Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien. © Cité international des Arts
Marie-Claire Messouma Manlanbien
Born in 1990
Lives & works in Paris, France
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GRANT : FORTE 2019 For Emergents Talents - Talents emergents - 2019
ARTIST TALK : 38th Biennal EVA International - Curator : Inti Guerrero, Limerick city , Ireland, 2018 - 2018
PRIZE : First selection, ARTE LAGUNA 2018 - 2018
PRIZE: Finalist, SAM ART PROJECTS - 2018
Presentation of the artist
Born in Paris Marie-claire Messouma MANLANBIEN (France, Guadeloupe, Ivory Coast) has lived in Paris since leaving Côte d’Ivoire in 2004 during the civil war. Marie-Claire Messouma MANLANBIEN works across a variety of mediums including, textile (Canvas, clothing and props), drawing, sculpture, photography, painting, video-performance, engraving, and installation. In her work, she seeks to juxtapose diverse cultural elements, bringing them together to form new, syncretic pieces with additional layers of meaning. Interested in the complex relationships between notions of a universal popular culture, everyday life, and traditional handmade construction processes, MANLANBIEN creates physical encounters between industrial and artisanal materials.
She is inspired greatly by the traditional practices of the matriarchal Akan society in Côte d’Ivoire, who historically crafted weights in order to value gold. The artist speaks of her intention to create ephemeral, poetic narrations which are in perpetual renewal, resulting in tangible pieces which both ‘witness’ and ‘trace’ past diverse cultural histories. She sees her practice as an ongoing development and an exploration into the intersectional positionalities of women, which she represents in part through an experimental approach to the configurations of her works from one exhibition to the next. With each installation she strives to create poetic spaces, each piece manifesting a plural identity, representing their myriad cultural influences. MANLANBIEN defines herself as simultaneously a storyteller of poems and maker of forms.
Nationality : France
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Born in Paris, France
Education
2018
National degree superior of plastic expressions - MA
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2017
National degree of plastic art
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2016
The National Superior School of Art in Paris Cergy - ENSAPC
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2010
Graphic Designer - Degree of designer in graphic execution
Solo exhibitions & presentations
2019
SOLO SHOW «FORCES FIELD», 50GOLBORNE GALLERY, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
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2019
SOLO SHOW, Primo Marella Gallery, Milano
Residencies
2019
Cité internationale des arts in Paris, France
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Group exhibitions & fairs
2020
Group show, Sargent's daughters Galerry, New York
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2020
Bienvenue art fair , Cité internationale des arts (Paris, France)
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2020
Art Theorema - Imago Mundi Highlights, supported by BENETTON Foundation and Fabrica, Italy
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2019
Africa Now, Contemporary art Museum - MOCA Brescia , Italy
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2019
Herstory, MAC VAL, Museum of contemporary art, Val-de-Marne, France, Curator : Julie Crenn, Frank Lamy, Pascal Lièvre
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2019
Production of space II, Gent , Belgium
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2019
154 art fair , Miami - Presented by 50 GOLBORNE (United Kingdom)
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2019
SOFT POWER. Transpalette art Center, Bourges, France, Curator : Julie Crenn
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2018
ARTISSIMA art fair , Turin - Presented by 50 GOLBORNE (United Kingdom), Primo Marella Gallery, (Italy)
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2018
SOFT POWER. Transpalette art Center, Bourges, France, Curator : Julie Crenn
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2018
RECREATIVE SHORT FILM SCREENING, South London Gallery , London, United Kingdom
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2018
Le costume pour ébranler les codes et la doxa, LE CENTRE - Dominique Zinkpé, galerie Vallois, support : French Institute, Zinsou foundation - Curator : Madeleine Filippi, Benin
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2018
The Black Sphinx II , Primo Marella gallery, Milan, Italy
Press & media
Presse
2017
IAM Intense Art Magazine : «De la performativité dans la démarche de Marie-Claire Messouma MANLANBIEN», text by Madeleine Filippi, art critic, curator :
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Publications & essays
2019
Book - Guide, Biennal 38th EVA International, Limerick, Ireland’s Biennal, curator Inti Guerrero : https://www.messouma.com/copie-de-biennale-jeune-creation-la
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2018
Artist Portrait - 38th EVA International, Limerick, Ireland’s Biennal, curator Inti Guerrero : http://www.eva.ie/artist-2018?item=4264
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2018
Book, Biennal 38th EVA International, Limerick, Ireland’s Biennal, curator Inti Guerrero : https://www.messouma.com/copie-de-biennale-jeune-creation-la
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2017
Book, Trame(s) exhibition / exposition, Épisodique Gallery, Paris, France
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2017
Book, Trame(s) exhibition / exposition : «Viens, mais ne viens pas quand je serai seule», YGREC Gallery, Paris
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2016
61e Salon de Montrouge 2016 - Montrouge Beffroi , Paris, France, curator : Ami Barak & Marie Gautier
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2016
Text(e), Audrey Teichmann - Art critic, curator, Paris / Genève https://www.messouma.com/audrey-teichmann
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2016
Text(e) - 61 Salon de Montrouge 2016 : https://www.messouma.com/61emontrouge2
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2016
Artist Portrait , 61 Salon de Montrouge 2016 www.salondemontrouge.com/353-marie-claire-messouma-manlanbien.htm
