{"id":7,"date":"2019-03-13T10:23:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T10:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.budflare.com\/showcase\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:17:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:17:10","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kuamenartist.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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As a multi disciplinary artist, I investigate the interconnections between African history and the construction of the western narrative. My interdisciplinary practice includes music, poetry, video, painting, photography, performance, sculpture and installation.<\/p>

I try to analyze social behaviors and injustices from my multicultural ethnic point of view, as a form of resistance. My work is rooted in questions of identity, representation, segregation, power dynamic, etc\u2026<\/p>

Born in London from a Congolese father and a Mauritian mother who met in Russia, I have lived for more than 30 years in Aulnay sous bois, a Parisian disfranchised suburb. I started my artistic path writing poetry on vibrant beats influenced by the American Hip Hop culture. I believe that arts engagement is a way to both understand and shape this life for the greater good.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Curriculum vitae<\/i>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>

December 1981\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Born in London, United Kingdom<\/p>

1987-1988\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Resident of Mah\u00e9bourg city, Mauritius island<\/p>

1983 \u2013 present\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lives and works in Paris, France<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Solo shows<\/strong><\/p>

February\u00a0 2026\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mask in Mutation (ERL Gallery , Liverpool, UK), 1 month<\/p>

September 2025\u00a0 Creep To The Mic Like A Phantom (Yamamoto Keiko Rochaix gallery , London, UK),\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a06 months<\/p>

March 2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Piece of India and Indigo# movement (Paradise art center, Nantes, France), 1 month<\/p>

January 2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Los Angeles : It snows in my paradise (Paradise art center, Nantes, France), 1 month<\/p>

April 2023\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Ex-poto (Saint Denis basilica, Saint Denis, France), 4 months<\/p>

February 2022\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Afropeanculture# (Ferme du Vieux Pays, Aulnay sous bois, France), 2 weeks<\/p>

December 2019\u00a0 \u00a0If You Don\u2019t Understand What We Say…Excuse Us And If You Think We Lie Accuse Us\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Visual Artists Group gallery, Los Angeles), 1 month<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Groupe shows<\/strong><\/p>

September 2022\u00a0 \u00a0\u00c9tat(s) De Mati\u00e8re\u00a0 <\/strong>(Verrecchia art fund, Versailles, France), 2 weeks<\/p>

September 2021\u00a0 \u00a0Ali To L.A.\u00a0 <\/strong>(Transformative Arts, Los Angeles, USA), 1 month<\/p>

February\u00a0 2020\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Art On Mind\u00a0 <\/strong>(Galerie Visuial Artists Group, Los Angeles, USA), 1 month<\/p>

November\u00a0 2018\u00a0 \u00a0Made In France\u00a0 <\/strong>(Amperand Studio, Miami, USA), 1 month<\/p>

October 2017\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Work of Heart art show\u00a0 <\/strong>(Gallery 300, Santa Rosa, USA), 1 month<\/p>

May\u00a0 2017\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Slavery abolition anniversary\u00a0 <\/strong>(Aim\u00e9 C\u00e9saire house at Gennevilliers, France), 1 month<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Residencies<\/strong><\/p>

October\u00a0 2025\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Research and development of a new mask prototype and animated work exploring\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0black histories in Liverpool in collaboration with the University of Liverpool , 2 weeks<\/p>

September\u00a0 2024\u00a0 \u00a0 Work about urban space and the suburb with\u00a0 La Source- Garouste organization in partnership\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 with Rodin museum (Meudon, France) at Rodin Museum, 3 months<\/p>

January 2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Work about History of Slavery in Nantes (France)\u00a0 at Paradise contemporary art center\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Nantes, France), 3 months<\/p>

September 2023\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Performance work at Newcastle Contemporary art gallery (Newcastle, UK), 1 month<\/p>

April 2022\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Carving and engraving work (lime stone) at Chateau de La Maye with Verrecchia art fund\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Versailles, France), 4 months<\/p>

August 2021\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Work of painting with Transformative Arts (american non profitable organization)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Evora, Portugal), 1 month<\/p>

July 2010\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Creation of music with local artists sponsored by the Ministry of Culture of Niger\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Niamey, Niger), 2 months<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Social practice projects<\/strong><\/p>

February 2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Exhibition of unaccompanied minor migrants artworks at Paradise contemporary art Center\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0(Nantes city) with the collaboration of M\u00e9decins du Monde NGO<\/p>

2016- present\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Workshops (drawing, painting, sculpture, etc\u2026) with autistic children from medical-educational\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 institute Ren\u00e9 Lalouette in Aulnay sous bois city (disfranchised suburb of Paris)<\/p>

March 2019\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Public sculpture made with people from Aulnay sous bois (disfranchised suburb of Paris) with\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the collaboration of the City.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Commissions<\/strong><\/p>

May 2025\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Ex-Poto<\/em> installation will be installed permanently in Bondy city (suburb of Paris)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Commissioned by Verrecchia art fund and the city of Bondy<\/p>

December 2024\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Acquisition of the installation Earth Mercy Me <\/em>by the Seine Saint Denis department (France)<\/p>

2027\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0New sculpture will be installed permanently in Velizy-Villacoublay city (suburb of Paris)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Commissioned by Verrecchia art fund and the city of Velizy-Villacoublay<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Award<\/strong><\/p>

March 2023\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Label received from the french foundation for the remembrance of Slavery regarding my\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0installation Ex-Poto<\/em><\/p>

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2005-2006\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing International program at \u00c9cole Sup\u00e9rieure\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Du Commerce Ext\u00e9rieur Paris <\/em>business school (La D\u00e9fense, Paris)<\/em><\/p>

2005\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Bachelor\u2019s degree in International Business at University Paris VIII<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who I Am As a multi disciplinary artist, I investigate the interconnections between African history and the construction of the western narrative. My interdisciplinary practice includes music, poetry, video, painting, photography, performance, sculpture and installation. I try to analyze social behaviors and injustices from my multicultural ethnic point of view, as a form of resistance. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kuamenartist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kuamenartist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kuamenartist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kuamenartist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kuamenartist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":299,"href":"https:\/\/www.kuamenartist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1054,"href":"https:\/\/www.kuamenartist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/1054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kuamenartist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}