Roméo Mivekannin
Opening: 28.11.2025, 7 pm
Duration: 29.11.2025 – 01.03.2026
In his first institutional solo exhibition in Germany, Roméo Mivekannin (*1986) combines post-colonial themes with the spiritual power of Vooodoo. He reinterprets paintings from European art history by replacing faces with his own self-portrait and using archive material to uncover the colonial gaze. He uses old bedsheets as supports, which he soaks in elixir baths in accordance with voodoo practices in order to make spiritual resistance visible.
Roméo Mivekannin (1986, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire) lives and works between Toulouse (France) and Cotonou (Benin). After training as a cabinetmaker and studying art history, he is currently pursuing a PhD at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier.
His work has been shown internationally in exhibitions at the Collezione Maramotti (Italy, 2025), the Musée du Louvre-Lens (France, 2024/2025), Bozar Centre for Fine Arts (Belgium, 2025), Kunstmuseum Basel (Switzerland, 2024), Galerie Barbara Thumm (Germany, 2024), Völklinger Hütte (Germany, 2024), Sharjah Biennial (UAE, 2023), Zeitz MOCAA (South Africa, 2023), Musée du Quai Branly (France, 2023), and the Dakar Biennale (Senegal, 2022), among others.
Mivekannin’s works are held in numerous prominent collections, including the Cité de la Musique, Musée du Quai Branly, Collection Leridon, Sharjah Foundation, Fondation Zeitz, and the Galerie Nationale d’Art Contemporain du Bénin.
Roméo Mivekannin (1986, Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire) lives and works between Toulouse (France) and Cotonou (Benin). After training as a cabinetmaker and studying art history, he is currently pursuing a PhD at the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier.
His work has been shown internationally in exhibitions at the Collezione Maramotti (Italy, 2025), the Musée du Louvre-Lens (France, 2024/2025), Bozar Centre for Fine Arts (Belgium, 2025), Kunstmuseum Basel (Switzerland, 2024), Galerie Barbara Thumm (Germany, 2024), Völklinger Hütte (Germany, 2024), Sharjah Biennial (UAE, 2023), Zeitz MOCAA (South Africa, 2023), Musée du Quai Branly (France, 2023), and the Dakar Biennale (Senegal, 2022), among others.
Mivekannin’s works are held in numerous prominent collections, including the Cité de la Musique, Musée du Quai Branly, Collection Leridon, Sharjah Foundation, Fondation Zeitz, and the Galerie Nationale d’Art Contemporain du Bénin.