PASCALE MARTHINE TAYOU

b. 1967, Cameroon

Pascale Marthine Tayou Biography

Pascale Marthine Tayou was born in Yaoundé (Cameroon) in 1967. He began his career as an artist in the 1990s, when he changed his name, taking a double name in the female form: Pascal(e) Marthin(e). Exhibitions in Cameroon were soon followed by shows in Germany, France and Belgium, the country where he currently lives.

His work is deliberately mobile, elusive of pre-established schema, heterogeneous. It is always closely linked to the idea of travel and of coming into contact with what is other to self, and is so spontaneous that it almost seems casual. The objects, sculptures, installations, drawings and videos produced by Tayou have a recurrent feature in common: they dwell upon an individual moving through the world and exploring the issue of the global village.

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Contemporary art exhibition Group Exhibition Y si Madrid fuera mi casa at Sabrina Amrani Sallaberry 52 Madrid Spain

Group Exhibition Y si Madrid fuera mi casa Sabrina Amrani 17 February–11 May 2024
Sallaberry, 52, Madrid

Contemporary art exhibition Michelangelo Pistoletto Pascale Marthine Tayou Alternative Centers at Patricia Low Contemporary Gstaad Switzerland

Michelangelo Pistoletto, Pascale Marthine Tayou Alternative Centers Patricia Low Contemporary 26 December 2023–18 February 2024
Gstaad

Contemporary art exhibition Pascale Marthine Tayou Nylonkong Dreams at Pearl Lam Projects Hong Kong

Pascale Marthine Tayou Nylonkong Dreams Pearl Lam Projects 18 May–17 August 2018
Hong Kong

Representative Artworks

Exhibition view: Pascale Marthine Tayou, BOBO LAND, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (3 May–26 November 2023). Courtesy Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi.
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Exhibition view: Pascale Marthine Tayou, BOBO LAND, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (3 May–26 November 2023). Courtesy Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi.
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Pascale Marthine Tayou, Welcome Wall (2023). Exhibition view: LOBI LOBI, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (3 May–26 November 2023). Courtesy Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi.
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Exhibition view: Pascale Marthine Tayou, LOBI LOBI, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (3 May–26 November 2023). Courtesy Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi.
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Left to right: Pascale Marthine Tayou, Colorful Calabashes (2014); Home Sweet Home (2011). Exhibition view: LOBI LOBI, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (3 May–26 November 2023). Courtesy Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi.
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Exhibition view: Pascale Marthine Tayou, LOBI LOBI, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (3 May–26 November 2023). Courtesy Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi.
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Left to right: Pascale Marthine Tayou, Fresque Bantu (2021); Bendskin Cotonou B (2014). Exhibition view: LOBI LOBI, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (3 May–26 November 2023). Courtesy Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi.
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Pascale Marthine Tayou, Garden House (2010). Exhibition view: LOBI LOBI, Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi (3 May–26 November 2023). Courtesy Cultural Foundation, Abu Dhabi.
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Spotlight From Abu Dhabi's Culture Summit to Sharjah's March Meeting Stephanie Bailey Over a week in March, three symposia unfolded in three of the U.A.E.‘s seven emirates, levelling culture and politics.

Spotlight In Italy, Panorama Presents New Exhibition Possibilities Elaine YJ Zheng Contemporary artworks were beautifully integrated at sites throughout the historic city, creating space for contemplation.

Spotlight Pascale Marthine Tayou’s Material World Stephanie Bailey Pascale Marthine Tayou’s survey exhibition at Abu Dhabi Cultural Foundation foregrounds the artist’s fluid and transcultural compositions.

Spotlight / Photolog The Donum Collection: Sculpture Park Home to one of the world’s most impressive collections of outdoor sculpture, The Donum Estate in Northern California showcases more than 50 monumental artworks across 200 acres of land, including works by El Anatsui, Subodh Gupta, Louise Bourgeois, and Ai Weiwei.

Spotlight Frieze New York 2018: Running the Course Paul Laster There’s no better way to kick off a marathon week of art fairs and other related activities than to hear a living artist discuss their new work: a reminder of what’s at the very core of the art world, and it’s not just the buying and selling, but the opportunity to have a dialogue with art.

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