Myriam Mihindou
Myriam Mihindou (born in 1964 in Libreville, Gabon) is a Franco-Gabonese contemporary artist. She lives and works in Paris.
Myriam Mihindou
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- Name
- Myriam Mihindou
- Born
- 1964
- Birthplace
- Libreville, Gabon
- Occupation
- contemporary artist
- Education
- Bordeaux School of Fine Arts
- Nationality
- Gabon
- Honours
- Prix Aware
- Languages
- French
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Myriam Mihindou (born in 1964 in Libreville, Gabon) is a Franco-Gabonese contemporary artist. She lives and works in Paris.
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• Name — Myriam Mihindou • Born — 1964 • Birthplace — Libreville, Gabon • Occupation — contemporary artist • Education — Bordeaux School of Fine Arts
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Myriam Mihindou grew up in Gabon with a French mother and a Gabonese father, before going into exile in France in the late 1980s. After a degree in architecture, she joined the school of fine arts in Bordeaux. Suffering from aphasia, a disorder of spoken and written language, she was at the time looking for a means of expression. Working initially on sculpture and forging, Joseph Beuys and Ana Mendieta encouraged her to direct her plastic exploration in nature through ritualized actions with organic materials (earth, water, sun, paraffin, kaolin and tea). She graduated in 1993, developing a multidisciplinary plastic language, working as well in photography as in performance, video, drawing and sculpture. Her experience of travelling many countries including from Gabon to Reunion Island, from Egypt to Morocco, her works was nourished by these geographical and cultural encounters. Highly autobiographical, her creative processes probes memory, identity, the social, political and sexual body themes.
Myriam Mihindou, École des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, 24 novembre 2022
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- 1.Myriam Mihindou. portraits-lagalerie.fr.
- 2.Gabon : présence des esprits. Musée Dapper. 2006.
- 3.Elisabeth Vedrenne. Myriam Mihindou, l’hymne au corps. Connaissance des Arts. 25 septembre 2017.
- 4.Julie Crenn. Myriam Mihindou, Plasticienne franco-gabonaise. AWARE Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibition.
- 5.Marie Sorbier. "Il faut redonner aux objets leur fonction de parole et de transmission". france culture. 17/02/2021.
- 6.Emmanuel Laurentin. Qu'est-ce que notre société attend de ses artistes ?. France Culture. 10 mars 2020.
- 7.Musées Nationaux Alpes Maritimes. Transmissions.
- 8.Philippe Dagen. Au Quai Branly, les pleureuses revisitées de Myriam Mihindou. Le Monde. 11 février 2024.
- 9.Cécile Jaurès. Myriam Mihindou ou le pouvoir salvateur des larmes. La Croix. 11/02/2024.
- 10.Philippe Dagen. Myriam Mihindou sollicite les sens et le corps. Le Monde.fr. 2021-08-25. 2021-10-02.
- 11.TRANSMISSIONS /// La friche de l’Escalette – Marseille. Julie Crenn. 2019-06-15.
- 12.Musees Nationaux des Alpes Maritimes. Transmissions, Myriam Mihindou.
- 13."De toi à moi". artpress. 2022-11-09.
- 14.Exposition "De toi à moi", carte blanche à Jennifer Flay. Seine-Saint-Denis - Le magazine.
- 15."l'Afrique est l'école d'un présent instable". Le Point Culture. 12 février 2021.
- 16.“Oh ! Africart”, sur France 2 et TV5 Monde : à la découverte de l’art contemporain africain. Le Monde. Olivier Herviaux. 13. juin. 2021.
- 17.Centre National des Arts Plastiques CNAP. Sortilège. 2009.
- 18.ArtsHebdoMedias. Sortilège – Le souffle de la matière. 14 mars 2009.
- 19.Globalisto. Une philosophie en mouvement MAMC, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Étienne Métropole. mamc.saint-etienne.fr.
- 20.CAPC. Performance Myriam Mihindou. CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux. 4 décembre 2021.
- 21.Myriam Mihindou. AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes.
- 22.Daphne Pappers. Myriam Mihindou Exhibits at the Musée Dapper in Paris. ResearchGate. January 2009.
- 23.Ophélie Naessens. Artistes visuelles et sorcellerie : de la magie comme instrument créatif de lutte politique. Université de Lorraine. 2019.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 3
- Yasmine. Belhadi. Langue nouée / langue déliée. Radar. 2020. 10.57086/radar.442. libre.
- «Myriam Mihindou Exhibits at the Musée Dapper in Paris», Essai, Daphné Pappers
- «Artistes visuelles et sorcellerie: de la magie comme instrument créatif de lutte politique», Ophélie Naessens, Université de Lorraine .
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