“Born in 1982 in Cameroon where he lives and works, the visual artist Yvon NGASSAM has timidly arrived at the visual arts through urban music (producer of beats with his label FREEK’1 Entertainment). His curiosity and his appetite for knowledge in the field of art will gradually lead him to meetings that will change the course of his career. Originally from the western region of Cameroon, he enrolled at the University of Ngaoundéré in the Faculty of Economics and Management (in the northern part of the country) after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics. But some time later, the desire to quench his growing curiosity makes him leave this part of the country and attracts Yvon to elsewhere. Always in search of knowledge but still more, of know-how, Yvon enrolled in the school of self- learning, notably by cumulating the field experiences, in the field of the cinema where he rubs thanks to solicitations outside, on camera, but in a much more professional way. He will make mini-documentaries on nature- building cohabitation with the photographer Hervé DANGLA in Cameroon, shortly before and during the triennale SUD (Salon Urbain de Douala), as part of the “Carnet de Villes” project will lead to more interest in the importance of photography or documentary as a trace of time. The artist expresses herself through photography, video art, sound and sculpture recently. Yvon NGASSAM was part of the official selection of DAK’ART 2018, curated by Simon NJAMI. His work explores several thematic fields, such as memory (in its historical and anthropological aspect), body, space, travel.”
Landry MBASSI