Tayou’s work is based on the premise that art cannot be separated from life. His site-specific installations recycle every kind of material, object, and image to testify to the continuous circulation of people throughout the world, their personal history and their culture. He refers to these projects as “collective works,” the result of what that he notices, of what happens to him in everyday life, a sum total of journeys, encounters, energy, chance and spontaneity. Tayou has commented, “I leave to others the possibility to saying it all. For me, art is just a simple vector of communication.”

In the mid 1990s, much of Tayou’s work was based on drawing. In 1995 he created an extended series of sketches, beginning with a sequence based on Das Kapital. Using chalks, coloured felt tip pens, ink and ballpoint pens on the back of recycled posters, Tayou executed these works very rapidly, in freehand, almost mechanically. Without ever stopping, thinking, or looking back, Tayou could only see the whole once he had finished. Even though they seem formless and out of control, viewed together they are like a series interconnected dynamic networks that have been infiltrated by a form of energy which seeks to dismantle them. As Tayou has stated, “When I was young, I wrote and I drew. It was my way of rebelling.” More recently he has used a similar method to create site-specific works and video installations. The words and the rhythm of his texts, the recycled objects that he literally nails on to frames and strews around exhibition spaces, the incidental and purposeful footage picked up by his video camera, regard with equal intensity both the evil and grace of the world we share.

www.pascalemarthinetayou.com

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS :

2007
- Milton Keynes Gallery, Miton Keynes, UK
- CAC Málaga, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain
- A Global Multitude in the Rotonde, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Triple Candie, Harlem, NY-USA

2006
- « 100% Africa », Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain.
- Nuit Blanche, Paris, France
- Venise-Istanbul, Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
- kunsthalle WIEN, Vienna, Austria
- Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
- NMAC Foundation, Cadiz, Spain
- My Home is my Castle, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Wherever we go, Spazio Oberdan /Milan, Italy
- Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
- Images publiques, Liège, Belgium
- Human Game, Fondazione Pitti Discovery/Florence, Italy
- Les Dépôts de Bamako, Mali
- Habana Biennal, Habana, Cuba
- Moscou-Bernadette, SMAK-Gand, Belgium
- La Force de l'Art, Grand Palais, Paris, France
- The beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fùtbol, NYC, USA

2005
- 6e Rencontre Photographique, Bamako, Mali
- Rendez-vous, solo show at Martha, Herford, Germany
- 8e Biennale De Lyon, France
- Delicious, Sint-Truiden, Belgium
- 51e Biennale de Venise, Italy
- Grimaldi Forum - Monaco, France
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston, USA
- Museum of contemparary art Chicago, USA
- Art Society ,Aalen, Germany
- Hayward Gallery,London, England
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Galleria Continua – Pekin, China

2004
- SPREAD IN PRATO 2004
- october Solo show at SMAK, Gent
- FIAC , paris, France
- Museum of World Culture Gothenberg - Sweden
- “Africa Remix “Düsseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast
-Transferts, Lilles 2004
-Young collector, Galeria Continua, San Gimignano,
-Le Menu Familial, Espace Doual’Art, Douala, Cameroun
-One Upon a Time, MuHKA Antwerpen
-Working Ethics, Krinzinger Projekte Vienna, Austria
-Camuflaje, Fundacion Celarg, Caracas, Venezuela
-Museum of contemporary Art , Rome, Italy

2003
-Münsterland Skulptur Biennial , Munster, Germany
-Transferts, Palais des beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
-Next flag, B.P.S 22, Charleroi, Belgium
-Le colloque des Chiens, Centre wallonie bruxelles, Paris, France
-Happiness, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
-8. Istanbul-Biennale, Istanbul, Turkey

2002
-Pressing, Objectif, Antwerp, Belgium
-Game of Power. Galerie Alain Legaillard, Paris, France
-Brazilism. Lombard Freid Art Gallery, New York, USA
-Erection. Portikus. Frankfurt, Germany
-Qui perd gagne, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. France
-Tutto Normale, Villa Medicis. Rome, Italy
-Le menu familial, Kunsthalle Bern, CH
-Game Station. Documenta 11. Kassel, Germany
-Brazilism. Biennale of São Paolo, Brasil
-Cameroon Embassy. The Short Century. New York, USA
-Sonic City, Arc en Rêve, centre d'architecture. Bordeaux, France
-Sonic City, Galerie TN Probe. Tokyo, Japan
-Sonic City,Charleroi Brussels, Belgium
-Goethe Institut, Salvador de Bahia, Brasil

2001
-Arco. Madrid, Spain
-Mirrors Edge, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
-Institut of Visual Art. Milwaukee, USA
-The Short Century. Berlin, Germany
-The Short Century. Museum of Contemporary Art. Chicago, USA
-Musée d'art Moderne de la ville de Paris.
-2nd Berlin Biennale, Kunst-Werken, Berlin, Germany
-Mirrors Edge, Charlottenborg Exhibition Hall. Kopenhagen, Denmark
-Ici Maintenant, Tour & Taxi, Bruxelles, Belgique
-Arte all' Arte, arte continua. San Gimignalo, Italy
-Kunst & Zwalm 2001. Zwalm Belgium

2000
-The Short Century. München, Germany
-Büro Friedrich. Berlin
-Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
-Musée d'Art Moderne de La ville de Paris, France
-New South Wales Gallery, Sydney.
Show curated by Tayou with four artists:
Moshekwa Langa, Amsterdam
Zwlethu Mthetwa, Cap Town
Aimé Ntakica, Brussels
Joël Andrianomerisoa, paris
-Centro Atlantico d’Arte Moderno, (CAAM). Las Palmas, Spain
-New French Art. Setagaya Art Museum. Tokyo, Japon
-Nagaoya City Art Museum, Japon.
-Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art, Japon.
-Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Japon.
-Zeitwenden. Museum moderner Kunst, Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria
-Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
-Somewhere. Galerie der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung. Berlin, Germany
-The Sky is my Limit, Taipei Biennale
-Biennale Lyon, France
-Vancouver Art Gallery. Canada
-Mirror’s Edge, Castello di Rivoli. Torino, Italy.
-Damasquine Aeoroplastics. Brussels Belgium.

1999
-Liverpool Biennal. GB.
-Mirrors Edge. Bild Museet. Umea, Sweden.
-Trafique. Stedelijk Museum voor actuele Kunst. Gent, Belgium
-Crazy Nomad. Gallery Lombard Freid. New York, USA
-Setagaya Museum. Tokyo, Japan
-Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art. Hokkaido, Japan
-South meets West. Accra, Ghana
-Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art. Hiroshima, Japan,
-Nagoya City of Art. Nagoya, Japan

1998
-Galerie Bernard Dulon. Paris, France
-The Bridge. Melbourne, Australia
-L'art dans le Monde. Passage de Retz. Paris, France
-Cet été-là. CRAC-Sète, France
-Bridgind the Gap. Genève, Switzerland
-Personal Touch, Presence and Absence. Art in General. N.Y.C., USA
-La ville dans tous ses états. Doual'Art. Douala, Cameroon
-Tobu Museum of Art. Tokyo, Japan
-11th Biennale of Sydney, Australia
-Galerie Lucien Durand,Paris, France
-Galerie Bernard Dulon. Paris, France
-Europa-Afrika. 7. Triennale der Kleinplastik. Stuttgart, Germany
-La Laiterie. Strasbourg, France
-Gare de l'Est. Casino Luxembourg. Luxembourg
-Art' Sénik. Ile de la Reunion

1997
-Performance Looobhy. Doual'Art. Douala, Cameroon
-De Rode Poort. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst. Gent, Belgium
-Bonnefanten Museum. Maastricht, Netherlands
-Neue Kunst aus Afrika. Völkerkundemuseum Zürich, Switzerland
-Suite Africaines, Couvent des cordeliers. Paris, France
-Le Déballage. Goethe Institut. Yaounde, Cameroon
-Le Tronçonnage. Performance. Paris, France
-Université de Pau, France
-6th Biennale of Havana, Cuba
-2nd Biennale of Santa Fe. New Mexico, USA
-2nd Biennale of Kwangju, South Korea
-2nd Biennale of Johannesburg, South Africa
-La vigne en Fumée ou la Chambre Noire. Château de Tanlay, France

1996
-Campo 6, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'Arte. Galleria
civica d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea. Torino, Italy
-Galerie du jour. Agnés B. Paris, France
-Biennale de l'Art contemporain Africain. Dakar, Senegal
-Neue Kunst aus Afrika. Haus der Kulturen der Welt. Berlin, Germany
-Transgressions Majeurs. Goethe Institut. Berlin, Germany
-Détripations. Centre Culturel Français. Yaounde, Cameroon
-Setegaya Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan
-Tokyshima Modern Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan
-Himeji City of Art, Japan
-Horiyama City of Art, Japan
-Marigame Inokuma-Genichiro Museum of Contemporary Art, Japan
-Museum of Fine Art. Gifu, Japan

1995
-Art of our Time. Setegaya Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan
-Beyond the Borders. International Biennale of Kwangju, South Korea
-La Chaise à Doual'Art. Centre Culturel Français de Douala, Cameroon
-Performance, Compagnie Looobhy. Goethe Institut. Yaounde, Cameroon

1994
-Les Artistes africaines et le Sida. Doual'Art. Douala, Cameroon
-Atelier la Rencontre. Goethe Institut. Yaounde, Cameroon
-Transgressions. Centre Culturel Français. Yaounde, Cameroon
-Jazz sous les manguiers. Yaounde, Cameroon
-Festival des Arts et la Culture. Douala, Cameroon


Films
Looobhy. With Jean Loup Pivin and Simon Njami.
RN Production + Arte Berlin and Paris.

Bibliographie

2006
catalogue Testigos . Witnesses NMAC Foundation, Cadiz, Spain, PP. 56/57/58/59/60/61
Catalogue Lucky Space, Collection I.D.E.A PP. 146/147
Catalogue Collection Marta Herford, herford- Germany P. 90
Catalogue My Home is my Castle, Luxembourg - Luxembourg PP.106/107/108
Catalogue Human Game, Milan-Italy PP. 478/479
Catalogue Habana biennial, Habana, Cuba PP. 224/225

2005
BIDIBIDOBIDIBOO, Works from collezionze Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Italy P.154
catalogue Rencontre Photographique, Bamako, Mali PP.224/225
Expérience de la durée , Biennale de Lyon 2005, France PP. 256/257/258
Catalogue 51e Biennale de Venise, Italy PP.268/269/270/271/272/273
Work > Galeria Civica Trento-Italy P. 56
Catalogue Universal Experience – MCA Chicago. P.55,
Catalogue Africa Remix, haward Gallery, London PP. 208/209
Catalogue African Art Now PP. 9 & 169/170/171
Kunst Forum, Janv-March 2005 PP. 137/138
Zone 09, Jan. 2005, Belgique PP. 6 &7

2004
Le Monde, France, Oct 2004 P.26
Knack Focus, Belgique Oct 2004 PP 88
De Standaard, Belgique 2/3 Oct P.34
Stad Magazine, Gent- Belgique Oct 2004
Catalogue Pascale Marthine Tayou > MACRO > Rome, Italy
Handlungsanweisungen, Kunsthalle wien, P.127
Kunst NU, Belgique, Oct 2004, Cover & PP.10/11/12/13/14
Kunst NU, Belgique,Oct 2004, PP. 2/3/4/5/6/7
Catalogue Pascale Marthine Tayou > Rendez-vous > Smak/Gand, Belgique
DO it, U.K Book by Hans Ulrich Obrist, e-flux. PP 338-339
Turbulenz, catalogue Portikus, Frankfort–Germany PP 90/91 & P.137
5ememu, Wonderful - France PP. 10/11/12/13/14/15/44 & 45
Catalogue AfriKa Remix, Museum Kunst palace, Duisseldorf, Germany PP. 230 & 231
Catalogue AfriKa Scream, Kunst halle Wien, Austria P.79
Le nouvel Observateur, France, Oct 2004, P.144
Zone 09, Nov. 2004, Belgique P.40

2003
DECENNIUM, L'Art Belge et l'après-Documenta IX PP.120/121
De Morgen, 22Janv 2003, Belgique
Ctalogue,8e Istanbul Biennale, PP.220 & 221
Zone 09, Sept 2003, Belgique
Cameroon Tribune, Yaoundé-Cameroun P.3
Art in America, Fev.2003, New York, USA
ExbArt, Jul.2003
Knack,Belgique,Jun 2003,P.15

2002
Die Tage Zeitung, Jun 2002, Frankfort, Germany
catalogue biennale de Sao Paulo, Brasil, 2OO2,
Folia de Sao Paulo, 20Mars, E3
catalogue Documenta, PP.514/515/516/517
catalogue Documenta, PP.30/31
Vogue/Deutsch. Aug. 2002, PP. 194/195
Catalogue PM Tayou Le menu famillial Kunst halle Bern-Suisse
Kunstzeitung.12.02.2002, Franckfort/main - Germany
PRAXIS, Suisse Jun. 2002, P.250
Tagblatt, Suisse Fev. 2002, P.19
20 minuten, Suisse Fev. 2002, P. 26/29
Basler Zeitung, Suisse Fev. 2002, P.39
Waliser Bote, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.13
Luzerner Zeitung, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.42
Solothurner Zeitung, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.31
Der Zürcher Oberländer, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.23
Berner Zeitung BZ, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.10
Anzeiger Von Uster, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.23
Neue Bürger Zeitung, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.68
Le Journal du Jura, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.32
Le Temps, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.16
Der Bund, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.9
Berner Zeitung BZ, Bieler Tagblatt, Suisse Jan. 2002, P.23

2001
Morgenpost Apr, 2001 Berlin, Germany
BZ Kultur,.Apr, 2001, Berlin, Germany
Catalogue, 2nd Berlin Biennale, Germany
Contemporary Visual arts, N°32(Jan-Feb) U.K, LondonP.64
Morgenbladet, Oct-Nov 2001, Suède, PP.
De Biaaerd, Belgique, Aug.2001, P.24

2000
Der berner Zeitung, Suisse, March 2002 P.10
Flash Art, March/Apr. 2000, P.100
Focus Knack, Belgium,Mai 2000, P.17
BZ Nonstopp, Suisse,Mars/apr. 2000, P.11

1999
Cream. Phaidon. Jan. 1999
Magazine Royal Air Maroc. Jan/Feb. 1999
Zeitgenössische Kunst, Bern, Suisse
Le Temps, Suisse Nov. 1999, P.2

1998
Le quotidien. No. 6806. Dec 98. Ile de la Reunion / France
Luxemburger Wort. 17.12.1998
Biennale of Sydney . Australia. pp 210 & 211
Tobu-Museum, Tokyo, Japan. pp 40 to 45 and pp 132 & 134
Flash Art No. 201, summer. p 145
Beux Arts, No. 168, Mai, supplément l'Art dans la monde
Atlantica No 19, pp 40 to 43 and 141 to 145
International Contemporary Art, Cover. Jan. Toronto, Canada

1997
Art Press 230. Dez. Paris, France
NKA. Cover. Sep. New York, USA
Johannisburg Biennale, South Africa
Kwangju Biennale, South Korea
Havana Biennale, p 271, Cuba
Libération. 23. and 24.8.1997
Le Monde. 2.8.1997
Le Figaro, 15.7.1997
Art in America. p 51. May
Libération. 21.3.1997
Le Monde. 19.3.1997
Le vif / l'Express. 10.1.1997
Revue Noir. No. 23. 1/97
Revue Noir. No. 24. 2/97
Revue Noir. No. 25. 3/97

1996
De rode Port, pp 134,135,158,159, 187. Belgium
De Standart, D s Magazin, De Volks krant, Cultuur. Nov.
La libre belgique. Nov.
De Gentenaar. 8.11.1996
Art and Culture. 96/4 Dec.
KNACK, No. 51, pp 130 to 133
Revue Noir. No. 19. 1/96
Revue Noir. No. 22. 4/96

1995
Biennale Dakar, pp 79-82, Senegal
Gana Art. May/June. pp 26/ 27. South Korea
Neue Kunst aus Afrika. Berlin, Germany. pp 190 to 191
Setegaya Art Museum. Tokyo, Japan. pp 122 to 123 & 188
1st Kwangju Biennale. pp 379 to 381
Génération. Yaounde, Cameroon. Jan.

1994
Revue Noire. No. 13. 3/94. Cover.