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Hyacinthe Ouattara

Hyacinthe Ouattara is a visual artist, mainly self-taught. After his training drawing in various workshops, he first represented human body in a dreamlike, ghostly, and childlike form, before entering its entrails and focusing his work on the anatomy of cellular tissues through “human cartographies”.

His drawings are spontaneous and expressive. Between appearance, disappearance, and representation of intimacy, they question identity in a broad sense.

Water Study is a metaphor around the symbolism of water and the notion of connection between several elements of the cosmos and its infinite materiality. At the beginning, paint chooses its trajectory, the colors intertwine and compose a floating universe. Water links several territories, several people of the world.

His work has been seen in Paris, Berlin, Dakar, Ouagadougou, Accra, Luxembourg, Kalgoorlie… In 2022, he participates in the Dakar Biennale.

For its 2023 edition, Private Choice presents a selection of textile creations: with the tapestry entitled L’intime, a series of hanging Talismans, works woven and knotted with strength, which are the fruit of spontaneous impetus and seem to carry memories and enigmas.

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Biography

Hyacinthe Ouattara is born in 1981 in Burkina Faso. He lives and works at Villejuif.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS – SELECTION

  • 2022 / Habiter le monde qui nous habite, Fondation H, Paris, France
  • 2022 / UNE ODYSSÉE DE L’ESPACE, AFIKARIS Gallery, Paris, France.
  • 2022 / MATIÈRES VIVANTES, Galerie DuflonRacz, Berne, Suisse.
  • 2022 / ESPRIT DOGON, Espace TRAMES, 11ème édition Partcours, Dakar, Sénégal.
  • 2022 / The Complexity Of The Universe, Sulger-Buel-Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Uni.
  • 2020 / L’Infinito Materialità, ACCADEMIA DI BELLE ARTI, Bologne, Italie.
  • 2017 / Travelling,Centre Culturel Max Juclier, Villeneuve-la-Garenne, France.
  • 2015 / Parcours, Ecole Municipale des Beaux-Arts, Villejuif, France.
  • 2015 / Le hublot, Ivry-Sur-Seine, France.
  • 2013 / Yââlà, Alliance Française Accra, Ghana.
  • 2013 / Hyacinthe Ouattara dans l’arène, Institut Français, Ouagadougou, Birkina-Faso.
  • 2012 / Dessins, Goethe Institut, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.
  • 2012 / Promenade, Villa Yiri Suma, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS – SELECTION

  • 2023 / Reclaimed, duo Show avec Marinda Vandenheede, Ronewa art projects, Berlin, Allemagne
  • 2022 / Private Choice n°11 Lignes de vie / Life lines, Paris
  • 2021 / Private Choice n°10 Odyssée / Odyssey, Paris
  • 2020 / Investec CAPE TOWN ART FAIR (Galerie Afikaris), Cape Town, South Africa.
  • 2019 / Eyes EAST Bound, Cairo Biennale 13, Caire, Egypte.
  • 2018 / AKAA ART FAIR,(Galerie ATISS DAKAR), Carreau du Temple, Paris, France. -Dubaï ART FAIR,(Galerie ATISS DAKAR), Dubaï, Emirats arabes unis.
  • 2016 / La Fabrique Culturelle des Abattoirs, Casablanca, Maroc.
  • 2016 / L’alchimie des Formes, Espace Bastides, Valence-Sur-Baïse, France.
  • 2016 / ART COP 22, Marrakech, Maroc.
  • 2016 / 18ème Biennale Internationale “Petit Format de papier”, Musée du Petit Format, Nismes et Ecoles des Arts de Breun L’Alleud, Belgique.
  • 2015 / Espace Culturel de la Douve, Langeais, France.
  • 2014 / Le Chêne (Centre de Création Alternatif), Villejuif, France.
  • 2014 / Espace Culturel Anes Art’Gonne, Evres-en-Argonne, France.
  • 2014 / 17è Biennale Internationale “Petit Format de Papier”, Musée du Petit Format, Nismes et ULB Culture, Bruxelles, Belgique.
  • 2013 / L’ancien Cercle Artistique, Tournai, Belgique.
  • 2013 / Académie des Beaux Arts, Tamines, Belgique.
  • 2013 / Cité des Arts, Chambéry, France.
  • 2013 / hapelle des Pénitents Gris, Villeneuve-Lez-Avignon, France.
  • 2012 / “WAKATSÔNGO”, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, berlin Weissensee.
  • 2010 / Encres et Pailles, Goethe Institut, Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso.
  • 2010 / Art From West Africa, Kargoorlie/Perth, Australie.

RESIDENCIES

  • 2023 / Fondation Montresso, Marrakech, Maroc.
  • 2023 / Atelier-Résidence, 193 Gallery, Paris, France.
  • 2023 / TRAMES, Dakar, Sénégal.
  • 2022 / Fondation H, Paris, France.
  • 2022 / Sulger-Buel Gallery, Londres, Angletterre.
  • 2016 / La Fabrique Culturelle des Abattoirs de Casablanca, Maroc.
  • 2013 / Cité des Arts, Chambéry, France.
  • 2011 / Volklingen hutte, Saarbrücken, Allemagne.
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