Boris Anje: SAPOLOGY

Boris Anje (b. Cameroon) is a contemporary African artist whose painting practice explores identity, elegance, and the politics of self-fashioning through the lens of African sartorial culture. Trained in drawing and painting, he holds a Professional Bachelor’s degree (2015) and a Master’s degree (2018) in Drawing and Painting. His work engages painting as a critical space where visual pleasure, cultural memory, and social commentary intersect.

This exhibition forms part of OOA Gallery’s broader curatorial engagement with contemporary African art, where questions of identity, self-representation, and cultural authorship are central to current artistic practices.

Anje’s practice is deeply informed by the philosophy of La Sape—La Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes Élégantes—a Congolese subculture in which the African dandy reclaims dignity, visibility, and authorship through style. Through bold color, meticulous detail, and sartorial symbolism, clothing becomes more than adornment: it functions as a tool of self-sovereignty, aesthetic resistance, and historical dialogue. His paintings stage the body as both archive and canvas, where colonial histories, global consumer culture, and personal aspiration converge.

Over the past decade, Boris Anje has exhibited internationally in both solo and group exhibitions. Recent solo exhibitions include SAPOLOGY. Never Stop Dreaming (OOA Gallery, Sitges (Barcelona), 2026), A Decade of Imprints (Hoop Galerie, Dakar, 2025), and In the Body of a Woman (MAZEL Gallery, Brussels, 2023). His work has also been presented in major group exhibitions across Europe, Africa, and North America, including at Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Cape Town), Kunsthal Kade Museum (Netherlands), 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair (London and New York), and Art X Lagos.

Anje has participated in artist residencies in Cameroon, Morocco, and Nigeria. His works are held in prominent private and institutional collections worldwide, including the World Bank (Washington, D.C.), the CCH Pounder Collection, the Schulting Art Collection, the Gandur Foundation, the DuSable Museum (Chicago), and the Ecobank Collection in Cameroon.

Combining vibrant imagery with cultural critique, Boris Anje uses garments, accessories, and symbolic references—drawn from both global fashion and African heritage—as narrative devices. Through this lens, his work affirms the resilience and imaginative power of African identity, presenting the Sapeur as a figure of survival, elegance, and unyielding dignity.

Exhibition Details

Dates: 31 January – 8 March 2026
Location: OOA Gallery, Sitges (near Barcelona), Spain
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