Ndayé Kouagou
Installation views
Direction, Direction?, 2023 - Exhibition view, Sundy, London 
Violins/Violence, Installation View. Photography © Photographer Damian Griffiths , 2023. Courtesy Gathering 
Liste Art Fair Basel 2022, Nir Altman, Munich 
The Guru 2023 - Fondation Louis Vuitton Paris, © Photographer Marc Domage 
I’ll only swallow my own fluid, 2021, Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR), Performance curated by Caroline Ferreira 
Will you feel comfortable in my corner? #2, 2021, Athens Biennale, Athens (GR), Installation curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah 
Will you feel comfortable in my corner?, 2020, Ariel Feminisms, Copenhagen (DK) Perf/exhibition curated by Karen Vestergaard Andersen & Nina Wöhlk -
Bio
Ndayé Kouagou (b. 1992 in Paris, France) Lives and works in Paris, France
Ndayé Kouagou is an artist and performer based in Paris, his practice always starts from texts of which he is the author. Voluntarily or involuntarily confused, he tries as best as he can to bring a reflection on these 3 topics; legitimacy, freedom and love. The result is... what it is. He describes his work as "quite interesting, but not that interesting or maybe not interesting at all". He has presented his work among others at Auto Italia South East (London), Centrale Fies (Dro/Italy) and Lafayette Anticipation (Paris) where he also launched his publishing project YBR* (Young Black Romantics).
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CV
Performances
2021
Move Festival, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Will you feel comfortable in my corner?, Wiels, Brussels
OPN- Space, Nancy, France
I’ll only swallow my own fluid, T293, Rome
2020
Will you feel comfortable in my corner?, Ariel Feminisms, Copenhagen, Denmark
A simple and easy talk about love, Manifesta / Marseille, France (postponed)
2019
One side is rarely similar to the other, Auto Italia South East, London, UK
LLTATGLTT - Théatre de l’usine, Geneva, Switzerland
I don’t want any of this to be part of any of that, Centrale Fies, Italy
I don’t want any of this to be be part of any of that *2, Nir Altman, Munich, Germany
A simple and easy talk about love, Les urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland
2018
Young Black Romantics, Lafayette Anticipation, Paris, France
Selected exhibitions
2022
Solo exhibition with T293, Rome (May)
Imane Fares, Paris
2021
Parallel Festival, Marseille, France
Athens Biennale, AB7:Eclipse
Art-O-Rama, Marseille (solo)
Frieze London (solo)
Chichas de la pensée @ Magasins Généraux, Paris
All great and precious things, T293, Milan, Italy
2020
Tbh if it’s not about me I’m not really interested, Nir Altman, Munich, Germany (Solo)
I like them they’re nice, Nir Altman, Munich, Germany, curated by Ndayé Kouagou
This margin will be your vantage point, Galerie InSitu, Romainville, curated by Giulia Civardi & Taddeo Reinhardt
2019
Le couteau sans lame et dépourvu de manche - CRAC Alsace (sound installation with Tarek Lakhrissi)
Sensational and antigenerative successions - Nir Altman, Munich, Germany, curated by Cedric Fauq
Cinder, sinuous and supple as part of Les Urbaines, Lausanne, Switzerland, curated by Deborah Holman
Workshops / conferences
2021
Le Head / interaction, Geneva, Switzerland
Chichas de la pensée @ Magasins Généraux, Paris
2020
BFA CRITICAL SESSION The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Denmark
WRITING WORKSHOP Will you feel comfortable in my corner - Ariel Feminisms, Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
CONFERENCE / PERFORMANCE Three birds one stone - École Duperré, Paris, France
WORKSHOP What is not tall is not necessarily small - ENSAPC, Paris-Cergy, France
Residencies
2020
Triangles Astérides - Marseille, France
2019
Live Works at Centrale Fies - Italy
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Gallery exhibitions
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Works
Why is it hard for me to talk about love?, 2024 , Resin, fabrics, text, metal frame 200 x 90 x 4 cm 
Are we always looking for the best?, 2024 , Resin, fabrics, text, metal frame 200 x 90 x 4 cm
A change of perspective, 2023 , 3 channel video, 4min 35sec Video resolution: 1920*1080, Sound info: Stereo Language: English Subtitles: English 
Don't be yourself, 2023 , Printed tex on aluminium 110 cm diameter 
A normal behavior, 2023 , Printed tex on aluminium 110 cm diameter 
It will be wise to leave, 2022 , Resin, fabrics, text, metal frame 142.5 x 100 x 4 cm 
Change, 2022 , Plexiglass, fabrics, resin 168.2 x 118.9 cm 
I know, shocking!, 2022 , Plexiglass, fabrics, resin 84 x 59.4 cm 
Where to go?, 2021 , Glass, vinyl, fabric, resin and aluminum frame 70 x 50 cm 
A coin is a coin, 2022 , Video, one channel 4min 5sec Video resolution: 1920*1080, Sound info: Stereo Language: English Subtitles: English
