Dominique Zinkpè was born in 1969 in Cotonou in the Republic of Benin. He has participated in numerous exhibitions workshops and residences in Africa, Europe and South America. Zinkpè gained early recognition through the Prix Jeune Talent Africain, awarded to him at the Grapholie in Abidjan in 1993. He went on to win the Prix Umeoa at the Dak'art Biennial, Senegal in 2002. A self-taught artist, Zinkpe's oeuvre is complex and wide ranging, spanning installations, drawings, painting, sculpture and video. There is a restlessness within Zinkpe that prevents him from confining his creative processes to one medium. He is perhaps most well-known for his large scale sculptures, like his 'taxi-brousse' project, where he used painted taxis overloahttp://theauctionroom.com/auctions/9...