Kiki Bokassa is an autodidact conceptual artist, with a 2 years Bachelor background in Sociology and most renowned for her work in the figurative art genre. Her showpiece is tailored to distinctive environments, in a constant effort to highlight the conditions of less fortunate actors in society.
Born in Paris in 1975, Kiki moved to Beirut during her childhood where she grew up in the midst of the civil war. Since her first thematic exhibition in the late 1990’s, her paintings have been received with great interest from experts, and became part of private collections in the Middle East, Europe and the United States of America. Presently, she is working on an upcoming collective exhibition to be held at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.
Bokassa is also a writer and an active member in society who is directly involved in various humanitarian causes to which she devotes much of her time. On the other hand she is the acting president and co-founder of VAPA (Visual & Performing Arts Association), whose main mission is to promote the use of art for positive social change. Not to mention that the Beiruti cultural space previously called “Roof 68″ known for its multidisciplinary art workshops and exhibitions such as “The House of Frida”, was also one of Kiki’s main occupations for the past two years.
In April 2009, Kiki presented an event entitled ‘72 hrs’ in Beirut, an immersive art marathon in which she painted during 72 hours non-stop for art as a peaceful form of expression in self-imposed incarceration. Although the daunting task made her reach the limit of what is humanly possible, she persisted in achieving her objective, and ‘72 hrs’ went on to become a truly universal and inspirational artistic happening that got the attention of more than 30 international media outlets and was diffused in not less than 74 countries.
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Twitter & LinkedIn: @Kikibokassa / kbokassa@gmail.com / studio address: studio68-bardawil bldg,3rd floor,sioufi ashrafieh beirut,lebano / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiki_Bokassa
| August 2008 – March 2009 |
Public Relations Deputy - 6eme Jeux de la Francophonie | UNESCO | Lebanon |
| March 2007- March 2008 |
Art Trainer & Educator - Un Ponte Per (Italian NGO) & Aid Lebanon (local NGO) |
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Introduce to children & volunteers different forms of art | rehabilitate two cultural centers located in the south of Lebanon (Deir Qanun & Houla) where sessions were held every weekend. |
| March 2009-2012 |
Finger-painting workshop - Roof 68 and Studio68 | Achrafieh | Beirut | Lebanon |
| Autumn 2008 |
Concept creator and executor of “The Colors of my Identity”, the social demonstration and artistic activity including a sculpture, poem and other forms of expression created for the needs of children of Lebanese women, held during Arab Child’s Day for CRTD NGO in martyr square and the municipality social center in Sin-il Fil, Beirut, Lebanon. |
| Summer 2008 |
A thematic (holidays during summer time) art workshop held to support the children’s freedom of expression through art and culture in the cultural centers of the areas mostly affected by national conflicts, executed in Bent Jbeil under the patronage of UNICEF. |
| Summer 2008 |
Assisted children by holding two intensive training sessions including a fashion design contest held at The Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon and the selected artwork was executed by Maison Rabih Keyrouz, Lebanon. |
| Spring 2008 |
Concept creator and executor of “The Ideal City”, a recycling and training workshop and public exhibition for social workers working with Cric (Italian NGO), held in South Lebanon. |
| Autumn 2007 |
Participation in START Artist-Educator Training Workshop held in cooperation with Lebanon’s British Council, a British NGO program which exists to give art to children in need, where practicing artists internationally established are asked to teach their passion and skills via 90 minute workshops. The workshops were part of an art curriculum which led to an exhibition and catalogue at the time of the annual Art Fair in Dubai. Workshop was hosted at Zico House, Beirut, Lebanon. |
| Spring 2007 |
British Embassy art workshop organized by Urban Art. My role consisted in briefing & guiding a group of 10, during their 1st artwork practice. Recycling and mixed media were the themes I chose to introduce, ideas were applied on canvas. DEK Country Club, Beit Merry, Lebanon. |
Springs of
200520062007 |
Creator and executor of “Paint for Peace” and “Paint for the Environment”, two artistic free of charge fundraising, cultural mobile workshops for youngsters who wish to express themselves through art, a project executed in public spaces in coordination with the municipalities. |
Winter 2000
Spring 2000
Summer 2000 |
Creator of a home workshop to assist children
between the ages of 5-10 develop their creative skills through the recycling of old objects and used material.Ashrafieh, Fassouh, Motran Attalah St., Matta & Debbas Bldg., 5th Fl., Beirut, Lebanon. |
| Springs of 2006, 07, 08, 09,10 |
Lebanon’s Ministry of Culture – story telling & drawing activity in public libraries & schools located in different regions in Lebanon held on the occasion of national reading week. |
| Spring 2006 |
God Mother of the “Club Afrique”, recently founded at Saint Joseph University. Deployed a great effort to organize a festival entitled: “ Festival Afrique” at the Human Sciences Campus which main goal was to collect donations for an aid program elaborated by the UNICEF to help the children of Africa, mainly those of the Ivory Coast. |
| Winter 2006 |
CCCL World Cancer Day Drawing Contest. Collaboration for Workshop Organization |
| Summer 2004 |
Weekly assistance for the children of the Children’s Cancer Center of Lebanon (CCCL) for the production of handicrafts and drawings that appear in the book “Let me tell you a story”. |
| Extracurricular activities Participated in several Socio Cultural workshops among them are: Cultural and Social Entrepreneurship Workshops-Business Management Workshops held by the Berytech and the British Council- Creative Economy Forum held by the European Union- Policy, Reform and Governance Trainings held by the Ministry of Social Affair and Ministry of Interior. |
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| 2011 |
Jury Member for the Credit Card Design Competition
BLOM Bank |
| 2009 |
Jury Member at Père Afif Osseyran Foundation
Drawing Contest – Roumiye Jail Young Inmates |
| 2006 |
Jury Member at The Chronic Care Center
Accu-Check – I.A.C Theme: Diabetes and School |
| 2006 |
Jury Member at The CCCL’s Art Contest held on World Cancer Day Theme: Me, My family and Cancer |
| 2005 |
Jury Member at The Chronic Care Center
Accu-Check 2005 International Art Contest -Theme: Diabetes |
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