Serge Mouangue
Cameroonian-born artist and designer based in Paris, France.
Serge Mouangue is a Cameroonian born designer and artist, based in Paris, France. He has worked in various design fields and is known for his series of Japanese/Cameroonian art pieces, from which he has gained notoriety in the art world. His art style is based upon ideas of shared belonging, identity, and the similarities between cultures.
Early life and education
Mouangue was born in Yaoundé, Cameroon. When Mouangue was young, his parents moved their family to Paris. The family moved into a disadvantaged Parisian suburb, inhabited mostly by immigrants. Mouangue's father wanted him to become a judge or engineer, but eventually accepted Mouangue's choice to develop his creative talent. Mouangue later attended schools for interior and industrial design. As part of his course at the ENSCI in Paris, he travelled to Australia on a placement year. There he met and worked with Nobel Prize winning architect Glen Murcutt.
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