BEYA GILLE GACHA IS BORN IN DECEMBER 1990 TO A CAMEROONIAN MOTHER AND A FRENCH FATHER. SHE LIVES AND WORKS IN PARIS. SHE IS MEMBER OF MENSA FRANCE AND OF THE ARTIST COALITION FOR THE GENERAL AFRICAN HISTORY AT UNESCO

CURRICULUM VITAE

  EXHIBITIONS

  INCOMING
  LES VIES FABULEUSES – LA GARANCE, SCÈNE NATIONALE – CAVAILLON, FRANCE – GROUP SHOW – CUR : ANNESOPHIE BERARD – 2025
  DECOLONISE BOTANY – BIENNALE BEELDEN OP DE BERG – WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : MIRJAM WESTEN – JUNE   2024
  ON S’ARRÊTERA QUAND LA TERRE RUGIRA – IN DAKART BIENNALE – PALAIS DE JUSTICE, DAKAR – CURATOR CHOICE EXHIBITION – MAY 2024
  MÉMOIRES, GENÈVE DANS LE MONDE COLONIAL – MUSÉE D’ETHOGRAPHIE DE GENÈVE (MEG) – SUISSE – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : BANSOA   SIGAM -MAY 2024

  2023
  UNTITLED ART FAIR – MIAMI, USA – GROUP SHOW – GALLERY KEIJSERS KÖNING – DECEMBER 2023
  THE CALL OF THE WILD – GALERIE SABINE BAYASLI – PARIS 03 – GROUP SHOW – DECEMBER 2023
  JYÉNWE, CE QUI NOUS RESTE – BANDJOUN STATION – BANDJOUN, CAMEROON – GROUP SHOW – NOVEMBER 2023
  SOLO SHOW – HIDE & SEEK – KEIJSERS KONING GALLERY – DALLAS, USA SOLO SHOW – AUGUST 2023
  CE QUE NOUS DONNE LA TERRE – AFIKARIS – PARIS 03 – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : MICHAELA HADJI-MINAGLOU – JULY 2023
  SOLO SHOW – POURQUOI J’AI ARRACHÉ MA PEAU – TROPIQUES ATRIUM – MARTINIQUE, FRANCE – SOLO SHOW – CUR. : SALIMATA DIOP –   JUNE 2023
  SOLO SHOW – KEIJSERS KONING GALLERY – DALLAS, USA – SOLO SHOW – FALL 2023
  MEMORIA, RÉCITS D’UNE AUTRE HISTOIRE – MUSÉE NATIONAL DU CAMEROUN, YAOUNDÉ – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : NADINE HOUKPATIN &
  CÉLINE SEROR –   FEVR   2023 / JUILLET  2023
  FORETS – MAIF SOCIAL CLUB – PARIS 03 – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : COAL – SEPT 2022/ JULY 2023

  2022
  BREATHING AMONGST WEREWOLVES – KEIJSERS KONING GALLERY – USA – GROUP SHOW – DEC 2022

  FORETS – MAIF SOCIAL CLUB – PARIS 03 – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : COAL – SEPT 2022/ JULY 2023
  MULTIPLES – CARING GALLERY – PARIS 03 – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : ANNE-SOPHIE BERARD – SEPT 2022
  DICOCAM – 193 GALLERY – PARIS 3 – GROUP SHOW – JUIN 2022
  BIENNALE DE DAKAR – SÉNÉGAL – REPRESENTING FRANCE – MAI 2022
  LES CHANTS INVICIBLES – DAKAR, SÉNÉGAL – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : SALIMATA DIOP – MAI 2022
  SUR LA ROUTE DES CHEFFERIES DU CAMEROUN – MUSÉE DU QUAI BRANLY – PARIS 07 – AVR. 2022
  RESIDENCY RESTITUTION – CAMP DE LA TRANSPORTATION – SAINT LAURENT DU MARONI, GUYANE
  FRANÇAISE –
 SOLO SHOW – MARS 2022

  BORN AGAIN RAISED BY YOU – POUSH MANIFESTO – CLICHY, FRANCE – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : EAUX FORTES COLLECTIVE – JAN. 2022
  MUE – MORPHO – SAINT-OUEN, FRANCE – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : GRIGORI MICHEL – JAN. 2022

  2021
  PRICE DON PAPA & EXHIBITION – LE PAVILION RIVE GAUCHE – PARIS 05 – GROUP SHOW – OCT 2021

  IM-POSSIBILITY – MORPHO – SAINT OUEN, FRANCE – WORLDWILD GROUP SHOW – CUR. : ELENA KORZHENEVICH – SEPT 2021
  PRIX COAL – NUITS DES FORÊTS – FORET DE FONTAINEBLEAU – CUR.: S. DUFOUR – JULY 2021
  LÀ OÙ VA LA MER – CAC PASSERELLE – BREST – GROUP SHOW – CUR.: ARMELLE MALVOISIN – JUNE 2021
  LA CLAIRIÈRE D’EZA BOTO – CITÉ INTERNATIONALE DES ARTS – PARIS 01, FRANCE – GROUP SHOW – CURATION : YVES CHATAP – JUNE 2021
  A GORGE SÈCHE APRÈS LA TRAVERSÉE – IESA – PARIS 11, FRANCE – GROUP SHOW – CURATION : MEHDI-GEORGES LAHLOU – MAI 2021

  2020
  MAISON DE FORCE – GALERIE AEDAEN – STRASBOURG, FRANCE – G S – CUR. : EAUX FORTES COLLECTIVE

  WHEN THE GLOBE IS HOME – GALLERIE DELLE PRIGIONI – TRÉVISO, ITALY – G S – BENETTON FOUNDATION
  LERIDON COLLECTION PRIVATE EXHIBITION – CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
  EMBRACING – BHM – AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS – PARIS 07 – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : J. NGO MPII
  BLACK HISTORY MONTH – BOLOGNA, ITALY – PERF. / WORKSHOP – CUR. : P. TATCHEDA YONKEU

2019
SCULPTURE INTERNATIONALE BIENNALE OF OUAGADOUGOU – BURKINA FASO

AFROPUNK PARIS – BOULOGNE -BILLANCOURT, FRANCE – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : AMI WECKANE
SALON RÉVÉLATIONS – GRAND PALAIS – PARIS 01 – CUR. : NELLY WANDJI
1-54 ART FAIR NEW YORK – NEW YORK, USA – GROUP SHOW – L’AGENCE À PARIS
AFRO – CULTURAL CENTER OF LEVALLOIS – LEVALLOIS, FRANCE – GROUP SHOW
RESIDENCY RESTITUTION – LE CENTRE – COTONOU, BENIN – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : M. HAMARD

2018
AKAA ART FAIR #3 – CARREAU DU TEMPLE – PARIS – GROUP SHOW – GALERIE ARTS DESIGN AFRICA
KAMPALA BIENNALE #3 – OUGANDA – GROUP SHOW – STUDIO : P. M. TAYOU – CUR. : SIMON NJAMI
ART & GLOBALISATION – MANIFESTA #12 – PALERME, ITALY – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : R. JORGENSEN & V.GIOIA LEVY
VISION CONTEMPORAINE – WORLD BANK – YAOUNDE, CAMEROUN – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : M. A. AHMED
BRIDGE – BIENNALE DE DAKAR (OFF) – DAKAR, SÉNÉGAL – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : SALIMATA DIOP
BIG BANG – GALERIE DU 59 RIVOLI – PARIS 1ER – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : NADINE BILONG
IO E UN ALTRO – GALLERIA NAZIONALE – ROMA, ITALIE – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : SIMON NJAMI
MARRAKECH OFF THE TRACKS ! – 1-54 ART FAIR OFF – MAROC – GROUP SHOW – CUR. : LITTLE AFRICA 

2017
WEST LAKE ART FAIR – HANGZHOU, CHINA – GROUP SHOW – GALERIE RAIBAUDI WANG
AKAA ART FAIR #2 – CARREAU DU TEMPLE – PARIS 03 – GROUP SHOW – GALERIE ARTS DESIGN AFRICA & AGENCE A PARIS
PRIX ORISHA – GALERIE L’APPARTEMENT – PARIS 11 – GROUP SHOW – ORAFRICA – CUR. : JAY ONE
AFRICA IS CALLING YOU – MAISON DE L’ARCHITECTURE – PARIS 10 – GROUP SHOW – GALERIE ARTS DESIGN AFRICA
DESHUMANISA : ALLÉGORIES CONTEMPORAINES – LA COLONIE – PARIS 10 – PERFORMANCE – CUR. : NADINE BILONG 

COLLECTIONS
THE BUNKER ARTSPACE – BETH DEWOODY COLLECTION, FLORIDA, USA – CURTAIN#1, 2022 
FENIX MUSEUM, ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – HANDS, 2022
LERIDON COLLECTION, PARIS, FRANCE – QUESTION / FIGHT / BLESS, 2020
SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART, WASHINGTON DC, USA – ORANT#2, 2019
IMAGO MUNDI, LUCIAN BENETTON, TRÉVISE, ITALY – FACE #1, 2019
WORLD BANK COLLECTION, YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON – F.N.F 21.07.1995 / O.K. 29.06.1992, 2019
WORLD BANK COLLECTION, WASHINGTON DC, USA – B.G. 29.07.1997 / K.A. 24.01.1991, 2018

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS
AMBASSADRICE EDUCATION SAISON AFRICA 2020, MINISTERE DE L’EDUCATION NATIONALE – 2021

FINALISTE PRIX COAL – 2021
1ST PRICE OF SCULPTURE INTERNATIONALE BIENNALE OF OUAGADOUGOU, LERIDON PRICE – 2019
LAUREATE ORAFRICA PRICE, GALERIE L’APPARTEMENT – 2017
1ST PRICE OF NOV’ART, A TABLE L’ARTISTE 1ST EDITION , ACHRONIQUE GALERIE – 2016 

RESIDENCIES
SACATAR- BAHIA, SALVADOR, BRAZIL – 2024
BANDJOUN STATION- BANDJOUN, CAMEROUN – 2023
INSTITUT FRANÇAIS DE YAOUNDÉ – YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROUN – 2023
CAMP DE LA TRANSPORTATION – SAINT LAURENT DU MARONI, GUYANE FRANÇAISE – 2022
POUSH – MANIFESTO – CLICHY, FRANCE – 2020 / 2022
LE CENTRE – COTONOU, BENIN – 2019

FORMATION
AUTODIDACT
ÉCOLE DU LOUVRE – PARIS, FRANCE — HISTORY OF ART, 2011 – 2013