Jems Robert Koko Bi

Jems Robert Koko Bi is an Ivorian sculptor.

Contents

• Jems robert koko bi visiting sculptor at csub short documentary
• Jems Robert Koko Bi visiting sculptor
• Works
• Exhibitions
• Performances
• Awards
• References

He was born in 1966, in Sifra, Côte d'Ivoire. He studied Spanish History between 1986 and 1988 in University of Abidjan. Between 1988 and 1995 he studied at Institut National Supérieur des Arts et de l'Action Culturelle (INSAAC) in Abidjan. In 1997 he won the DAAD scholarship and moved to Germany where he studied at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf with Klaus Rinke.

Works

Jems Robert Koko Bi uses wood as the medium in his sculptures. His production also includes performances.

Works

"Remember – Repeat – Reprocess" Installation by Jems Robert Koko Bi (Germany/Ivory Coast) and Wolfgang Hekele (Germany) for "Forest Art Path Laboratory" in 2006, in Darmstadt, Germany

Some works on the website of Freie Akademie der bildenden Künste, Essen

"Don’t Fence Me Out", 2005, Installation for 7th Dak’Art Biennial of Contemporary African Art'.

Exhibitions

2014 Jems Robert Koko Bi & Katharina Lökenhoff: Kein Titel - galerie#23, Velbert
, "The Divine Comedy. Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists" -Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main

2009 "Art Brussels" Catalogue, Nomad Gallery, Brussels

2008 "The Great Art Exhibition" Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany

2008 Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

2008 8th Dak’Art Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal

2008 "Travesia", Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

2008 "L'homme est un Mystère", Musée de la Briqueterie, Brittany, France

2008 "Premier choix", Musée de la Rotonde des Arts Contenporains Abidjan, Côte d´Ivoire

2007 "CAFKA.07 Haptic", an international forum of contemporary public art held in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

2007 "AfriqueEurope: Reves croises" Contemporary African Art in Ateliers des Tanneurs, Brussels, Belgium. Group exhibition curated by Yacouba Konaté. Artists included: El Anatsui, Nu Barreto, El Berry Bickle and Luis Basto, Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, Dilomprizulike, Mustapha Dime, El Loko, Tapfuma Gutsa, Annie Haloba, Jak Katarikawe, Jems Robert Koko Bi, Abdoulaye Konate, Bill Kouelany, Siriki Ky, Ndary Lo, Toyin Loye, Churchill Madikida, Joel Mpah Dooh, Francis Mampuya, Ingrid Mwangi, Robert Hutter, Serigne Niang, Babacar Niang, Samuel Olou, Freddy Tsimba, and Guy Bertrand Wouété.

2006 7th Dak’Art Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal

2006 "EUROPE-AFRICA", Brussels, Belgium

2005 "Kunst am Baum" in Städtischen Museum in Gelsenkirchen, Germany

2004 "Sculpteur d'ailleurs", International symposium & exhibition, Abbaye de Bon Repos, Saint- Gelves, France

2004 "L’homme est un Mystere", Musée de l´espace Francois Mitérand, Guingamp, France

2004 "Sculpture Sculpture", International Sculptors Symposium, Joucas, France 2004

2003 "XARALA", Art sans frontière Abbatial Palais, Saint-Hubert, Belgium

2003 "L'Europe fantôme", Espace Vertebra, Brussels, Belgium

2003 "Blick nach Afrika" (Heilbronn) Künstlerbund Heilbronn, Germany

2003 "Carrefour", GEA, Bochum, Germany

2003 "Bienal de la Habana VIII: El arte con la vida", Wifredo Lam Contemporary Art Center, Cuba

2003 Düsseldorfer große Kunst Ausstellung, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany

2002 5th Dak’Art Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal

2002 "ASSIMILATION", Atelier vor Ort Anne Berlit, Gallery ATISS, Dak 'Art Biennale and the Dakar

2001 "Paradis obscur", Forum Bildender Künstler, Essen, Germany

2001 "Künstler gegen Gewalt und Ausgrenzung", Landtag Düsseldorf, Germany

2001 "Die andere Seit der Kette", Atelier Projekt Kettenschmiedemuseum, Fröndenberg, Germany

2000 4th Dak’Art Biennial of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal

1999 "Traumfabrik", Galerie Sparkasse Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

1998 Städtische Museen, Heilbronn, Germany (catalogue)

1998 Iwalawa House, University of Bayreuth, Germany

1997 ARTEFACT 97, Abidjan

1996 ARTEFACT 96, Abidjan

Performances

2008 "Dédouanement" Musée de la Rotonde des Arts Contemporains, Abidjan

2006 "Menschen Erde" Waldkunst Pfad, Darmstadt

2004 "Mea culpa", Joucas en Provence

2003 "Chemin de l´épreuve", Havana Biennale, Cuba

2002 "Galère" Dakar Biennale Dakar

2002 "Camouflage, The Center of Contemporary Art of Southern, East and West Africa, Belgium

2001 "Return of the children of Gorée", Gorée, Dakar, Sénégal

2001 "On change de terre", Düsseldorf Art Academy, Germany

2001 "Zwei Spuren, ein Weg", Anne Berlit - Koko Bi, Alte Synagoge, Essen, Germany

2001 "Die andere Seite der Kette", Kettenschmiedemuseum, Fröndenberg, Germany

Awards

Francophone Prize, Dakar Biennale 2008

Foundation Art and Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia: Project Scholarship

The Dakar Biennale, Prize, 2000

The Kunstverein Düsseldorf Prize