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Her paintings are self-taught and autobiographical, making her and her art sought out among international audiences in Africa and Europe.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Bill Kouélany|url=https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/bill-kouelany/|access-date=2021-06-06|website=AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes|language=en-US}}</ref>
Her paintings are self-taught and autobiographical, making her and her art sought out among international audiences in Africa and Europe.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Bill Kouélany|url=https://awarewomenartists.com/en/artiste/bill-kouelany/|access-date=2021-06-06|website=AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes|language=en-US}}</ref>


In 2001, she participated in the residency program of the Doual’Art urban workshops in [[Cameroon]]. In 2002, her work was part of the Dak’Art Biennale with the ''Creators of Central Africa, an''d in 2006 she participated in the seventh edition of Dak’Art. In 2004 she was an artist in residence in [[Nantes]], France and took part in an exhibition there, ''Beautés d’Afrique''. In 2006, again at the [[Dakar Biennale|Dak’Art Biennale]] exhibit, she received two prizes, the Prix de la Francophonie and Prix Montalvo Arts Center.<ref name=":0" />
In 2001, she participated in the residency program of the Doual’Art urban workshops in [[Cameroon]]. In 2002, her work was part of the Dak’Art Biennale with the ''Creators of Central Africa'', and in 2006 she participated in the seventh Dak’Art. In 2004 she was an artist in residence in [[Nantes]], France and took part in an exhibition there called ''Beautés d’Afrique (Beauties of Africa)''. In 2006, again at the [[Dakar Biennale|Dak’Art Biennale]] exhibition, she received two prizes, the Prix de la Francophonie and Prix Montalvo Arts Center.<ref name=":0" />


B. Kouélany's submission the following year to ''documenta 12'' in Germany was widely noticed. The work called ''Untitled'' was a very large installation examining the consequences of war and violence.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019|title=Report from the 2019 Prince Claus Awards Committee|url=https://princeclausfund.org/storage/documents/Report-from-the-2019-Prince-Claus-Awards-Committee.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-06|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Bill Kouélany - Prince Claus Fund|url=https://princeclausfund.org/laureate/bill-kouelany|access-date=2021-06-06|website=princeclausfund.org}}</ref><blockquote>In 2007, B. Kouélany was the first sub-Saharan African woman to exhibit at Documenta in [[Kassel]]. She presented her largest piece to date: a paper maché wall with excerpts of texts from several international newspapers and warped videos of her face, in which she expresses, as a mother and daughter, her empathy toward the Congolese people.<ref name=":0" /> </blockquote>
B. Kouélany's submission the following year to an exhibition called ''documenta 12'' in Germany was widely noticed. The work, called ''Untitled,'' was a very large installation examining the consequences of war and violence.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019|title=Report from the 2019 Prince Claus Awards Committee|url=https://princeclausfund.org/storage/documents/Report-from-the-2019-Prince-Claus-Awards-Committee.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=2021-06-06|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Bill Kouélany - Prince Claus Fund|url=https://princeclausfund.org/laureate/bill-kouelany|access-date=2021-06-06|website=princeclausfund.org}}</ref><blockquote>In 2007, B. Kouélany was the first sub-Saharan African woman to exhibit at Documenta in [[Kassel]]. She presented her largest piece to date: a paper maché wall with excerpts of texts from several international newspapers and warped videos of her face, in which she expresses, as a mother and daughter, her empathy toward the Congolese people.<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>


=== Mentor ===
=== Mentor ===
In 2012, B. Kouélany founded the contemporary art center, Les Ateliers Sahm becomming its artistic director. The multidisciplinary center to support contemporary art in her home country is a one-of-a-kind initiative devoted to supporting young artists from the Congo as well as the rest of the African continent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=douw|title=Meet the 2019 Prince Claus Award Laureates - Art Africa Magazine|url=https://artafricamagazine.org/meet-the-2019-prince-claus-award-laureates/|access-date=2021-06-07|language=en-GB}}</ref> According to the Prince Claus Fund, the creation of Les Ateliers Sahm "is perhaps one of her greatest achievements."<ref name=":2" />
In 2012, B. Kouélany founded the contemporary art center and workshop, Les Ateliers Sahm in Brazzaville, becoming its artistic director. The multidisciplinary center supports contemporary art in Congo and is a one-of-a-kind initiative devoted to supporting young artists from the country as well as the rest of the African continent.<ref>{{Cite web|last=douw|title=Meet the 2019 Prince Claus Award Laureates - Art Africa Magazine|url=https://artafricamagazine.org/meet-the-2019-prince-claus-award-laureates/|access-date=2021-06-07|language=en-GB}}</ref> According to the Prince Claus Fund, the creation of Les Ateliers Sahm "is perhaps one of her greatest achievements."<ref name=":2" />


She continues to work creatively. In 2019, she took part in the exhibition ''Prête-moi ton rêve'' in [[Morocco]], which featured painters from Africa and is scheduled to travel to several other countries.<ref name=":0" /> Since 2007, her work has been distributed internationally by the Peter Hermann Gallery in [[Berlin]] and the RDV Gallery in Nantes, France.<ref name=":3" />
She continues to work creatively. In 2019, she took part in the exhibition ''Prête-moi ton rêve (Lend me your dream)'' in [[Morocco]], which featured African painters and is scheduled to travel to several other countries.<ref name=":0" /> Since 2007, her work has been distributed internationally by the Peter Hermann Gallery in [[Berlin]] and the RDV Gallery in Nantes, France.<ref name=":3" />


== Awards ==
== Awards ==

* 2006: Prix de la Francophonie (France)<ref name=":3" />
* 2006: Prix de la Francophonie (France)<ref name=":3" />
*2006: [[Montalvo Arts Center]] Prize (USA)<ref name=":3" />
* 2006: [[Montalvo Arts Center]] Prize (USA)<ref name=":3" />
*2018: Officer of Arts and Letters, awarded by the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|French Ministry of Culture]].<ref name=":0" />
* 2018: Officer of Arts and Letters, awarded by the [[Ministry of Culture (France)|French Ministry of Culture]].<ref name=":0" />
* 2019: [[Prince Claus Fund|Prince Claus]] Prize in the Netherlands.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
* 2019: [[Prince Claus Fund|Prince Claus]] Prize in the Netherlands.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />


== References ==
== References ==

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== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [http://galerie-herrmann.com/arts/kouelany/index_engl.htm Photos of installation by Bill Kouélany]


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* [http://galerie-herrmann.com/arts/kouelany/index_engl.htm Photos of installation by Bill Kouélany]
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Revision as of 18:06, 7 June 2021

Bill Kouélany
Born
B. Kouélany

31 October 1965
Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
NationalityCongolese
Occupation(s)artist, writer, set designer

Bill Kouélany (born 31 October 1965 in Brazzaville) is a Congolese artist, writer and set designer. In 2007, she participated in documenta 12 in Kassel with a multimedia art installation. She lives in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo.

Life and career

As a teenager, B. Kouélany (as she prefers to be called) lived through the wars and violence in her native Congo. Years later the imprints of those early experiences can be found in her writings and art.[1]

Writer

A French speaker, her early writings include plays such as Cafard, cafarde (Cockroach, cockroach), which she read in Paris (2003), and Peut-être (Perhaps) (2007), which she created in collaboration with Jean-Paul Delore. Her written pieces are greatly influenced by the works of notable Congolese poet and novelist Tchicaya U Tam’si, who was "a tormented and highly sensitive writer who [B. Kouélany] also featured in her first canvases."

According to Chavelet, many of her writings have never been published (as of 2016).[2]

Painter

Her paintings are self-taught and autobiographical, making her and her art sought out among international audiences in Africa and Europe.[1]

In 2001, she participated in the residency program of the Doual’Art urban workshops in Cameroon. In 2002, her work was part of the Dak’Art Biennale with the Creators of Central Africa, and in 2006 she participated in the seventh Dak’Art. In 2004 she was an artist in residence in Nantes, France and took part in an exhibition there called Beautés d’Afrique (Beauties of Africa). In 2006, again at the Dak’Art Biennale exhibition, she received two prizes, the Prix de la Francophonie and Prix Montalvo Arts Center.[1]

B. Kouélany's submission the following year to an exhibition called documenta 12 in Germany was widely noticed. The work, called Untitled, was a very large installation examining the consequences of war and violence.[3][4]

In 2007, B. Kouélany was the first sub-Saharan African woman to exhibit at Documenta in Kassel. She presented her largest piece to date: a paper maché wall with excerpts of texts from several international newspapers and warped videos of her face, in which she expresses, as a mother and daughter, her empathy toward the Congolese people.[1]

Mentor

In 2012, B. Kouélany founded the contemporary art center and workshop, Les Ateliers Sahm in Brazzaville, becoming its artistic director. The multidisciplinary center supports contemporary art in Congo and is a one-of-a-kind initiative devoted to supporting young artists from the country as well as the rest of the African continent.[5] According to the Prince Claus Fund, the creation of Les Ateliers Sahm "is perhaps one of her greatest achievements."[3]

She continues to work creatively. In 2019, she took part in the exhibition Prête-moi ton rêve (Lend me your dream) in Morocco, which featured African painters and is scheduled to travel to several other countries.[1] Since 2007, her work has been distributed internationally by the Peter Hermann Gallery in Berlin and the RDV Gallery in Nantes, France.[2]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Bill Kouélany". AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ^ a b c d Chavelet , D. (2016). The text in the body: Dieudonné Niangouna and Bill Kouélany: from writing to performance. Po & sie , 3 (3-4), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.3917/poesi.157.0247 (in French)
  3. ^ a b c "Report from the 2019 Prince Claus Awards Committee" (PDF). 2019. Retrieved 2021-06-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b "Bill Kouélany - Prince Claus Fund". princeclausfund.org. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  5. ^ douw. "Meet the 2019 Prince Claus Award Laureates - Art Africa Magazine". Retrieved 2021-06-07.
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