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Acrylic on Canvas | 41x34 in
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Vivien Tapsoba
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"La Balade 2"
Acrylic on Canvas | 41x34 in
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"APPARITION"
Acrylic on Canvas | 33.5x29.5 in
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"de retour"
Mixed Media | 31.5x27.6 in
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"a moto"
Acrylic on Canvas | 31.5x27.6 in
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"toure du faso"
Acrylic on Canvas | 11.8x11.8 in
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"le temp ces de largents"
Oil | 23.6x23.6 in
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"direction 1"
Acrylic on Linen Canvas | 41x32.5 in
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"TRAVERSE / CLANDESTIN TRAVELER"
Acrylic on Canvas | 33.3x45.3 in
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"Travelers 3"
Acrylic on Canvas | 22.1x22.1 in
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"Alokodrome"
Mixed Media | 31.5x27.6 in
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"taxi woro woro"
Acrylic on Canvas | 31.5x27.6 in
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"masta"
Oil | 17.7x17.7 in
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"l'aceuil"
Oil | 11.8x11.8 in
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"vache bleue"
Oil | 31.5x31.5 in
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"No title"
Acrylic on Canvas | 26.7x22 in
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"THE TOTEM"
Acrylic on Canvas | 33.5x29.5 in
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"Ride together"
Acrylic on Canvas | 29.5x29.5 in
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"La vie"
Acrylic on Canvas | 27.6x23.6 in
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"Travelers"
Acrylic on Canvas | 31.5x27.6 in
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"de retoure"
Acrylic on Canvas | 15.8x15.8 in
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"Travelers 2"
Acrylic on Canvas | 11.8x11.8 in
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"tres to le matin"
Oil | 31.5x27.6 in
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"I miss you"
Acrylic on Canvas | 61x49 in
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"Free of mind"
Acrylic, Marker | 135x115 in
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"Le Voyageur"
Acrylic on Canvas | 27.6x23.6 in
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"Au Cabaret"
Acrylic on Canvas | 43.3x47.2 in
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"a vélo"
Acrylic on Canvas | 31.5x31.5 in
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"j'atend ma bierre"
Oil | 15.8x15.8 in
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"dolodrome"
Oil | 11.8x11.8 in
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"journal de 20h"
Oil | 11.8x11.8 in
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Exercises the profession of artist as a main activity
Biography
Born on February 21, 1984, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Vivien Tapsoba is a self-taught contemporary painter. He lives and works in Worcester, Massachusetts. He began his career at a very young age, starting to draw and color at the age of 6, thanks to his mother who worked in a preschool and brought him colored pencils and watercolors to paint with.
After completing primary school in 1995, he continued his studies in high school and decided to pursue both music and painting. However, he later dedicated most of his time to painting and decided to undergo formal training to achieve his goals. In 2000, he started taking drawing classes at the National Center of Handicrafts (CNAA) in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
In 2001, he joined the OLORUN Foundation, an institution of contemporary art in Burkina Faso, where he began learning about painting, color mixing, and shapes.
After spending five years at the OLORUN Foundation, where he strengthened his research techniques as part of his artistic approach, he finally found his painting style and participated in one of his first group exhibitions, "The New Wave," in 2005.
That same year, several opportunities arose for him. In 2005, he was selected for the second edition of the project "50 LIONS 50 ARTISTS" by the city of Lyon (France), directed by the OLORUN Foundation.
In 2006, he participated in Dak'Art Off in Senegal at the Embassy of Burkina Faso in Senegal, and also exhibited in Ghana, Denmark, France, Italy, Côte d'Ivoire, Tucson, AZ, Virginia, Florida, and Washington State.
In painting, Vivien Tapsoba's influences include Joan Miró, Jean Dubuffet, Prince Richard, Cy Twombly, and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Inspired by daily life and certain current events in his surroundings and the world, he manages to immortalize these events on his canvases through the process of erasing and reconstructing figures and forms, creating a living story in his paintings.
The artist's painting style lies between the figurative world and expressionism.
Sometimes, a painting is left untitled to give art enthusiasts a free field of interpretation.
The painting technique he uses is known as mixed media.
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Nationality:
BURKINA FASO
- Date of birth : 1984
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Burkinabe Artists
Influences
Education
2000 - 2006
Art Institution, Fondation olorun
Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso
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Achievements
Collective Expositions
2010
Burkin'art
Villeneuve, Avignon,,
France
2009
Festival De Rock À Ouaga (Ouaga Rock Festival)
Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso
2009
The Bicentenary Of The City Of Viareggio
Viaregggio,
Italy
2008
Gallery Of Africa ( Deposit Sale)
Avillon,
France
2006
Dak’art Off
Dakar,
Senegal
2005
Gar’art La Vitrine Mobile De L’arts Africaine Contemporaine(The Mobile Showcase Of Contemporary African Art)
Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso
2005
The Project 50 Lions 50 Artistes (50 Artists 50 Lions In The City Of Lyon)
Place of republic,
France
2005
Nouvelle Vague (The New Wave)
Ouagadougou/,
Burkina Faso
Publications & Press
2007
Breaking Barriers
Accra,
Ghana
Solo Expositions
2024
Boca Raton Fine Art Show
Boca Raton,
Florida,
United States
2023
Meet The Artist Side Street Gallery
Gloucester,
Massachusetts,
United States
2023
African Art Village Village Festival Tucson,
Tucson,
Arizona,
United States
2022
African Art Village Village Festival
Tucson,
Arizona,
United States
2021
African Art Village Festival
Tucson,
Arizona,
United States
2019
At Atchemy Art Center
Sean Juan island,
United States
2013
Axe Ouaga-Abidjan (Ouaga-Abidjan Axis)
Abidjan,
Côte d’Ivoire
2012
Karité Bleue- Ambiance ( Vibe)
Ouagadougou,
Burkina Faso
2008
Africa Now In
Copenhague,
Denmark
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expo collective retour de dak'arts galerie nuance 2006
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expo collective fespaco off des arts plastiques espace gambidi 2007
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gar’arts. mobile showcase of African art
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yachinte ouattara and vivien tapsoba exhibition at villa yirisuma
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project 50 artists 50 lions by the city of Lyon. France
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Collective Exhibitions new wave ( Nouvelle Vague) 2005
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Residence and Collective Exhibition Mur-Mur Napam Beogo 2011
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Exhibition Collection Torments at Villa Yirisuma 2010
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Exhibition Personnel Ambiance au karité bleu 2012
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Philosophy
his philosophy of art resounds as an encounter with oneself, where the artist learns every day to control his emotions on the canvas from his world which is out of the ordinary and that we cannot express sometimes with the words often related to the world, the culture, or the society in which we are attached.
It is by the expression of the harmony of colors on his canvases that the schemas of the creation of Vivien TAPSOBA were born little by little. From the erasure to the reconstruction of figures that give shape to some elements that appear on his paintings that represent most characters, animals or signs related to the story told on the canvas.
The painting style of the artist is determined between figurativeand Expressionism and the themes often come from the nature of each painting; just a way to give a free field of vision to art lovers to find their own reading of things, the painting technique used on these paintings is called mixed technique.
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Exhibition ambiance ( atmosphere ) at karitè bleue
Reviews and comments
Bonjour Vivien, je suis ravi de pouvoir exposer prochainement quelques unes de vos oeuvres dans ma galerie SINKIE ART GALERIE ATELIER sur Lille (France).
Beau travail d'ambiance !!! peindre le quotidien c'est peindre la VIE !
continue ta palette s'éclaircit
tu as chassé les brumes de l'Harmattan ou bien !!
Félicitations Vivien,
Pour ton efficacité à tenir à jour ton site sur Art Majeur.
Pour l'ensemble de ton travail : 10/10.
Marianne BERT
Congratulations Vivien,
For your efficiency in keeping your site on Art Majeur up to date.
For all of your work: 10/10.
Marianne BERT
Joli travail d'orfèvre où tu traduis avec une grande sensibilité ces scènes vivantes et colorées qui sont notre quotidien au Burkina Faso.
Marianne
Lovely work of art where you translate with great sensitivity these lively and colorful scenes which are our daily life in Burkina Faso.
Marianne
wunderbare arbeiten,sind sie auf leinwand gemalt ?
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