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Jean Didier Yanogo

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Prologue


"Painting is a beautiful method of expression, colours make beautiful writing possible. I am impressed by many European painters, but being an African, I inperprete their works in the mode of my culture.

I have made several tours through Europe and America and of course through Africa. Today I am of the opinion that painting should have no nationality. I do not consider myself as an African artist but as a human being.

Like writing and sculpturing, painting is an agent to express ones conceptions and determinations and emotions.

In my mind art is the creation or re-creation of human environment.

The cultural and asthetic function of the art of painting has for me spiritual importance. I strongly believe that this is of great value in a time of superficiality.

For this reason I orientate my search for creative expressions on my personal spiritual experiences. I take religious, mostly christian themes for my work. This I do not in the sense of proselytism but in an universial sense, as a message of the transcendental.

My sources of inspiration are my religious beliefs. Belonging to the African sphere of culture, I most likely can synthesize my christian and traditional visions by connecting the best of both."

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Biography


Was born on 11th July, 1967 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. He lives and works in Ouagadougou.

1989 - 1996Training and formation by the French painter M.Blaise Patrix
Workshop OUAG'ART, organized by the Centre Culturel Français (C.C.F.) in Ouagadougou
Symposium of painting, Foundation Olorun, Ouagadougou
Workshop of the Centre Culturel Franco-Nigerien, Niamey
  
Participation in exhibitions in Burkina Faso
1993 and 1994Semaine de l'Art et de la Création Artisanale in Ouagadougou
1995OUAG'ART in Ouagadougou
1996OUAG'ART in Ouagadougou "Rencontre Pictural Burkina - Niger", Centre Culturel Français, Ouagadougou
19971997 Town Hall, Ouagadougou
1998Gallery ZAKA, Ouagadougou
  
Participations in exhibitions abroad
1995Foundation Olorun in Kansas City (USA)
1996Kemper Museum, Kansas City (USA)
Ausstellung Arts XIV, Paris (France)
Galery Ardeco, Avignon (France)
1998Biennale des Arts "DAK'ART 98"
Galery Véma, Dakar (Senegal)
1999"Alte Papierfabrik" in Ebertsheim (Germany)
Citibank Duisburg (Deutschland Germany)
2000Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann (Germany)
Internationales Zentrum (IZ), Duisburg (Germany)
Hessian Parliament, Wiesbaden (Germany)
Tanzhaus nrw die werkstatt, Düsseldorf (Germany)
2001"Espace Noriac", Limoges (France)
Sparkasse Essen-Rüttenscheid (Germany)
Wohnstift Augustinum, Essen (Germany)
Citibank Krefeld (Germany)
2002KuBa Kunsthalle, Wolfenbüttel (Germany)
2003Orangerie, Grugapark Essen (Germany)
Viterra Energy Services GmbH & Co.KG, Münster (Germany)
  
Individual exhibitions
1997Farafina Gallery, Ouagadougou
  
Biography Revue Noire, Mai 1995

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