kwubeï, TJ Benson, Neec Nonso, Alliance Française Lagos/Mike Adenuga Centre, Lagos, NG
A Lemi Ghariokwu Retrospective Show, Alliance Française Lagos/Mike Adenuga Centre, Lagos, NG
Curatorial Alphabet. Noncurated, 2024, Paris.
Ammar Bouras. Traces: In between Intimacy and Politics. [Barzakh editions], 2023, Algiers.
Wanderings: Bili Bidjocka, Téo Betin, Ana Mendieta. Conversations Magazine, 2022, Paris.
Spotlight on Pocket Park in Burkina Faso. French Institute Magazine. (2020, May 11).
Emmanuel facing Vincent Barré. Gilles Altieri (curator). Exhibition catalogue (Dec 8-Feb 23, 2019), Toulon, Galerie du Canon, 2019.
Today. Simon Njami (curator). Exhibition catalogue (June 20, 2019 – Feb 20, 2020). National Museum of Yaoundé, 2019, 213 p.
“Contours” in The Red Hour. Simon Njami (curator). Exhibition catalogue (May 3-June 2, 2018). Dak’Art Biennale, 2018, 395 p.
Artistic Practices in Wandering: Towards Indeterminacy of Form. Sketches, Works in Progress, and Artists on the Move. Master’s Thesis, Art and Art History, supervised by Miguel Egaña, Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2016, 80 p.