Koyo Kouoh

 

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Koyo Kouoh (amụrụ 1967) bụ onye na-elekọta ndị Cameroon nke na-eje ozi dị ka onye isi nchịkwa na onye isi nchịkwa nke Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa na Cape Town kemgbe 2019. Na 2015, New York Times kpọrọ ya "otu n'ime ndị Africa tupu. Ndị na-ahụ maka nka na ndị njikwa a ma ama", na site na 2014 ruo 2022, a na-akpọ ya kwa afọ otu n'ime mmadụ 100 kacha nwee mmetụta na ụwa nka nke oge a site na ArtReview.

A zụlitere Kouoh na Cameroon na emesia Switzerland. Dị ka onye toro eto, ọ kwagara Dakar iji wuo ọrụ nka, na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-ahụ maka onwe ya ma guzobe ebe obibi na ihe ngosi nke onye na-ese ihe, RAW Material Company. N'afọ 2019, a họpụtara ya onye isi oche nke Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa mepere nso nso a.

Mbido ndụ na agụmakwụkwọ

Amụrụ na 1967, [1] Kouoh biri na Douala, Cameroon ruo mgbe ọ dị afọ 13[1] tupu ya na ezinụlọ ya kwaga Zürich, Switzerland, ebe ọ nọrọ afọ iri na ọkara sochirinụ.[2] Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ nchịkwa azụmahịa na ụlọ akụ na Switzerland[3] yana njikwa omenala na France. Ọ maara asụsụ French, German, Bekee na Italian nke ọma.[3]

N'afọ 1994, Kouoh deziri Töchter Afrikas, onye na-asụ German na Margaret Busby's Daughters of Africa, nchịkọta ihe odide sitere n'aka ụmụ nwanyị si mba Africa.[1] N'afọ sochirinụ, ọ gara Dakar, Senegal, ịgba onye na-ese fim bụ́ Ousmane Sembène ajụjụ ọnụ. Ka ha nwetachara ihe ngosi nka obodo, gụnyere onye na-ese ihe Issa Samb, na nkụda mmụọ maka ịkpa ókè agbụrụ na Europe, Kouoh kpebiri ịkwaga Dakar wee gbasoo ọrụ metụtara nka.[1][2]

Ọrụ nhazi

Kouoh rụrụ ọrụ na mbụ dị ka onye ọrụ ọdịnala maka Consulate US yana onye na-ahụ maka onwe ya.[1] Na 2000, ọ zutere onye na-ese ihe South Africa Tracey Rose na onye Naijiria-Belgian omenkà Otobong Nkanga, ndị Kouoh ga-egosipụta n'ọtụtụ ihe ngosi n'ọdịnihu.[2] Na 2001 na 2003, Kouoh jere ozi dị ka onye na-arụkọ ọrụ - n'akụkụ onye edemede Simon Njami - na Les Rencontres de la Photographie Africaine na Bamako, foto biennial nke emere na Mali.

Site na 2008 ruo 2019, Kouoh jere ozi dị ka onye nrụpụta nka nka nke RAW Material Company, [1] ebe obibi onye nka Dakar, oghere ngosi, na agụmakwụkwọ.[2] N'ime afọ iri sochirinụ, RAW wulitere aha ọma maka ihe ngosi dị mma wee bụrụ ebe ọdịnala a na-akwanyere ùgwù.[2][3] N'afọ 2014, otu ahụ chere esemokwu ihu maka ihe ngosi akpọrọ "Nnwere onwe nkeonwe", nke gụnyere akụkọ LGBT. Mgbe ndị isi Alakụba obodo mere mkpesa ma mebie ụlọ RAW, RAW kpebiri ịkagbu ihe ngosi ahụ.[3]

Kouoh jere ozi dị ka onye ndụmọdụ curatorial maka Documenta 12 (2007) na 13 (2012) na EVA International (Republic of Ireland's biennial of contemporary art) na 2016.[1] [2] Maka nke ikpeazụ, ọ haziri ihe ngosi dabere na isiokwu postcolonial, na akụkụ iji mee mmemme narị afọ nke Ista Rising.[3] Aha ihe ngosi ahụ, "N'agbanyeghị (ndị) Barbarians", zoro aka na uri "Na-eche ndị Barbarians" nke onye edemede Gris bụ Constantine P. Cavafy dere.[3] Ọ gụnyere ndị nka dịka Kader Atia, Liam Gillick, Abdoulaye Konaté, Alice Maher, na Tracey Rose.[3] Onye nkatọ nka Niamh NicGhabhann kọwara ya dị ka "[na-etinye aka] na arụmụka mara mma, nke ejiri n'aka, na-ewekarị iwe na echiche nke 1916."[4]

Na 2014, Kouoh bụ onye na-ahụ maka mmemme agụmakwụkwọ na 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair na London[1] [2] wee nyere aka gbanwee Dakar Biennale.[1] Ọ nọ na kọmitii ọchụchọ nke họọrọ onye nlekọta Polish Adam Szymczyk dị ka onye nduzi nka maka documenta 14 na 2017.

Site na 2014 ruo 2022, a na-akpọ Kouoh kwa afọ otu n'ime mmadụ 100 kacha nwee mmetụta na ụwa nka nke oge a site na ArtReview, na-arị elu na #32 na 2020.[1]

Zeitz MOCAA

Ụlọ ihe ngosi nka nke Zeitz nke Contemporary Art Africa dị na Cape Town, South Africa—ụlọ ngosi ihe ngosi nka kọntinent kacha ukwuu n'Africa—meghere na 2017, nke e wuru gburugburu mkpokọta nka nke onye ọrụ enyemaka Jochen Zeitz.[1] Agbanyeghị, n'afọ sochirinụ, onye isi ya, Mark Coetzee, kwụsịrị n'ihi ebubo iyi egwu mmekọahụ.[1][2] A họpụtara Kouoh ka ọ bụrụ onye nnọchi anya ya dị ka onye isi nchịkwa na onye isi nchịkwa na 2019.[2]

N'oge mbata nke Kouoh, dị ka otu akwụkwọ akụkọ si kwuo, "omume dị ala na ihe ngosi enweghị atụ."[1] N'ime afọ na-esote, Kouoh gbasaara ndị otu ndị nlekọta na ndị isi oche, yana ịgbakwunye mmemme obibi onye na-ese ihe. Mgbe mmechi metụtara COVID-19 gasịrị, ụlọ ihe ngosi nka meghere ndị na-ege ntị ka ukwuu. N'ọzụzụ ya, Kouoh na-ekwusi ike nlegharị anya solo, na-ekwenye na ọ bụ ụzọ kachasị dị irè isi kọọ akụkọ ndị na-ese ihe. Nlegharị anya nke ọ haziri gụnyere Mary Evans, Tracey Rose na Johannes Pokela.[1] Nleghachi azụ nke Rose gakwara legharịa gaa na Queens Museum dị na United States, ebe onye nyocha New York Times kọwara ya dị ka ihe na-emetụta "mgbagwoju anya mgbe ọchịchị chịchara, dị ka nlọghachi, nkwụghachi na ngụkọ."[2]

N'afọ 2020, Kouoh nwetara ihe nrite Switzerland Grand Award maka Art / Prix Meret Oppenheim. E hiwere ihe nrite a na 2001 ma na-asọpụrụ ọnụ ọgụgụ sitere na ụwa nka na ihe owuwu yana nkatọ, nhazi na nyocha nke ọrụ ya dị mkpa na mkpa maka nka na ihe owuwu nke oge a na Switzerland na karịa.[13].

Ihe omume ndị ọzọ

• German Academic Exchange Service, onye otu
• The Vera List Center for Art and Politics na The New School, onye otu 2018-2020 prize jury
• Celeste Prize, onye otu[1]
• Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa, onye otu Curatorial Advisory Group (2018-2019)
• Nkụzi na ogbako, dị ka Ntụziaka amụma na Berlin

Ndụ onwe onye

Kouoh nwere ụmụ atọ e kuchiri.[1] Ọ bi na South Africa na Switzerland.[1]