Jacobleu Ivory Coast, b. 1972

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

• Jacobleu - Windsor Gallery - Abuja, Nigeria
• Yonne 24 - Maison Jules Roy – Vézelay, France

2023
• Dense, Transe, Danse – Paintings and Pastels - Galerie Pièce Unique - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2022
• Where the Spirit Breathes – Paintings and Installation - Galerie Pièce Unique - Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2020
• Masked Realities - Lebasquiat Art Gallery – Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2019
• Colors of Peace - Pullman Hotel – Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2018
• Migrations - Institut Français – Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

2017
• The Return of the Nomads - Lebasquiat Art Gallery – Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

  • London Contemporary - Elements Art Gallery – London, UK
  • Vision - Palazzo Albrizzi-Capelo - Venice Biennale - Venice, Italy
  • Togetherness - Dakar Biennale – Dakar, Senegal


2023
• ABOUDIA X JACOBLEU - Galerie Saint Germain – Auxerre, France
• ABOUDIA X JACOBLEU - Galerie 24 Beaubourg – Paris, France
• ABOUDIA and JACOBLEU - UNESCO Headquarters – Paris, France

 

Photography EXHIBITIONS

2018
• Identità e Vitalità dell’Arte Contemporánea - Mattatoio Museum – Rome, Italy

2015
• 456 Hours Photography - Lebasquiat Art Gallery – Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

 

Education

  • Diploma in Theoretical and Practical Arts Education
  • Advanced Artistic Studies Diploma (Specialization: Contemporary Painting)

 

Awards

• Excellence Award 2016 – Visual Arts and Cinema
• Knight of the Order of Cultural Merit of Côte d’Ivoire, 2007
• Côte d’Ivoire Arts Crown, 2006
• Honorary Diploma for Cultural Action, 1999
• Painting Award of the City of Abidjan, 1998

 

Residencies and WorkshopS

• 2024: Literary and Artistic Residency - Yonne 24 – Vézelay, France
• 2024: Residency on African Artists’ Legal Status – Libreville, Gabon
• 2019: Lagos Biennial – Workshops for Curators and Exhibition Organizers – Lagos, Nigeria
• 2017: Documenta 14 – Curatorial Workshops in Kassel, Germany and Athens, Greece

 

Curator and Commissioner RolesS

• General Curator of the Inaugural Exhibition of the Abidjan Exhibition Park (2023)
• General Curator of Contemporary Identities of Côte d’Ivoire, Galerie 24 Beaubourg, Paris (2022–2023)
• Curator of Côte d’Ivoire Pavilion at the Dakar Biennale (2022)

 

Publications

• Yonne 24: Olympism, Heritage, and Faith, Département de Yonne, 2024
• Les artistes et la société, Editions L’Harmattan, Paris, 2020
• In the Name of My Homeland, Aniss Editions, Abidjan, 2006