Biographie

PAUL ONOBIONO IS A PAINTER. HE DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF THROUGH HIS SENSITIVITY TO SUBJECTS RELATED TO SUFFERING, WAR, SLAVERY AND SOCIAL INJUSTICE. HE IS INSPIRED BY THE PHOTOGRAPHS HE COLLECTS ON THE INTERNET AND THOSE HE MAKES HIMSELF. HE REINTERPRETS THEM ONE BY ONE AND REPRESENTS GENRE SCENES SUCH AS SCENES OF DOMESTIC WORK AND MARKET IN WHICH PEOPLE FROM LOWER SOCIAL CLASSES APPEAR. INFLUENCED BY THE WORKS OF SALIFOU LINDOU, PAUL ONOBIONO, AS HE SAYS HIMSELF, FINDS THROUGH THE WORKS OF LINDOU A TECHNICAL INSPIRATION. HIS MEDIA ARE PAPER AND CANVAS AND PASTELS, INK, PENS AND ACRYLIC ARE HIS PREFERRED MEDIA. THE VIBRANT LINES AND HER LAYERS OF PAINT IN PASTE FORM GIVE HER CHARACTERS BOTH A STATIC AND DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC.

BORN IN 1996, IN BIKOK, ONE OF THE DISTRICTS OF MEFOU AND AKON, PAUL ONOBIONO HAS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT ART SINCE HE WAS A CHILD. AFTER OBTAINING HIS BACCALAUREAT A4 SERIES OPTION SPANISH AT THE BILINGUAL HIGH SCHOOL OF NDIKINIMEKI IN THE DIVISION OF MBAM AND INOUBOU, HE DECIDES TO CONTINUE HIS STUDIES IN FINE ARTS AND ART HISTORY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I. IN 2017, HE OBTAINS A DEGREE IN FINE ARTS AND ART HISTORY AND DEVOTES HIMSELF TO HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER. SINCE THEN, HE HAS PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL EXHIBITIONS, COMPETITIONS, AND FAIRS. IN 2018, HE TOOK PART IN THE EXHIBITION "SOCIÉTÉ DE CONSOMMATION, DÉSORDRE URBAIN ET POLLUTION" AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY ART IN YAOUNDÉ AND IN 2017. IN 2020, HE WAS PRESENT IN A GROUP EXHIBITION AT THE QUARTIER MOZART IN YAOUNDÉ. THE SAME YEAR, HE IS EXHIBITED BY THE ASSOCIATION RESTART AT THE RESTAURANT LA TERRASSE ALSO IN YAOUNDÉ. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE NATIONAL COMPETITION OF FINE ARTS JEUNES ESPOIRS AND PRESENTED HIS WORKSWORKShops DURING THE EXHIBITION AT DOUAL'ART IN 2018. PAUL ONOBIONO CURRENTLY LIVES AND WORKS IN YAOUNDÉ.