A mature and accomplished artist, Cameroon’s Joël Mpah Dooh exhibits his works internationally. In 2006, his first solo exhibition in South Africa entitled Just to say hello..., enjoyed massive public appeal and critical acclaim. He was one of the prominent artists featured in the curated show at the recent Johannesburg Art Fair and he has just completed a three month residency programme at Johannesburg ’s Bag Factory.

In his new solo exhibition After taste, Joël Mpah Dooh is showing the results of his latest researches in terms of content and medium. The highly original works mixing metal, perspex and light deal with the fragility of humanity and are often inspired by the edgy and saturated energy of Johannesburg.

Joël Mpah Dooh

Born in 1956. Lives and works in Douala, Cameroon

Selected exhibitions

2008

After taste, solo exhibition, Afronova Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Joburg scene, three-man show, Bag Factory, Johannesburg, South Africa

As you like it, group show, Johannesburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg, South Africa

2007

Eclipse, solo exhibition, Maisons Follies, Maubeuge, France

Eclipse, solo exhibition, Fondation Jean Paul Blachère, Apt, France

Ba Mama, two man show with Goddy Leye, Bonendale, Douala, Cameroon

Pistes africaines, solo exhibition, Les Chantiers de la Lune, La Seyne sur Mer, France

2006

Just to say hello..., solo exhibition, Afronova Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Rendez-vous, solo exhibition, Dakar Biennale, Senegal

Rendez-vous, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala, Cameroon

Reves croisees, group show, Ateliers des Tanneurs, Brussels, Belgium

2005

Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Théâtre de la ville en bois, La Rochelle, France

Les galeries plastiques itinérantes, Ouagadougou/ Bamako/ Lome/ Niamey/ Accra/ Dakar

Group show, Intemporel Gallery, Paris, France

National Black Fine Art Show, solo exhibition, Noel Gallery, New York, USA

2004

Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Noël Gallery, Charlotte, USA

Moi est un autre, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala, Cameroon

Group show, McColl Center for visual arts, Charlotte, USA

Group show, Dakar Biennale, Atiss Gallery, Dakar, Senegal

Animismes, group show, DaVinci Gallery, Nice, France

2003

Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Maison Française de Nairobi, Kenya

Recto-Verso, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala, Cameroon

Scénographie Urbaine, group show, Mam Gallery, Douala, Cameroon

2002

Djé Mo-Yé, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala, Cameroon Group show, Dakar Biennale, Atiss Gallery, Dakar, Senegal

2001

Voyage a travers le rêve et la mémoire, solo exhibition, National Museum, Yaounde, Cameroon

Lines of Connection, group show, Mam Gallery, Douala, Cameroon

2000

Group show, 7th Havana Biennale, Havana, Cuba

L’Afrique a Jour, Ten years of Dakar Biennale, group show, Lille, France

1999

Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala, Cameroon

1998

Couleurs du Cameroun, solo exhibition, Le Nautilus, Nantes, France

Nanga Def, solo exhibition, Musée d’Art Africain de l’IFAN, Dakar, Senegal

1997

Les couleurs de la différence, two-man show, Mam Gallery, Douala, Cameroon