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Exhibitions

CURRENT AND PAST EXHIBITION

An Invitation to Explore and Reflect

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LE JOURNAL D'ADONON: ACHILLE ADONON

APR 11 - JUN 13, 2025

With Le journal de Nanyé Adonon, Achille Adonon resurrects the forgotten story of a royal mother erased from history. Through poetic, spectral paintings, he challenges collective amnesia and reclaims feminine memory. This visual journal becomes both an act of remembrance and a resistance to silence.

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IL Y A TOUJOURS UN RESTE: CEDRIC KOUAME

FEB 13 - MAR 06, 2025

In every act of creation or destruction, something remains—a trace that resists time and forgetfulness. In this exhibition, Cédric Kouamé explores the emotional and narrative power of damaged images and discarded objects, transforming them into spaces for reflection and reinvention. There is always a remainder—a silent dialogue between past and present, presence and absence.

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ORIGINES: KINIMO STANISLAS

SEP 10- NOV 09, 2024

Born in 1998 in eastern Côte d’Ivoire, Anoh Stanislas Kinimo is a painter and art educator whose work draws from African heritage, mythology, and philosophy. Blending geometric forms with ancestral symbols, his art explores identity, memory, and resilience. Through recurring allegories like the myth of Isis, Kinimo invites reflection on how the past can guide us through today’s challenges.

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BABI EST DEW: DEWONE

NOV 24 - DEC 24 2023

Originally from South Lebanon and now based in Abidjan, Dewone is a multidisciplinary artist whose minimalist yet expressive style captures the essence of human connection. Through graffiti, tattoos, illustration, and design, he crafts vibrant characters that reflect a blend of cultures and stories. Babi est Dew is more than an exhibition, it's a creative dialogue with Ivorian artists, turning every work into a collective experience.

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IDENTITE 51: ZORO ZIPA

SEP 29 - NOV 11, 2023

Identité 51 invites us to explore the unknown through encounters with the “other”—blending the alien and the familiar. Each work is a portal into hybrid identities and cosmic connections, challenging our understanding of self and space. In this visual journey, difference becomes wonder, and every brushstroke reveals our shared place in the vastness of the universe.

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L'UNITE DU VIDE: KOUN

JUL 21 - AUG 25, 2023

All is one, and one is all. This poetic reflection explores the cycle of unity, separation, and return—where mind, heart, and body converge through creation. In the silent void, colors, points, and lines connect to form meaning, revealing that emptiness itself holds the essence of presence and the path back to oneness.

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TRANSE: PERFECT BLVCK

FEB 17 - MAR 31, 2022

Through photography, video, and installation, Keren Lasme invites us into a meditative journey shaped by stillness, movement, and words. Her work explores our spiritual connection to nature, urging presence and reflection. Drawing from landscapes in the Cayman Islands, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire, she weaves a quiet ode to water, time, and poetic being.

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VIVANT.E.S: CYNTHIA COLNEY

DEC 9 - DEC 22 2022

VIVANT.E.S is a vibrant and introspective journey through Cynthia Colney’s evolving universe, where women and nature coexist in poetic harmony. Drawing from shifting moods and seasons, her works explore emotion, connection, and the quiet beauty of being alive. Through dreamlike scenes and personal reflections, the exhibition celebrates what makes us human—and what makes us living.

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SQUELEOO: CHAPO

SEP 2 - NOV 7, 2022

Driven by a deep concern for global issues, Chapo focuses on famine, a crisis rooted in conflict, inequality, and poor governance. Through his “Squeleoos” figures, skeletal, fragile, and caricatured, Chapo gives form to human deprivation, using art both as a cry for awareness and a vessel for the dreams of those who endure.

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BAGNON: YAO FRANCK

JUL 28 - NOV 7, 2022

In his work, the artist calls for a shift in mindset by promoting the concept of “BAGNON” meaning “beautiful man” as a symbol of conscious masculinity and social harmony. Believing that true evolution begins in the mind, he uses this mural as a tool to inspire reflection and transformation, placing humanity at the heart of societal change.

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Untitled: Illa Olivia

Sep 03, 2021 - 15 mar, 2022

A Voyage from Assinie to Mauritius is a photographic journey that captures the poetry of place and the quiet depth of lived moments. Through her lens, the artist weaves a visual narrative across landscapes and coastlines, offering a contemplative exploration of identity, memory, and the beauty found in transit.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

New Perspectives, New Voices

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May 2025

A deep dive into digital art and new media from West Africa.

Exhibition Title

May 2025

A deep dive into digital art and new media from West Africa.

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Exhibition Title

13 FEB - 12 APR 2025

A deep dive into digital art and new media from West Africa.

Exhibition Title

May 2025

A deep dive into digital art and new media from West Africa.

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Exhibition Title

13 FEB - 12 APR 2025

A deep dive into digital art and new media from West Africa.

Exhibition Title

May 2025

A deep dive into digital art and new media from West Africa.

Address:

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Opening Hours:

Tuesday – Wednesday: 12 PM – 6 PM
Thursday - Saturday: 12 PM – 2 AM
Sunday - Monday: Closed

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