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Biography

Bethel

Aniaku

ARTIST

Bethel Aniaku is a studio artist who was born in Lomé, Togo.  He studied at the Bernard Art Studio in Bordeaux, France. Aniaku has been prolific in producing abstract art for over 20 years.  A collagist as much as a painter, he builds patchwork compositions that include shards of text as well as impastoed paint – oil and acrylic paint is laid on an area of the surface in very thick layers usually thick enough that the brush or painting-knife strokes are visible.  His paintings appear to be coming out of the canvas.

His works are influenced by his memories, nostalgia, sights, and the sounds around him.

CONTACT INFORMATION

T: +1(202) 459 – 3121

E:  Baniaku@yahoo.fr

Group Exhibitions:

2009: Homage to Martin Luther King (Art Space International), Atlanta GA (USA)

2009: French Embassy, for “FRANCOPHONIE”, Washington DC (USA)

2002: National Assembly, Paris (France)

2002: Selected among 100 worldwide artists for the World Cup Exhibition, Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea)

2001: “Le chemin du partage”, Rochelle (France)

2001: “L’école de Lomé”, Luxembourg (Belgium)

2000: “Atelier jardin de Sculpture”, Goethe institute, Lomé (Togo)

1998: Exhibition at ALLAD’art, Allada (Benin)

1997: Exhibition at FAR, art festival “La Rue de Grand Bassam”, Ivory Coast

1996: International Saloon of Visual Art, Mercure Sarakawa Hotel, Lomé (Togo)

1996: Chinese cultural Center, Cotonou (Benin)

1995: Afro-European inspiration, Pedacondji (Togo)

Solo Exhibitions:

2012: Parish Gallery, Georgetown, Washington DC (USA)

2011: La Maison Française, French Embassy, Washington DC (USA)

2007: Château Dillon, Dillon (France)

2007: E.U. Commission, Bruxelles (Belgium)

2006: Espace Amalgama Bruxelles (Belgium)

Solo Exhibitions (cont’d):

2006: Château Bourran, Bordeaux (France)

2005: Mbari Institute, Washington DC (USA)

2003: Theater of “L’olivier”, Istres (France)

2002: Kyffausortr Gallery, Berlin (Germany)

2002: Gesamtverband des Einzelhandels, Berlin (Germany)

2001: German Embassy, Lomé (Togo)

2001: Gallerie du Medoc, Bordeaux (France)

2000: “Inspired by intuition”, French Cultural Center, Lomé (Togo)

Awards and Recognitions:

2012: “Picture of Home” Featured in a Washington Post article titled “Making Begonias Oppressively Brutish” in the Galleries section.

2002: Honored guest at the Documenta de Kassel at the German Embassy in Lomé (Togo)

2002: Issa Kouyate’s award at the Sixth Edition of “D’EWOLE”, Maison de la Gare (Senegal)

1999: Sixth Place award at the Visual Art Competition organized by the PACIPE (Environment Protection Agency), Lomé (Togo)

1994: Fourth Place award at the Visual Art Competition organized by C.O.E., an Italian Barzio organization, Lomé (Togo)

Collections:

Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, (Japan)

Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) Bank, Dakar (Senegal)

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