William Bakaïmo

b. 1988, Cameroon

William Bakaïmo was born in 1988 in Maroua, Cameroon. He began drawing at the age of five, studied at the University of Maroua (Higher Institute of the Sahel) from 2015, and took part in art workshops organised by UNIFAC in Buea and Yaoundé. In 2012 he received the UNIFAC prize. His works merge mythology and folklore with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic motifs that speak of human metamorphosis and the struggle with one's own limits, fears and demons. A recurring motif is the lizard, a symbol of metamorphosis. His work has been shown in more than ten exhibitions in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire and France. In 2023 he took part in a creative residency in Lithuania, and his works were shown in the exhibition “Totems” at TUMO gallery.

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