FINALIST OF THE ELLIPSE PRIZE 2024
Marcel Kpoho
Born in 1988 in Porto-Novo, Benin, Marcel Kpoho is a self-taught painter and sculptor who gives a second life to tires.
Marcel Kpoho
finalist of the ellipse prize
dedicated to Benin
Marcel Kpoho has first taught mathematics before devoting himself to his artistic practice.
Committed to the environmental cause, he gives a second life to used tires to create unique artworks, sometimes monumental appropriating the space.
Working with the matter to face contemporary challenges
By using this non-biodegradable matter, which is omnipresent in the African urban landscape, Marcel Kpoho calls the spectator to deal with ecological issues facing the humanity.
According to the artist, the tire symbolizes “the black man strenght gradually replaced by rubber”.
