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Roméo MivekanninGalerie Eric Dupont

Born 1986 in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire
Lives and works between Toulouse, France and Cotonou, Beni

Roméo Mivekannin, Strange Fruits Series, Live oaks, fringed with Spanish moss, Old GooseCreek Plantation, Charleston, S.C., 2021, Elixir baths and indigo on free canvas, 400 x 260cm. Courtesy of Eric Dupont. 

Roméo Mivekannin applies natural pigments and binders on assembled sheets that become his painted canvases. He addresses the stereotypes and racism found in Western representations of African people, presenting the history of Western art in a new light. This approach is paradoxical: he is both the model and painter; the victim and perpetrator. By making the sacred part of his body, his face, a mask that covers the dominant models of the past, he performs a sacrificial gesture and infiltrates history: those who were considered as models become the actors of their representation.

Mivekannin graduated from the National School of Architecture of Toulouse and had his first two solo shows at Galerie Eric Dupont. He will present at the Dakar Biennale in 2022 and the Sharjah Biennial in 2023.

Selected Artists

Boluwatife Oyediran

Bre Andy

Lewinale Havette

Senzeni Marasela

Prince Gyasi

DuduBloom More

Sanaa Gateja

Nicolas Coleman

Artists 2022

  • A

    • Abi Salami
    • Alshaikh Idrees
    • Audrey Lyall
  • B

    • Bashaer Hawsawi
    • Bertina Lopes
    • Boluwatife Oyediran
    • Bre Andy
  • C

    • Chinaedu Nwadibia
    • Cosmo Whyte
    • Cristiano Mangovo
    • Crystal Yayra Anthony
  • D

    • David Uzochukwu
    • Demarco Mosby
    • Didier Viodé
    • Dindga McCannon
    • DuduBloom More
  • E

    • Elias Mung’ora
    • Everlyn Nicodemus
  • F

    • Fahamu Pecou
  • H

    • Hend Adnan
  • I

    • Ibrahim El Dessouki
  • J

    • Jess Atieno
    • Jewel Ham
    • Joël Bigaignon
    • Johanna Mirabel
    • Johnson Ocheja
  • K

    • King Houndekpinkou
    • Kpé Innocent
  • L

    • Leila Rose Fanner
    • Lewinale Havette
    • Lord Ohene
    • Ludovic Nkoth
  • M

    • Michael Reese
    • Morgan Mahape
    • Moshekwa Langa
    • Moustapha Baidi Oumarou
  • N

    • Nicolas Coleman
  • P

    • Preston Sampson
    • Prince Gyasi
  • R

    • Renee Cox
    • Roméo Mivekannin
    • Ryan Cosbert
  • S

    • Salifou Lindou
    • Sanaa Gateja
    • Senzeni Marasela
  • T

    • taylor barnes
    • Thandiwe Muriu
  • W

    • WonderBuhle Mbambo
  • Y

    • Yoan Sorin
  • Z

    • Zéh Palito

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