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Visual Artist/Filmmaker
Paris | Ivory Coast
Maureen Douabou is an Ivorian-French multidisciplinary artist born in Abidjan and currently based in Paris. She describes herself as a black woman with opinions and feelings and her works aim at exploring black womanhood(s) through the use of different formats and platforms. Her background in translation and interpretation allows her to communicate different object and concepts to diverse audiences and her work with fabrics, textiles and headwraps translates black women experiences in other art forms. She uses the form and function of headwraps and fabrics as well as installations, videos and short movies to explore, communicate and denounce issues that arise.