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SITOU

After studying finance, MATTHIA SITOU or just SITOU with artist name quickly decided to change his life to give free rein to his imagination. Originally from Togo, a West African country, where he grew up, Sitou started graffiti there in 2003 and then created the first graphic arts studio dedicated to screen printing and street wear. In addition to this, you will need to know more about it. After having traveled extensively in Africa, he developed a passion for street art and decided to devote himself entirely to his passion, urban culture. A pioneer in West Africa to make walls talk, SITOU no longer stops painting, from festivals to exhibitions and workshops, and is committed to sharing his art through various participatory approaches. „My style was nourished by diversity and affirmed itself around the search for harmony, ‚Living together‘ symbolized by the colors, shapes and lines of force that I mix, superimpose and interweave to contrast them and make them come alive while being inspired by my native culture, this multiple and colorful Africa, its history , its codes and symbols, its faces“ – SITOU

Artist: SITOU – MATTHIA SITOU

Website: https://www.sitoumatthia.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sitoumatt

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sitoumatt

BREEZE YOKO

BREEZE YOKO from South Africa is a Johannesburg-based multimedia artist specialising in video and graffiti. YOKO first made his mark on the underground scene in his hometown, Cape Town, in the late nineties as a member of the hip-hop collective Groundworks. He has over ten years experience in film and television production, as well as a few stints acting for television and feature films. His first solo work, Biko’s Children (2007), is a reflection on contemporary South African culture and the legacy of freedom fighter Steve Biko. In 2007, Biko’s Children won an Audience Award at the Tricontinental Film Festival, South Africa. The following year it gained international acclaim, picking up the Special Jury Award at the Sienna Film Festival, Italy, and a nomination for the Blachèere Foundation Prize at the Dak’Aart Biennale, Senegal. Following this success Yoko was selected to take part in the 2008 Berlinale Talent Campus. Since then he has exhibited and attended residencies in France through the Blachèere Foundation; the Muséee des Confluences Photographe, Lyon; and with the support of ProHelvetia, Focus 10 – Contemporary Art Africa, held as part of Art|41|Basel Parallel Events, Switzerland. YOKO’s work is informed by global street culture and the universal language of hip-hop. It is also concerned with pan-Africanism, and the reclaiming and forging of old and new “schemes, forms and strategies” (as Biko put it) in the realms of culture and politics. „Art is making memories, because to live is to remember.“ – BREEZE YOKO

Artist: BREEZE YOKO

Email: breezeyokostudio@gmail.com