Simonet Biokou is a Vodou artist based in Porto Novo, Benin, where Vodou (or Voodoo) is an official religion. Biokou is noted for using scrap metals, bolts, and springs, which he uses mainly to make metal works of Voodoo gods. The artist has frequently exhibited in Africa, Europe, and Canada and he’s the only African Biokou sculptor exhibited at the Contemporary Art Museum of Liège.