Pascal Konan: Artist Resume
Art Education
2012 : Master II in Painting, Institut National Supérieur des Arts et de l’Action Culturelle (INSAAC), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2004-2006 : Certification of Aptitude for Teaching Visual Arts (Certificat d’Aptitude Pédagogique pour l’Enseignement des Arts Plastiques - CAPEAS), INSAAC
2002-2004 : Diploma of Higher education in the Arts – Painting (Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures Artistiques- Peinture), Valedictorian, Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Abidjan
2000-2002 : Diploma of General Art Studies (Diplôme d’Etudes Artistiques Générales), Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Abidjan
Major Exhibitions
2022
Dak'Art IN (Official Selection, Pavilion of Côte d'Ivoire), Musée des Civilisations Noires, Dakar, Senegal
Dak'Art OFF, Africa: La Renaissance en Marche, Centre culturel Blaise Senior, Dakar, Senegal
2020
Galerie Eureka, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Galerie Eureka, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2019
African Art Beats opening exhibit, Washington DC, USA
Galerie Eureka, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Jardin Rouge (Montresso Art Foundation), 1-54 - Contemporary African Art Fair,
Marrakech, Morocco
African Art Beats opening exhibit, Washington DC, USA
Galerie Eureka, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Jardin Rouge (Montresso Art Foundation), 1-54 - Contemporary African Art Fair,
Marrakech, Morocco
2017
Rotonde des Arts Contemporains, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Rotonde des Arts Contemporains, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2016
Official Selection, Ségou’Art - the Contemporary Art Fair held yearly in Segou, Mali
Alliance Française, Pretoria, South Africa
Hommage to the Biennale of Dakar, Martigny, Switzerland
International Exhibition of the Arts of the Diversity, Nice, France
Official Selection, Ségou’Art - the Contemporary Art Fair held yearly in Segou, Mali
Alliance Française, Pretoria, South Africa
Hommage to the Biennale of Dakar, Martigny, Switzerland
International Exhibition of the Arts of the Diversity, Nice, France
2014
Maison d’Aissa Dione, 4th edition of PARTCOURS, Dakar, Senegal
Ivorian Cultural Week, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Foundation Donwahi
Maison d’Aissa Dione, 4th edition of PARTCOURS, Dakar, Senegal
Ivorian Cultural Week, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Foundation Donwahi
2013
Participation to the 7e Jeux de la Francophonie (7th Francophony Games), Nice,
France
Participation to the 7e Jeux de la Francophonie (7th Francophony Games), Nice,
France
2012
Dak’Art In & OFF - the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
Dak’Art In & OFF - the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
2011
Rotonde des Arts Contemporains, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Rotonde des Arts Contemporains, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2010
BICICI, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
BICICI, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2009
6e Jeux de la Francophonie( 6th Francophony Games), Beyrouth, Lebanon
1rst Games of the CEN-SAD, Museum of Niamey, Niger
6e Jeux de la Francophonie( 6th Francophony Games), Beyrouth, Lebanon
1rst Games of the CEN-SAD, Museum of Niamey, Niger
2008
World Bank, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
World Bank, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2007
Gallery Art du temps, Abidjan
Gallery Art du temps, Abidjan
Residencies
2021 Jardin Rouge (Montresso Art Foundation), Marrakech, Morocco
2019 A Six-Week Residency at Les Halles de Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium, In partnership with the Montresso Art Foundation
2018 Jardin Rouge (Montresso Art Foundation), Marrakech, Morocco
2017 Fondation sur le Niger, Segou, Mali
2015 Cité internationale des Arts - representing Côte d’Ivoire, Paris, France
2017 Fondation sur le Niger, Segou, Mali
2015 Cité internationale des Arts - representing Côte d’Ivoire, Paris, France
Awards
2016 Special Jury Award at Ségou’Art - the Contemporary Art Fair held yearly in Segou, Mali
2014 Laureate of the Prix Christian Lattier, offering a residency at the Cité Internationale
des Arts in Paris, from January to March 2015
2012 Laureate of the Prix UEMOA(prize awarded by the WAMU – Economic Monetary Union of West Africa) at the 10th edition of Dak’Art, the Biennale of Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal
2009 Grand Prix Guy Nairay, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2009 Gold Medalist at the 1st Games of the CEN-SAD in Niamey,
2003 Special Jury Award at the Festival de l’Eau, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Collections
Collection of HM Mohamed VI, King of Morocco
CCH Pounder Collection
BICICI
BCAO (Banque centrale des Etats d’Afrique de l’Ouest)
Rotonde des Arts (Côte d’Ivoire)
Numerous private collections