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ALIDA YMELE

Born in 1994 in Cameroon, Alida Ymele is an artist who lives and works in Douala. She obtained  in 2019 a professional Master in Plastic Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts of Nkongsamba  (University of Douala).

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His artistic practice explores the precariousness, the fragility of the human being and  the socio-professional universe of the daily life of domestic women, as well as their  difficulty integrating into today's society. Alida expresses herself through her self-portraits,  staging in photos and images of women that she photographs in  particular postures, in order to magnify these "black queens" who assert themselves in the so-called  small trades.

Ymele has also participated in numerous group exhibitions including (non-exhaustive list): ​

• "Artistic interferences" - Annie Kadji Gallery (Douala,
  2020 and 2021),

• Sonsbeek to  Arnhem ( Netherlands, 2021),

• "Woman Power" - Bandjoun Station (Cameroon, 2018),

• "New Spirit" -  Paradise ( Douala, 2019).

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Her artistic practice is a permanent exploration that revolves around the daily life of  domestic woman.

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Discover the portrait of this artist who uses a mixed technique to share with us her vision of the world, more particularly her view of the status of women.