Bili Bidjocka — Biographie — Slash Paris

Co-founder of the ‘Frigos’, Paris in1985, an underground association of creative talents.
Founder of the Matrix Art Project in Tribeca, New York (1995) Platform of creation and experimentation.
Opening of the Matrix Art Project in Bruxelle, Belgium (1997). A 1200 m2space in the historic center of Bruxelles.
Since 1994, he collaborates on numerous artistic projects as an artist and as a curator.

EXHIBITIONS

2010 Fictions #3, Abbaye de Maubuisson, Saint-Ouen-l’Aumone, F
2010 Afrique, Retour d’images, Biennale de Gonesse, F.
2010 In Context, Johannesburg, various locations, South Africa.
2009 J’ai l’impression qu’il y a une histoire d’amour entre la fille de salle et le grand noir qui fait le ménage, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris
2009 Do not Take it, Do not eat it, This is not my Body … (with Anne Historical), Urban Scenography Drill Hall, Johannesbourg, S. Africa
2009 Fiction#1, Autobiography without for of Bernardo Soares. Goodman Gallery-Cape. Cape Town, South Africa
2007 On est dans l’espace de la peinture où on ne l’est pas 7”, Luanda Triennial, Luanda, Angola
2007 L’écriture infinie #4, 1st African Pavillon, Venice Biennale, Italy
2006 L’écriture infinie-Tamugi’s Library, Echigo Tsumari Triennale, Tamugi, Japan
2006 On est dans l’espace de la peinture où on ne l’est pas 4, Musee National de Bamako, Bamako, Mali
2006 Co-coordinator (with Pascale Marthine Tayou) of Les dépôts de Bamako, Bamako, Mali
2005 Untitled twins, In Emergency Biennale, Matrix Art Project Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
2004 The Room of tears’ in “Africa Remix”, Kunst Palace, Düsseldorf I Hayward Gallery, London I Centre George Pompidou, Paris I Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (Itinary exhibition from 2004 to 2006)
2004 The jetlag experiment 2, IIn Do you Believe in Reality, Taïpei Biennial, Taïpei, Taïwan
2003 Sorrow-tears & blood, iBlack President, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
2003 Pediluve 4 (“…On est dans l’espace de la peinture ou on ne l’est pas…)” , In Transferts, Palais des Beaux Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2002 The heart of Darkness 2 in El corazon de las tinieblas, Palau de la vireina, Barcelona, Spain
2001 Co-coordinator (with Goody Leye) of the 1st Atliers Urbains de Doual’Art, Douala, Cameroun
2000 Projet pour un Pédiluve, Paris pour Escale, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2000 Dakar tour, A project with Vanessa van Oberghein, Dakar Biennial, Dakar, Sénégal
2000 Reflection objectif bidjocka, Hall Antwerp, Belgium
2000 Dissémination, in Incurables Mémoires des corps, Hopital Charles Foix, Ivry, France
2000 Explicit Paradise, South African Garden, in Mémorias Intimas Marcas MUHKA, Antwerp, Belgium
2000 Pediluve in Passage, New French Art, Sétagaya Art Museum,Tokyo, Japan
1999 The jetlag Experiment in Zeitwenden, Museum of Modern Art Bonn, Germany
1999 Trust me, Fuck you, in Trafique, SMAK, Gent, Belgium
1999 The heart of Darkness 1”, A project with Kendell Geers, National Gallery, Cape Town, South-Africa
1998 Midi-Minuit-Midi…, New Museum of Contemporary Art | New York, USA
1998 Crossing, USF Contemporary Museum,Tampa, Florida, USA
1998 The heart of Darkness, A project with Kendell Geers, Goodman Gallery, Grahamstown, South-Africa
1998 Explicit Lyrics 2, in Interior Life, Rush Arts Gallery, New York, USA
1998 Explicit lyrics 1 In Modern Life, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art & Newark Museum | New Jersey, USA
1997 Ceci n’est pas mon corps…, 6th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
1997 16 000 Holes (South African Garden), 2nd Johannesburg Biennial, Johannesburg, South Africa