Mathilde Moreau is an Ivorian

painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

Education and career

She studied at Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Abidjan where she obtained a DCSA (Advanced Diploma of

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) in 1986. In 1983–1994 she was a professor of

at Harris School of Modern in Abidjan. Then worked as a professor of painting at Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Abidjan between 1994 and 2006. Between 2003 and 2005 she was a researcher at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing on Chinese traditional painting. Since 2006, she has been the Director of the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Abidjan. She was one of the precursors of the Vohou-Vohou movement born at L'Ecole des Beaux Arts of Abidjan in the 1970s. Vohou-Vohou is the refusal of using very expensive painting materials. Other precursors were: Yusuf Bath, Kra N'Guessan, Théodore Koudougnon, Mathilde Moreau.

Group exhibitions

* 20 September – 20 November 2008 African Artists in Residence at th
Institute of Fine Arts
Shenzhen * 5 June – 5 July 2008 Curated by Yacouba Konate at the headquarters of the BICICI the Plateau. The artists are;

Abdoulaye Konate Abdoulaye is a West African masculine given name and surname. It is equivalent to the Arabic names Abdallah or Abdullah ( ar, عبد الله ''ʿAbdu-llahi''; ''servant of God''), given name of Muhammad's father. People with this name include: Gi ...

, Koffi Setordji, Ki Siriki, Michel Kodjo, Jean-Claude Henein, Mathilde Moreau, Youssouf Kourouma, Augustin Kassi, Jacoblen, Watt Kang, Mamery Ballo, Ange-Martial Shiner and Cherif Souleymanebr>
* 16–31 August 1997 "Art Collection of the century from 1995 to 2000", Piotrkòw Trybunalski, Poland * 19–29 September 1996 "Biennial of Contemporary African Art", Museum of African Art of IFAN Cheikh Anta Diop (With 05 works selected) * 2 June – 9 July 1995 "Café des Artistes" in Lausanne,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

* 24 November – 8 December 1993 "Grafolies", Biennale d’Abidjan in Abidjan (Ivory Coast)

Solo exhibitions

* 13 March – 4 April 2004 Exhibition at the Cultural Center of Africa, Oslo, Norway * 20 November – 2 December 2000 "Return to China" at French Cultural Center Abidjan,

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

* January – March 2000 "African Art" in Beijing and Shanghai,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

* 20 November – 15 December 1997 "Africa to the Heart" Paris, France

Bibliography

* "Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Afrika: 14 Gegenwartskünstler aus Côte d’Ivoire und Bénin", Author: Thomas Fillitz, Böhlau, 2002, , Product Dimensions: 25 x 17.9 x 3.4 cm,in German

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moreau, Mathilde 1958 births Living people Ivorian painters Ivorian women painters People from Grand-Bassam 21st-century women artists