Mawena Yehouessi (Cotonou, Benin, 1990) is an artist, researcher, and exhibition curator who lives and works between Nice and Paris. Her work centers around bodies, histories, identities, and postcolonial issues. She is currently pursuing her doctoral studies at Villa Arson, and her research project is titled “Afrofuturist Poïethics – Curation, Collage, Indiscipline/Alternatives.”

In addition to her academic pursuits, Mawena Yehouessi is the founder of the collective Black(s) to the Future.

Lieux d'exposition

FRAC GRAND LARGE — HAUTS-DE-FRANCE

LE FRAC GRAND LARGE — HAUTS-DE-FRANCE The FRAC building overlooks the Port of Dunkirk and was designed by the architects Lacaton & Vassal as a transparent twin of the former […]