About

Anguezomo Mboulou Mba Bikoro
(Gabon)

Mba Bikoro is a conceptual artist from the region of Woleu-Ntem in Gabon and is presently based in Berlin.
They are Artistic Director & head curator of Nyabinghi Lab, writer of newly published Obeah poetry book series, theatre scenographer of Vielleicht the first Black radical feminist play in Switzerland, co-curator of Mental Health Arts Space and a Guest Associate Lecturer in Visual Cultures, Philosophy & Fine Art Practice. They were Curatorial Director of performance programmes & patron at SAVVY Contemporary between 2016-2019.
Their most significant contributions have been shown in Venice Biennale (2018); Dak'art Biennale Senegal (2012 & 2018); Smithsonian Museum of African Art Washington DC (2013); La Otra Biennale De Bogota Colombia (2013); Tiwani Contemporary London (2012); Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt (2022), Museum of African Art Johannesburg (2011); Michael Stevenson Gallery Cape Town (2011); Tate Britain London (2009); Kalao Pan African Galleries Bilbao (2014); 798 Art District Gallery Beijing (2015); Havana Biennale (2019); Oxford Museum UK (2014); Bedfordbury Gallery London (2010) and South London Gallery (2010).
Mba Bikoro is the recipient of several awards including TURN Curatorial Fellowship Nairobi (2022), Künstlerische Forschung Artist Award (2022-23), British Arts Council (2016), PRIMARY Artist Fellowship Award Nottingham (2019), Preis Der National Gallerie Award Nominee Hambuger Bahnoff Berlin (2019), Goethe Institute Bahia Salvador (2023) Fondation Blachère and Afrique Soleil Mali for Best Artist awarded at the 10th Dakar Biennale (2012), Best Discovery Award at New York Cutlog (2013), Ercillas Prize for Best Exhibition Award at FIG Bilbao (2014), HANGAR Research Fellowship Lisbon/Angola (2016).

Awards

2022-23 Künstlerische Forschung Artist Award
2022 TURN Curatorial Fellowship Nairobi
2020 Fonds Darstellende Künste | Berlin
2020 HauptKulturFonds | Berlin
2019 PRIMARY Artist Fellowship Research Award | Nottingham, UK
2019 Preis Der National Gallerie Award Nominee | Hambuger Bahnoff Berlin
2017 BBK Artist Recipient Award | Berlin
2017 Artist Research Fellowship | Hebbel Am Huffer | Berlin, Germany
2016 Goethe Institut Curator's Grant Award
2016 Senats Abteilung Kulturelle Angelegenheiten | Berlin Germany
2016 Arts Council England Artist Award
2016 Guis Sou Me Le Mbao (I Do Not See You at Mbao) | Apexart International Franchise Program Award
2016 HANGAR Research Fellowship Award | Lisbon, Portugal
2016 Goethe Institut South Africa
2016 Rathaus Schoöneberg Dezentrale KulturArbeit Bezirksamt Tempelhöf-Shöneberg | Berlin, Germany
2015 Arts Studio Research Grant | District Malzfabrik Berlin | Germany
2015 KunstBildende Award | Germany
2015 Performancear O Morir | Norogachi, Mexico
2014 Ercillas Prize for Best Exhibition Award | FIG Bilbao
2014 Manière Noire Artist Residency | Berlin Germany
2013 Best Discovery Award | New York Cutlog
2013 La Otra Biennale Award | curated by Gabriela Salgado | Bogota Colombia
2013 Atelier Sahm Award | Brazzaville DRCongo
2012 Soleil D’Afrique Mali Award | Bamako, Mali
2012 Fondation Blachère Award | Apt, France
2011 Best Performance Art Award in Finland | presented by Presentatiioo
2011 Perpendicular Casa e Rua Award | Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2011 NSB Best Artist of the Year Award | Norbotten, Sweden
2009 Doctoral Research Fellowship | Greenwich University | London
2006 Stanley Picker Gallery Research Scholarship Award | Kingston, London

*full CV must be requested privately

Anguezomo Mba Bikoro