HYACINTHE OUATTARA
SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
2020
“ORGANIC MOOD”, D Galerie, Paris, France
2017
“TRAVELLING”, Centre Culturel Max Juclier, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France
“CARTOGRAPHIES”, Galerie art-Z, Paris, France.
2016
“CABINET DE CURIOSITES”, SometimeStudio Gallery, Paris, France
2015
“PARCOURS”, Ecole Municipale des Beaux-Arts, Villejuif, France
2013
“YAALA”, Alliance Française Accra, Accra, Ghana.
“HYACINTHE OUATTARA DANS L'ARENES”, Institut Français, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso
2012
“DESSINS”, Goethe Institut, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso “Promenade”, Villa Yiri Suma, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
2020
Interesect Chicago online Art Fair, Chicago, US
“Un monde d’abstraction”, 193 Gallery, Paris, France Investec Cape Town Art Fair, Cape Town, South Africa
2019
“EYES EAST BOUND”, Cairo Biennale 13, Cairo, Egypt
2018
“UNTITLED”, DAK’ART OFF, Dakar, Senegal AKAA Art Fair, Paris, France
Dubaï Art Fair, Dubaï, UAE
2016
La Fabrique Culturelle des Abattoirs, Casablanca, Morocco
“L’ALCHIMIE DES FORMES”, Esapce Bastides, Valence-Sur-Baïse, France
ART COP 22, Marrakech, Morocco
18ème Biennale Internationale «Petit Format de papier», Musée du Petit Format, Nismes and Ecoles des Arts de Breun L’Alleud, Belgium
2015
“JUST MAKE ART”, Galerie Joseph, Paris, France
2014
17e Biennale Internationale «Petit Format de Papier», Musée du Petit Format, Nismes and ULB Culture, Bruxelles, Belgium
2012
“WAKATSÔNGO”, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany
2011
“Ouagadougou ! Soit dit en passant/Nebenbei bemerkt”, Gallery der HBK Saar(Ho chuleschule der Bildenden Kunste Saar), Saarbrücken, Germany
2010
“ENCRES ET PAILLES”, Goethe Institut, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso “Art From West Africa”, Kargoorlie/Perth, Australie.
RESIDENCES
2016
La Fabrique Culturelle des Abattoirs, Casablanca, Maroc
2013
Cité des Arts, Chambéry, France
Espace Culturel Fil Bleu, Lomé, Togo
2011
L'aciérie de Völklingen, la Völklingen Hütte (en partenariat avec l'école des Beaux-Arts de Saabrücken), Allemagne
YOU OFTEN WORK WITH SERIES. WHY?
I work like a musician. I compose my series of artworks in a manner akin to the production of a record. Each embodies an aesthetic, social or philosophical area of research and exploration, whilst still supplementing one another and echoing similar messages and feelings.
HOW DID YOU HAVE THE IDEA TO DRAW "HUMAN CARTOGRAPHIES"? WHAT DO THEY REPRESENT FOR YOU?
This idea of human cartographies came to me in 2015 when I started to observe the Parisian urban space. When I was going out and taking public transport, I was observing the corridors of the Parisian metro and I had a kind of silent discussion. I saw it like a human flow moving quickly while keeping a certain physical distance. I was a little bit shocked. I wanted to represent these parts of cells like traces of my memory of the world I belong to. I wanted to link these lines in my drawings, to link people together, to ensure that none of the characters are alone.
YOUR BODY OF WORK HAS NO LIMIT, INCLUDING INSTALLATIONS, SCULPTURE, PERFORMANCE, AND PAINTING. HOW DO YOU CHOOSE WHICH MEDIUM YOU WORK WITH?
I always saw my practice as echoing life and the space surrounding us: an infinite and undetermined space. I think that the time I have won’t allow me to explore everything. There is then a kind of absolute emergency to experience and explore everything. I consider markets and flea markets like open sky museums. I also listen to what happens around me. The choice of mediums is unexpected. It is for me, like a call, a necessity to choose a specific medium depending on what I want to express. It can come from a state of anger, from a picture, a song, or a basic observation of the world. I suddenly have images coming to my mind. This is how my creations come to life.
