Josèfa Ntiam, who lives and works in Saint-Étienne, France, is an artist, performer, and writer who combines sculpture, photomontage, film, and sound in her practice. She studied in Amiens and at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar and is a graduate of the École nationale supérieure d’art de Bourges (2015) and the École nationale supérieure d’art de Paris-Cergy (2017). Gleaning the raw material of her work from the internet, books on natural sciences, and photographic archives, she uses assemblage—of images, words, sounds, and stories—to deconstruct the grand narratives underlying hegemonic discourses on origin, identity, and race. She weaves multiple narratives drawn from investigations into historical events, scientific functions, and philosophical concepts, against which she juxtaposes references to African mythology, ancestral rituals, religious symbolism, and science fiction.

Exhibition produced in partnership with PHI Foundation.

Countries / Nations / Communities

France

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ntjamjosefa.com