BIO

Kokou EKOUAGOU                                                 Contact:
Born 1979 in Lome,TOGO                      Mail:ekojaguar@yahoo.fr
Lives and works between                    13BP207 Lomé 13 LOME-TOGO
  Lome and Shanghai                                  Tel:( 00228) 90226167                                                                                                                                                       

EDUCATION

-Training Workshop of Goethe Institut in Cultural Management, Goethe Institut, Lomé
-Capacity building workshop for artists in personal development, Ministère de la Communication, de la culture, des Arts et de la Formation Civique, Togo

-University of Lome, Togo

-Painting Courses, Arts Modesty, Lomé

MERITS

2020: -Laureate "FAC 2020", Togo

          -CERTIFICATE OF HONOR, 2nd International Online Art Exhibition, Nirantar Art

           Group, Chandigarh, India

2012 : DIPLOMA FOR PEACE BUILDING, UNREC (Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa) and AMJP
 
2006: Nominated, Best Artist  ,for Independence Award,Lome
        
1999: ARTS DIPLOMA, ARTS MODESTY, Lome

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2015 Act of Bravery, The Drum Arts Centre, Birmingham, UK

2014  Xiao Mei Gallery,Guangzhou,China
2013  Pleading on violence against women and sexual harassment-CACIT, Fil Bleu, Lomé
2012 Sadidi Yi Nutala Wo Gbo, Espace VIDA VIRENS, Lome

2010 Galerie 43, Paris

2008 Galerie 43, Paris

2007 -Raffles Institute, Shanghai

         - Free Expression, Macau

2006 Greenfield Space, Lome

2005 -Espace culturel 54, Lome

         - Galerie 43, Paris

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2020 - II Encuentro Internacional Virtual De Artistas Visuales "Universal Art & Art", Colombie

          - 2nd International Online Art Exhibition, Nirantar Art Group, Chandigarh, Inde.

          - Corona! Shut Down?, NewMediaFest 2020, Torrance Art Museum, USA

          -NICHT MUSEUM FÜR ZEITGEMÄßE KUNST, Neumarkt Dresden, Germany

          -LONDON BIENNALE, Londres

          -#ArtistesEnRésilience, Goethe-Institut, Togo

          -MASK-ART Creativity under lockdown–UNESCO & MEADOWS artists against COVID 19,

           Beyrouth, Liban

          -UNITED AGAINST CORONA THROUGH ART, ICCR, New Delhi, Inde

          -ART IN QUARANTINE, Wreading-digits, Lisbone, Portugal

          -Time is Love 12, CRUCE, Centre of Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain/ELY Center of

           Contemporary Art, USA/Blue Oyster art project space, Dunedin, New Zealand

2019  - Expo Les vergers, France

           -"NO TREES, NO LIFE", Performance, Back to the trees, Zanguéra, Togo

2018 : -ALODO, ONOMO HOTEL, Lomé

           -TIME is Love.11, LILY AGIUS GALLERY-MALTA/ CCA Centre for Contemporary

              Arts, GLASGOW, UK/CASABLANCA INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART

              FESTIVAL, Casablanca, MAROC/EX-NEW Contemporary Art Center, Milan, ITALIE

2017 : -Galerie Dorje International Folk arts and crafts, 121ème Foire de Canton,

             CHINE

            -CULTURE DE LA PAIX (GALERIE ANIDOSSE), ONOMO HOTEL, Lomé

            -Time is Love 10, ZKM/Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, Allemagne

2016   -256 Millions Colours of Violence, Third Space, Helsinki, Finlande
           -Ségou'Art, OFF Exhibition, Ségou, Mali
           -Mine de Crayon, Institut Français, Lomé

2015  -AFRICAN ART FAIR, BeautifulArt, Paris
         - L'ODYSSÉE,AN AUCTION, TORRANCE ART MUSEUM, USA
         - <<Pour L'Afrique,J'y Crois>>, CRAPH,Centre Culturel FilBleu-AREMA, Lomé   
         -Togo-Allemagne, Printemps de Coopération, Ambassade de la République fédérale d'Allemagne, Lomé

2014      -TERRITOIRE DE CRÉATION,4ème ÉDITION,Résidence Internationale d'Art
               Contemporain, Lomé
             - Galerie la Muse, Lomé
             - MARRAKECH BIENNALE, 5th EDITION, Marrakech, MOROCCO
             - BEN URI MUSEUM, London, UK

2013     AFRICAJARC,Cajarc,France
            Hörlursfestival festival,Marseille,France
            Time is love 6,MORI + STEIN GALLERY, London/SAZMANAB , Teheran, Iran/PEANUT UNDERGROUND,NEW YORK CITY,USA/KULTER,AMSTERDAM/STIFTELSEN 3,14
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION, BERGEN, NORWAY/CONTEMPORARY HOTEL BLOOM,Brussels,Belgium/TEA Museum - Tenerife Espacio de las Artes,Santa Cruz de Tenerife,Spain

            SFIP(Still Fighting Ignorance & Intellectual Perfidy),MALMO KONSTHALL,Sweden/28th edition of VIDEOFORMES,Clermont-Ferrand,FRANCE/MOTORENHALLE,GERMANY/KUNSTHALLE SAO PAULO,SAO PAULO,BRAZIL

          
2012    DE LA PUBLICITÉ A L'ART,Institut Français,Lomé
           SFIP(Still Fighting Ignorance & Intellectual Perfidy),AIVA - Angelholm International Video Art Festival,Angelholm, Sweden/ARENA 1 GALLERY,Santa Monica - Los Angeles/Lu.C.C.A.- LUCCA CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Lucca, Italy/TORRANCE ART MUSEUM,torrance california,USA/PORI ART MUSEUM,Finland /NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS,Moscow, Russia/ MUSEO/CENTRO ARTE CONTEMPORANEA TICINO,Bellinzona - Switzerland
          Time is love 5,[.Box] Videoart Project Space,Milan, Italy/SAVVY Contemporary,Berlin,Germany/Expressive Arts Institute,San Diego,USA /
Rich Mix Cultural Foundation,London/The Cornaro Institute, Larnaca, Cyprus/Galerie Octobre,France/ZET Foundation,Amsterdam/ KUTLER,Amsterdam/City Art Gallery,Ukraine / TIWANI CONTEMPORARY,London
                                     

2011    International Residence of Contemporary Art,TERRITOIRE DE CRÉATION,Lomé
            'DO IT',Institut Français-Togo(CCF),Lomé
             Unoriginal,RSA New Collective,Glasgow,United Kingdom 

            Goethe-Institut,Lome,Togo

            Still Fighting-Cologne OFF,City Art Gallery,Kharkov,Ukraine/Art Museum,Arad,Romania/Estonian Academy of Arts,Tallinn,Estonia/Museo Ex-Teresa Arte Actual,Mexico city

            Time is love 4, International Video Art,CACT,Bellinzona ,Switzerland/Hexagon,baltimore,USA/Espace apART,Guangzhou,China                           
            Plastic Art Workshop,DEI CENTRE,Accra,Ghana    
          

2010 Silent Auction, Monkdogz Gallery, New York

           Artisho,USA

          Art residence, Centre Mytro Nunya, Lome
          Tere Culture,Lome

2009 Festhef Performance Art, Assahoun, Togo

          Multiculture, Galerie Lucrece, Paris

2008 Great arts, Espace culturel 54, Lome

2007 Vibration, Saatchi Gallery, London

2006 De/pots, Galerie Lucrece, Paris

          Artists week, Palais de Congres, Lome

2005 Jardin d'artistes, France Embassy, Lome

          Ballade sur l'arche, Cori & Art, Paris

          White night, Happy Hours, Milan

2004 Echos, Maison de la culture, Amiens, France

2003 Mail Art, Centre culturel...Bissigen

2000 1/2000, Galerie Jacques Cartier, Chauny, France

PUBLICATIONS

Special issue of  IMAGinE revue d'Art  "Again Slavery",2016,France

Beautiful Art, The African contemporary art magazine, Paris, 2015
IMAGO MUNDI CATALOGUE Luciano Benetton collection, Italy, 2015

TOGO NEWS PAPER No.9557 of 16 June, 2015

Special issue of  IMAGinE revue d'Art  "Again Obesity",2015,Belgium

TOGO NEWS PAPER No.9544 of 28 May, 2015

TOGO NEWS PAPER No.9502 of March 24, 2015

 Special issue of  IMAGinE revue d'Art  "Stop au Racisme"(Stop Racism),2014,Belgium
 IMAGinE  l'hebdo number 109, For the statut of animals,2013,Belgium
 IMAGinE  Art magazine, Special Mission, Number 29,page 19 and 20, Belgium (2013)
 IMAGinE  Art magazine, Art Planète, Number 19, Belgium 
 IMAGinE Journal,2012-Special Issue on Violence against women and particularly against female circumcision
NEW L'INK Magazine (Italy) , (May,June 2012), page 15
AIVA ,ANGELHOLM INTERNATIONAL VIDEO ART FESTIVAL magazine, 2012, page 12                 Artisttik Africa N° 16, page 27
Journal EMOME  N° 01,du Centre Culturel Myro Nunya,of 14 to 17 July 2010
Le Triangle des Enjeux N° 103 of june 30, 2010
AFRICULTURE,2010
L’Humanité N° 053 of 30 December 2009
Festhef News N° 01, 02 & 03 of Décembre24, 2009
Le Triangle des Enjeux N° 77 of Décember16, 2009
TOGO NEWS PAPER No.7269 of  April25, 2006
TOGO NEWS PAPER No.7143 of 25 October 2005

COLLECTIONS

2015-TORRANCE ART MUSEUM,California,USA

        -Luciano Benetton Collection,Italy
2012-Lu.C.C.A. Museum-LUCCA CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Lucca, Italy
2000-Collection of Jacques Cartier college constituted by Jacques Marcel, Chauny, France