Tagne William Njepe - Bio & Works

Works

Enfance Volée 1993 C 02 (La Petite Anita)

Painting

2021

Acrylic on canvas

114 x 146 cm

44 9/10 x 57 1/2 in

Enfance Volée 1993 C 04

Painting

2021

Acrylic on canvas

141 x 180 cm

55 1/2 x 70 9/10 in

Enfance Volée 1993 C 05 (Le Petit Paysan)

Painting

2021

Acrylic on canvas

199 x 159 cm

78 3/8 x 62 3/5 in

Enfance Volée 1993 A 36

Painting

2021

Acrylic on canvas

80 x 80 cm

31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in

Enfance Volée 1993 A 37

Painting

2021

Acrylic on canvas

80 x 80 cm

31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in

Enfance Volée 1993 A 38

Painting

2021

Acrylic on canvas

80 x 65 cm

31 1/2 x 25 3/5 in

Enfance Effacée 1993 B 04

Painting

2020

Acrylic on canvas

162 x 130 cm

63 3/4 x 51 1/8 in

Enfance Effacée 1993 B 05

Painting

2020

Acrylic on canvas

162 x 130 cm

63 3/4 x 51 1/8 in

Bio

Tagne William Njepe was born in 1983 in Douala (Cameroon). Growing up in a single-parent household with a sick mother, he was forced to work at an early age and eventually had to leave school to help provide for his family for several years before studying fine arts and print making at the Atelier Viking in Douala.

The loss of childhood plays a key role in Tagne William Njepe's art, particularly his current series Enfance volée ("Stolen Childhood"), which denounces child labor and champions the right to education. Exorcising his own experiences of forced labor, Njepe portrays children doing odd jobs, their everyday reality juxtaposed with the bright colors of the background that visualizes a world of dreams filled with cartoon characters and cheerful peers.

Solo Exhibitions

2021

"Enfance volée", Sakhile&Me, Frankfurt, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2020

"Group Presentation", AKAA - Also Known As Africa (didier CLAES), Paris, France
"Figures", Sakhile&Me, Frankfurt, Germany

2019

Annie Kadji Art Gallery, Douala, Cameroun

2018

Musée national du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Galérie La Cryde, France
Galérie 52Lager, Siggenthal Station, Switzerland
World Bank, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Hilton Hotel, Yaoundé, Cameroon

2016

Barbecuexpo, Douala, Cameroon
Rentrée culturelle et artistique nationale (RECAN), Yaoundé, Cameroon
Doual'art, Douala, Cameroon

2015

Foyer du Marin, Douala, Cameroon
Doual'art, Douala, Cameroon
Last Picture Show, Douala, Cameroon

2014

"Cot'art", COTCO S.A., Douala, Cameroon
"Art Chronicles 1", Carré des Artistes, Douala, Cameroon
Marché de l'Art de Bali, Douala, Cameroon
Sunday'Art, Douala, Cameroon

2011

Terra Kulture, Lagos, Nigeria
Last Picture Show, Douala, Cameroon
Festival FUTU'ART, Douala, Cameroon

Last Picture Show, Douala, Cameroon
Mujart Gallery, Douala, Cameroun
Last Picture Show, Douala, Cameroon
Last Picture Show, Lagos, Nigeria

2008

Last Picture Show, Paris, France
Last Picture Show, Douala, Cameroon
PROMOTE, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Galerie de l'Orage, Douala, Cameroun

2007

Hotel Ilomba, Kribi, Cameroun
Last Picture Show, Douala, Cameroon
PUTULUM, Douala, Cameroon
Carré des artistes, Douala, Cameroon

2006

Hotel Le Meridien, Douala, Cameroun

2005

"Festival national des arts", Musée national du Cameroun, Yaoundé, Cameroon
Hilton Hotel, Yaoundé, Cameroon