Born in 1967 in Mbalmayo, Cameroon
Lives and works between Paris and Bandjoun Station
An artist of international renown, Barthélemy Toguo uses drawing, watercolour, sculpture, ceramics, collage, engraving, performance, photography and video "to create a language that draws its inspiration from encounters and travels". In his often autobiographical work, he speaks of “exile, migration, North-South exchanges, racism, homophobia, AIDS and religion”. His work copposes the world of the West with that of his origins, and speaks of the tragedies of History and the fragility of life. In 2017, he created a ceramic fresco, Célébrations, for the Château rouge metro station in Paris. In 1999, he opened Bandjoun Station in Cameroon, a residency for artistis and an economic and social project to “revive a thought of Diasporic Africa”.
Barthélémy TOGUO Blowing Headache, 2017
Three colors lithographic print on Arches paperÉdition à 50 exemplaires
27.56 x 33.46 in (70 x 85 cm)
Signed, numbered and dated by the artist
Réalisée à l'atelier Stéphane Guilbaud, La Force