Born in 1976, Gilles DUSABE is a Rwandan-Swiss artist, living and working between Kigali (Rwanda) and Geneva (Switzerland).
Trained at the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland and then at the Kitakyushu CCA in Japan and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, he changes materials and forms of expression according to his inspiration, choosing the appropriate medium for each work, the one that will suit his concept best.
He derives his inspiration from striking encounters, upsetting experiences, disturbing realities or shocking news. These everyday life events feed his permanent reflections on issues such as personal freedom, social justice, equity, tolerance or human rights, pathways that eventually give rise to challenging works which seldom leave the spectator indifferent.
Over the years, his works have steered a course between photography, video, sculpture, painting and installations, with always in the background, this desire to question our perception of the world. However he also likes to consider himself a storyteller of his time and a guardian of the collective memory.