Gil Arnaud Ngolé

Alumni

Gil Arnaud Ngolé

Gil Ngole is born in Brazzaville, The Republic of the Congo during the postcolonial era, a social and political environment that is an important source of inspiration. He got a BFA in painting and installation at Rueil-Malmaison’s College of art in France, and a MFA in mixed media installation at the Memphis College of Art. Since then, he developed a nomadic practice combining architectural drawing, biotechnology, graffiti, and sound sculpture in response to the issue of forced displacement . His works was on display at The Musée du Mac-Val (France, 2008), Crosstown Arts Memphis (2014 and 2015), the Memorial Art Gallery-Memphis (2014), and the Tops Gallery-Memphis (2015), The Zhou B Art Center-Chicago IL, ArtFields 2016 Biennale-Lake City SC, The Sumter Art Gallery-Sumter SC, and the Santa Fe Art Institute/University of New Mexico Lands Arts Of the American West(September 2017 and April 20th 2018)- NM .His awards includes The Honenberg Scholarship (2015), The RiverArts Scholarship (2015), The Merit Scholarship (2014), a sponsored residency at the Santa Fe Art Institute (2017). And a SFAI Visiting Artist position with the University of New Mexico Lands Arts Of The American West (2017).

Ngole is preparing a solo show that will be put on display at the École de Peinture de Poto-Poto.