Djakou kassi nathalie is a ceramicist from Cameroon. She has been inspired by art since her childhood. She started studio practice very early after her university studies in 1998. The same year, she was also an instructor in the only art school of central Africa in Mbalmayo in Cameroon where she succeeded to introduce the “Matrial Technology” course. In 2004 she was employed in Centre d’Art Appliqué of mbalmayo in Cameroon as ceramist and also as chief manager of the ceramic studio. In 2011 she was vice president of the craft Association of her local government for 3 years. She worked for a long time in her studio and also worked with many renowned artists in their studios and obtained many distinctions, awards and prizes in and out of Cameroon including the first African prize of creativity of international salon of art craft of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso in 2012. In 2013 she created the ceramic group DECERAM with whom she realised a lot of commissions and specials works.
She moved to Nigeria in 2015 and has participated in many exhibitions. She was also one of the 100 winners of the Union Bank art competition for their 100 years anniversary, she also did and collective exhibition during women international day in March 2018 at the Wheatbaker hotel. In June 2019 she was the artist of the month at Thought Pyramid Art Center Lagos for” Mentoring Moments”.
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Power
Group Exhibition 23 Aug - 19 Dec 2022Our latest group show titled 'Power' focuses on the individual strength of each piece. Starting with Omofemi's Omoge that takes you on a journey into his muses' darkest secrets accentuated...Read more -
Found
Group Exhibition 14 Mar - 13 Aug 2022Found is a group show focusing on two meanings of the word. The first being the act of finding objects in nature and re-using them. In some circles it is...Read more -
A History Untold
Presented by Maro Itoje 20 May - 19 Jun 2021A strong advocate for education and the Black Curriculum, the theme of the exhibition was conceptualised by Itoje and inspired by his personal experience of schooling on Black history. A...Read more -
Say My Name
Group Exhibition, presented by Ava DuVernay 27 Oct - 24 Dec 2020Signature African Art presents Say My Name, two exhibitions of works curatedRead more
by Khalil Akar and presented by acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay in London from 27 October 2020 and in Los Angeles in February 2021. Say My Name resonates with the Black Lives Matter movement through new works which celebrate influential figures and moments in Black history in the UK and the USA. The exhibitions coincide with Black History Month in both countries.
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