Artist: Pascale Marthine Tayou

Robilant+Voena presents an exhibition of works by Pascale Marthine Tayou in their London gallery. The exhibition is organised in collaboration with Galleria Continua, coinciding with a major retrospective at their gallery in Les Moulins, France, and features new works alongside examples of some of the Cameroonian artist’s most celebrated series from the past ten years.

This is the first time that Tayou has a solo gallery presentation in the UK, where he has previously been recognised with solo institutional exhibitions at the Serpentine Galleries (2015), and MK Gallery (2007–8), as well as an Artist Room at Tate Modern (2023–24). Robilant+Voena’s exhibition offers an exciting opportunity to see work by this renowned international artist in London, who was recently awarded the Grand Prix de Sculpture from the Académie des Beaux-Arts in France.

Opening during Frieze Week, Robilant+Voena dedicates its London gallery to paintings, sculptures and installation works by Tayou. The selection reflects the artist’s multifaceted practice, working across media and transferring his visual investigations effortlessly between themes as wide-ranging as consumerism, colonialism, the environment, cultural identity, and childhood to name but a few – always taking himself as a person as the starting point for his works. Reflecting Tayou’s belief in the intertwined nature of life and art, many of the works incorporate ephemera, found materials, and cultural artefacts representing Tayou’s Central African heritage and his experiences living, travelling and working in Europe.