Past
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Africa Foto Fair 2023
Madagascar Collection 8 - 18 Nov 2023 LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery is pleased to take part in the 2nd Edition of Africa Foto Fair. The Gallery is celebrating Madagascar by presenting four photographers from the 'Red Island'. Initiated by the world-renowned Ethiopian photographer Aida Muluneh, the second edition of AFRICA FOTO FAIR will be launched on November 5th,... Read more -
The Power of Love
Théophany Adoh - Isaac Iirumva - Prince Obasi 14 Sep - 28 Oct 2023 LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery is pleased to bring together the artists Théophany Adoh, Isaac Iirumva and Prince Obasi for the exhibition The Power of Love, from 14 September to 28 October 2023. It is sometimes difficult to name the different states oflove, so much does it evolve with time and social... Read more -
Découvertes #5
Prosper ALUU, Stéphane CARRER, Christophe SAWADOGO, Dramane TOLOBA, Khéraba TRAORE 13 Jul - 26 Aug 2023 From 13 July to 26 August, LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery presented the fifth edition of Découvertes, its summer exhibition showcasing the year's most promising artistic encounters. This year, the gallery introduced the work of five artists: Prosper Aluu, Stéphane Carrer, Christophe Sawadogo, Dramane Toloba and Khéraba Traoré. They come from Mali,... Read more -
Regards Contemporains
Laetitia Ky - Wanger Ayu - Marius Dansou 11 May - 24 Jun 2023 Laetitia Ky, Wanger Ayu et Marius Dansou, réunis pour l’exposition collective Regards Contemporains, réveillent le potentiel artistique de matières ordinaires en Afrique de l’Ouest, et interrogent la représentation des femmes noires dans leur diversité, à la croisée de l’art et de la mode. Cheveux, étoffes et fer à béton sont... Read more -
Symbol System
Ghislain Brown-Kossi & Yan Garnier 17 Feb - 8 Apr 2023 LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery presents 'Symbol System', a Duo Show by artists Ghislain Brown-Kossi and Yan Garnier. Starting from the power of symbolism, the ability to shape an abstract idea, both artists explore the scope of communicating halfway between intuitive interpretation and deep knowledge in symbolic signs. Fascinated by the aptitude... Read more -
De la Lumière naît la Matière
Dramane Bamana & Richmond Tehe 8 Dec 2022 - 28 Jan 2023 LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery is pleased to present 'From Light Comes Matter', a group exhibition featuring Dramane Bamana and Richmond Tehe from December 8, 2022 to January 28, 2023. Born in 1996 in Bougouni (Mali), Dramane Bamana graduated from the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers Multimédia. He lives and works in... Read more -
Regards sur mon quartier
par les enfants de l'Association Imagine le Monde 24 - 26 Nov 2022 LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery a le plaisir de vous inviter à découvrir les œuvres des enfants de l’Association Imagine le Monde (AIM), avec la collaboration d’Obou Gbais. Read more -
Man Dan
Obou Gbais, solo show 22 Sep - 12 Nov 2022 LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery is pleased to present “Man Dan”, the First solo show of Obou Gbais, from September 22 to November 12, 2022. “Man Dan” appears both as a deepening culmination of Obou’s work, and the testing ground of a thriving reflexion on new modes of representation. The... Read more -
Découvertes #4
Quatrième Edition 7 Jul - 3 Sep 2022 The fourth edition of this exhibition, which focuses on the younger generation, brings together the works of six artists, three men and three women, on the walls of the gallery in Abidjan. Each of them, with a singular sensibility, deploys an ontological perception of the world, of what links individuals... Read more -
Remous
Dakar Biennale's 14th edition 19 May - 21 Jun 2022 As part of Dakar Biennale 2022’s OFF selection, LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery is pleased to present the works of two artists : Pedro Pires and Ange-Arthur Koua. Their artworks are intertwined in the heart of Keur Louise and resonate with the island of Gorée, a place laden with history. Both Pedro... Read more -
Brassage
Ange-Arthur Koua 5 May - 18 Jun 2022 LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery is delighted to present 'Brassage' from May 5 to June 18, 2022, the first solo show of the artist Ange-Arthur Koua, in Ivory Coast. Captivated by his ability to revive what has been abandoned, Ange-Arthur Koua assembles into hangings the recycled textile pieces which bear the... Read more -
Quiétude et Effervescence ....
Alun Be & N'Doye Douts 24 Feb - 9 Apr 2022 The photographer Alun Be immerses us in the narrative photography of the African woman while the visual artist N'Doye Douts, animated by his relationship to the neighborhoods of Dakar and the Medina in particular, takes us into the West African effervescence. Alun Be returns to the gallery with a new... Read more -
Duality
Pedro Pires 8 Dec 2021 - 12 Feb 2022 With Duality, Pedro Pires signs his first solo exhibition in Côte d'Ivoire and continues his exploration of issues related to identity and stereotypes in direct connection with education, history and institutions. In addition to his 'interventions on paper', Pires, whose work is involved in sculpture, drawing, photography, video and installation,... Read more -
Nyansapo, le silence est d'or
Sess Essoh 23 Sep - 20 Nov 2021 Sess was born in Toupah (southwest of Ivory Coast), into a well-read, religious and rigorous family. He became a model and pious child, captivated by his father's daily written recording of all events. Through reading and encouraged by his parents, Sess focused his attention on literature and history being also... Read more -
Découvertes #3
Bara Sketchbook - Cédric Tchinan - Franck Ezan - Nampemanla - Obodjé - Z The Rat 8 Jul - 28 Aug 2021 Explorers, bound by their sensitivity to the paths taken by the march of humanity, they have chosen to be artists. Trading an easy comfort for a future as uncertain as singular, they choose to express their commitments and what touches them through art. They reveal themselves a little more with... Read more -
Brave new world
Dramane Bamana, Dramane Diarra, Ange Dakouo & Alhassane Konté 20 May - 3 Jul 2021 In an already worrying period, ninety years ago, Aldous Huxley's novel 'Brave New World' was published, a dystopian fiction alerting us to the progressive domination of authoritarian, standardized and smooth doctrines, based on the industrialization/consumption vector and implying the subjugation of Nature and its systemic plunder. In spite of so... Read more -
Etats d'âme
Solo exhibition of Dominique Zinkpe 24 Feb - 24 Apr 2021 In the continuation of his last exhibition 'Un monde à part', Dominique Zinkpè intends to offer us a form of synthesis of his artistic journey since his first meeting with Simone Guirandou during the Grapholies d'Abidjan in 1993. Happy to be back in this world city, Zinkpè salutes the importance... Read more -
Alberic Kouassi : Carte Blanche
Alberic Kouassi, Nù Barreto, Yseult "YZ" Digan, Obou, Cédric Tchinan 17 Dec 2020 - 30 Jan 2021 For his carte blanche, it is Victor Hugo's poem 'Those who live, are those who struggle' which came to Alberic Kouassi's mind.In an uncertain health and political context, in the era of individualism, when ideals seem to have become illusions, the Artist summons 'Thinking Angels', 'Indignant' who call us to... Read more -
ArtX Lagos
Online Art Fair 2 - 9 Dec 2020 On this occasion, the gallery highlights the richness of African talent and brings together the works of three generations of artists from the continent. SESS ESSOH (Ivory Coast) As a polymorphic artist, Sess Essoh maintains an intimate relationship with words, which he uses systematically in his work. Refusing to be... Read more -
FNB Art Joburg
Johannesburg Art Fair online 6 - 18 Nov 2020 For her first participation at FNB Johannesburg Art Fair, LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery will showcase the artworks of three artists: Nù Barreto, N'Doye Douts and Claudie Dimbeng. Each in their own 'words', bring up the blurred physical presence of the home country, and sometimes the disarrays of exile, for too many... Read more -
Ange-Arthur Koua : Carte blanche
Ange-Arthur Koua, Yseult "Yz" Digan, Ernest Dükü, Piniang, Yagor 5 Nov - 12 Dec 2020 Born in Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire) in 1989, Ange-Arthur Koua graduated from the National School of Fine Arts of Abidjan in 2015 . Born in the commune of Abobo, he lives and works in N'Douci (Côte d'Ivoire). In his work, Ange-Arthur wants to 'express freely and to support causes that would... Read more -
Group show
A carte blanche given to Sess Essoh 10 Sep - 31 Oct 2020 After several months of closure, LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery reopened its doors to the public with a collective exhibition bringing together a selection of works from Ablade Glover , Alun Be , Dimbeng, Ernest Dükü , N’Doye Douts and Yagor. A carte blanche given to Sess Essoh is a part of... Read more -
TADJO & TADJO
Michèle & Véronique Tadjo 5 Mar - 18 Apr 2020 Michèle & Véronique Tadjo: Exhibition at Louis Simone Guirandou Gallery (Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire) Read more -
Soumbedioune
Ousmane M'Baye 12 Dec 2019 - 22 Feb 2020 Décembre 2015 –Décembre 2019, 4 ans après avoir fait l’ouverture de LouiSimone Guirandou Gallery avec 'Amitiés Sincères', Ousmane M’Baye revient à la maison nous présenter sa collection Personnelle à Abidjan : Soumbedioune. Fidèle à son attachement à la pureté des lignes, la synergie entre la forme et la fonction, la... Read more -
MANSONGE
Sess Essoh, Ange-Arthur Koua & Alberic Kouassi 29 Oct - 30 Nov 2019 Sess Essoh, Ange-Arthur Koua & Alberic Kouassi: Exhibition at Louis Simone Guirandou Gallery (Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire) Read more -
DENSITY
OBOU GBAIS & RODRIGUE OBODJE 21 Jun - 21 Sep 2019 Obou Gbai & Rodrigue Obodjé: Exhibition at Louis Simone Guirandou Gallery (Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire) Read more -
Street Vendors
Yseult Digan 18 Apr - 30 May 2019 Yseult Digan's photo exhibition at Louis Simone Guirandou Gallery (Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire) Read more -
AU FIL DU TEMPS
ABLADE GLOVER 7 Mar - 13 Apr 2019 Ablade Glover : Exhibition at Louis Simone Guirandou Gallery (Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire) Read more -
Master and Student
N'guessan Essoh & Yagor 5 Oct - 17 Nov 2018 N'guessan Essoh & Yago : exhibition at Louis Simone Guirandou Gallery (Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire) Read more -
MasKArade @ Ananze Explorer
Ernest Dükü 8 Mar - 12 May 2018 Ernest Dükü: exhibition at Louis Simone Guirandou Gallery (Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire) Read more -
Local Art Brut
Macline Hien & Issa Diabaté 14 Dec 2017 - 3 Feb 2018 Macline Hien & Issa Diabaté : exhibition at Louis Simone Guirandou Gallery (Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire) Read more -
Unifying thread
Nù Barreto 13 Oct - 13 Nov 2016 Nù Barreto : Exhibition at Louis Simone Guirandou Gallery (Abidjan - Côte d'Ivoire) Read more
