Biografia Joël Mpah Dooh nasce in Camerun nel 1956. Lavora e risiede a Douala. Studia Belle Arti ad Amiens in Francia. Partecipa a numerose mostre sia personali che collettive in Camerun, Austria, Senegal, Francia, Cuba, Libano, Stati Uniti e Kenya, suscitando interesse nella critica internazionale.
Tematiche I lavori di Joël Mpah Dooh, pitture e tecniche miste, sono ispirati alla sua terra. Le opere sono caratterizzate da carte, ferro, tele unite alla terra, colori, argilla, gesso e incisioni.
Esposizioni 2008 After taste, solo exhibition, Afronova Gallery, Johannesburg (Sudafrica) Joburg scene, thee-man show, Bag Factory, Johannesburg As you like it, group show, Johannesburg Art Fair, Sandton Convention Center, Johannesburg
2007 Eclipse, solo exhibition, Maisons Follies, Maubeuge (Francia) Eclipse, solo exhibition, Fondation Jean Paul Blachère, Apt (Francia) Ba Mama, two man show with Goddy Leye, Bonendale, Douala Pistes africaines, solo exhibition, Les Chantiers de la Lune, La Seyne sur Mer (Francia)
2006 Just to say hello..., solo exhibition, Afronova Gallery, Johannesburg Rendez-vous, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala Reves croisees, group show, Ateliers des Tanneurs, Brussels (Belgio)
2005 Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Théâtre de la ville en bois, La Rochelle (Francia) Les galeries plastiques itinérantes, Ouagadougou, Bamako, Lome, Niamey, Accra, Dakar Group show, Intemporel Gallery, Parigi National Black Fine Art Show, solo exhibition, Noël Gallery, New York
2004 Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Noël Gallery, Charlotte (U.S.A.) Moi est un autre, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala Group show, McColl Center for visual arts, Charlotte Group show, Dakar Biennale, Atiss Gallery, Dakar Animismes, group show, Da Vinci Gallery, Nice
2003 Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Maison Française de Nairobi Recto-Verso, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala Scénographie Urbaine, group show, Mam Gallery, Douala
2002 Djé Mo-Yé, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala, Group show, Dakar Biennale, Atiss Gallery, Dakar
2001 Voyage a travers le rêve et la mémoire, solo exhibition, National Museum, Yaoundé Lines of Connection, group show, Mam Gallery, Douala
2000 Group show, 7th Havana Biennale, Havana L'Afrique a Jour, Ten years of Dakar Biennale, group show, Lille (Francia)
1999 Sans Titre, solo exhibition, Mam Gallery, Douala
1998 Couleurs du Cameroun, solo exhibition, Le Nautilus, Nantes Nanga Def, solo exhibition, Musée d'Art Africain de l'IFAN, Dakar
1997 Les couleurs de la différence, two-man show, Mam Gallery, Douala
Bibliografia Rivista, AA.VV, Revue Noir N° 13, 1994, Jean Loup Pivin Editor
Altri progetti
Collegamenti esterni Sito Revue Noir N°13 (http://www.revuenoire.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45%3Arevue-noire-nd13-engl&catid=7%3AMagazine&Itemid=4&lang=en) Sito Afronova (https://web.archive.org/web/20100814142331/http://www.afronova.com/Joel-Mpah-Dooh.html) Sito Eternal (http://www.eternalnetwork.org/scenographiesurbaines/index.php?cat=joel ) Sito Residence in artists (http://www.mccollcenter.org/artists-in-residence/alumni/123/joel-mpah-dooh )