| Winner of the Arnold Bode prize at Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany, Romuald Hazoumé is one of Africa’s leading visual artists. He has worked a diverse range of media throughout his career, from discarded petrol canisters, oil paint and canvas, to large-scale installation, video, and photography. Romuald Hazoumé was born in 1962 in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin, and now lives in Cotonou and works in Porto Novo. His work has won critical acclaim, and he has recently exhibited his major installation La Bouche du Roi, a re-creation of a slave ship made from petrol canisters, in solo shows at the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, the Musée Quai Branly, Paris, and the British Museum, London, from which it toured the U.K. Hazoumé has also participated in many international exhibitions such as 100% Afrique at the Guggenheim Bilbao and Uncomfortable Truths at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. |  |
Jonathan Gree
Winner of the Arnold Bode prize at Documenta 12, Kassel, Germany, Romuald Hazoumé is one of Africa’s leading visual artists. He has worked a diverse range of media throughout his career, from discarded petrol canisters, oil paint and canvas, to large-scale installation, video, and photography.
Romuald Hazoumé was born in 1962 in Porto Novo, Republic of Benin, and now lives in Cotonou and works in Porto Novo. His work has won critical acclaim, and he has recently exhibited his major installation La Bouche du Roi, a re-creation of a slave ship made from petrol canisters, in solo shows at the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, the Musée Quai Branly, Paris, and the British Museum, London, from which it toured the U.K. Hazoumé has also participated in many international exhibitions such as 100% Afrique at the Guggenheim Bilbao and Uncomfortable Truths at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
