Koyo Kouoh

Koyo Kouoh at the IMG conference

Koyo Kouoh (* 1967 ) is one of Cameroon originating curator and cultural producer.

life and work

Koyo Kouoh was trained in banking and cultural management in Switzerland, France and the USA and made her first experiences as a curator.

She is the founder and director of the Raw Material Company in Dakar . From 1998 to 2002 she coordinated the cultural program at the Gorée Institute in Senegal. A specialist in photography, video and public installations , Kouoh has curated exhibitions in Brazil, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Senegal and the United States and has published numerous articles on contemporary art in Africa. She acted as advisor to the artistic direction of documenta 12 and was a member of the Golden Lion Jury at the 50th Venice Biennale in 2003.

Koyo Kouoh is a member of the search committee for documenta 14 (2017). In December 2018 she was presented as a member of the International Short Film Jury at the Berlinale 2019 . In 2019 she was appointed Chief Curator and Executive Director of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa in Cape Town, South Africa.

literature

Word! Word? Word! Issa Samb and the Undecipherable Form by Koyo Kouoh (Editor, Author), Issa Samb (Editor), Simon Njami (Author), Sylvette Maurin (Author), English, French, Sternberg Press, 2013 ISBN 978-3-95679-0- 270
Daughters of Africa, Black Women Tell (Ed. With Holger Ehling and Welthungerhilfe ), Munich, Marino-Verlag, 1984, ISBN 978-3-927527-64-5

Individual evidence

^ FAZ, April 1, 2011, Daniela Roth: Answer: How do museums in Africa work, Ms. Kouoh? accessed on March 22, 2015
↑ Documenta participant Koyo Kouoh , accessed on March 22, 2015.
↑ Berlinale 2019: Berlinale Shorts - The International Short Film Jury 2019: Jeffrey Bowers, Vanja Kaludjercic and Koyo Kouoh . In: berlinale.de, December 21, 2018 (accessed December 23, 2018).
^ Annie Armstrong: Koyo Kouoh Appointed Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. In: ARTnews. March 4, 2019, Retrieved March 22, 2019 (American English).

personal data
SURNAME	Kouoh, Koyo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cameroonian curator and culture producer
DATE OF BIRTH	1967

[1] FAZ, April 1, 2011, Daniela Roth: Answer: How do museums in Africa work, Ms. Kouoh? accessed on March 22, 2015

[2] Documenta participant Koyo Kouoh , accessed on March 22, 2015.

[3] Berlinale 2019: Berlinale Shorts - The International Short Film Jury 2019: Jeffrey Bowers, Vanja Kaludjercic and Koyo Kouoh . In: berlinale.de, December 21, 2018 (accessed December 23, 2018).

[4] Annie Armstrong: Koyo Kouoh Appointed Executive Director and Chief Curator of Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa. In: ARTnews. March 4, 2019, Retrieved March 22, 2019 (American English).