{"id":12468,"date":"2023-09-16T18:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T16:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/galerie-artima.com\/stevens-dossou-yovo-biography"},"modified":"2025-08-26T18:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T16:36:33","slug":"stevens-dossou-yovo-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/galerie-artima.com\/en\/stevens-dossou-yovo-biography","title":{"rendered":"Stevens DOSSOU YOVO – Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"

Works<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Biography<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Born in 1969 in Paris where he lives and works<\/strong><\/p>\n

Franco-Beninese artist Stevens Dossou-Yovo questions both the notion of temporality and our relationship to space and matter. Between metaphysical vision of the world and materiality of the object, his sculptures, often murals, function as so many metaphors of reality. For the artist, “everything begins in the virtual world, but the most certain outcome is undoubtedly matter as an object”.
\nHis work is located precisely at the confluence of different paths: “the mathematical dimension helps me to develop my vision of the 3rd dimension based on the 2rd dimension “. To achieve this, Stevens Dossou-Yovo first expresses himself through drawing in order to project his idea of space. <\/p>\n

Stevens Dossou-Yovo experiments with the different textures offered by steel: oxidized, brushed or painted, the patina of these floating shapes testifies to the inexorable wear and tear of materials and the passage of time. His sculptures can be seen as abstract planes as well as interior landscapes; geometry and perspective have always been at the heart of his creative process; they allow him to play endlessly with the field of possibilities.
\nEach sculpture is presented as a spatial equation or a mathematical formula. In the manner of Alexander Calder\u2019s mobiles, the optical illusion creates the striking effect of motionless movement. The assembled elements are both in free fall and in levitation, static and animated by the circulation of air. A certain shaping of the materiality of the world around us. The emptiness found in his sculptures tells of a suspended time…\n<\/p>\n

Exhibitions :<\/strong><\/p>\n

2023
\nModerne Art Fair – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nEye of the Collector – Galerie Olivier Waltman – London – UK
\nSuper surface – Group show – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris<\/p>\n

2022
\nFirst solo show – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris
\nNoir & Blanc – Group show – Galerie Artima – Paris
\nLondon Art Fair – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris<\/p>\n

2021
\nGroup Show – Galerie Waltman Ortega Fine Art – Miami – USA
\nGroup show – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris<\/p>\n

2020
\nIn perspectivo – duo-show with Fabien Yvon – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris<\/p>\n

2019
\n\u0152uvres choisies 1+1 – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris
\nArt Miami – Waltman Ortega Fine Art – Miami – USA
\nDesign – Group show – Galerie Artima – Paris – FR
\nArt Central – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris
\nArt Elys\u00e9es – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris<\/p>\n

2018
\nSummer exhibition – Galerie Olivier Waltman \u2013 Paris
\nThe Art and Antique Fair – Galerie Artima – London – UK
\nLondon Art Fair – Galerie Olivier Waltman – London – UK
\nArt Wynwood – Waltman Ortega Fine Art – Miami – USA<\/p>\n

2017
\nForme – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris
\nArt Paris – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris
\nSummer Show – Galerie Waltman Ortega Fine Art – Miami – USA
\nLondon Art Fair – Galerie Artima – London – UK
\nArt Elys\u00e9es – Galerie Olivier Waltman \u2013 Paris<\/p>\n

2016
\nRecent works – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris
\nArt Miami – Waltman Ortega Fine Art – Miami – USA<\/p>\n

2015
\nSculpture-perspective – Galerie Detais – Paris
\nGroup Show – Galerie Waltman Ortega Fine Art – Miami – USA
\nArt Miami – Waltman Ortega Fine Art – Miami – USA<\/p>\n

2013
\nCercle des nouveaux artisans – Paris
\nChauvet – Cit\u00e9 des Sciences et de l\u2019Industrie – Paris<\/p>\n

2011
\nOc\u00e9an climat – Cit\u00e9 des Sciences et de l\u2019Industrie – Paris<\/p>\n

2010
\nSimple Gallery – Gstaad – Suisse
\nCutlog – Galerie Olivier Waltman – Paris<\/p>\n

2008
\nL\u2019art b\u00e9ninois – Maison des Arts – Evreux – FR
\nCocoa Arts – Coningsby Gallery – Londres – UK
\nDispatch- Sculptures 3D – The Smithfield Gallery – Londres – UK<\/p>\n

2001 \u2013 2002
\nL\u2019Homme transform\u00e9 – Cit\u00e9 des Sciences et de l\u2019Industrie – Paris<\/p>\n

2000
\nHomme, nature, technologie – World Exhibition – French Pavilion – Hanover – France<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12468","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nStevens DOSSOU YOVO - Biography - Galerie Artima<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"STEVENS DOSSOU YOVO - French artist- Steel sculptures - Spatial constructions - Geometric compositions - Light\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/galerie-artima.com\/en\/stevens-dossou-yovo-biography\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Stevens DOSSOU YOVO - 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