DESIGN & CULTURAL PRACTICE
MULTIDISCIPLINARY DESIGNER AND CULTURAL PRACTITIONER NAVIGATING THE INTERSECTIONS OF HERITAGE, MEMORY, AND DESIGN. RESOURCEFUL AND ADAPTABLE, I CREATE WORK THAT FOSTERS KNOWLEDGE TRANSMISSION AND CULTURAL DIALOGUE.
EDUCATION
CONSERVATOIRE NATIONAL DES ARTS ET MÉTIERS (CNAM), PARIS | 2020–2021
MASTER’S DEGREE IN DESIGN, PROJECT, TRANSDISCIPLINARITY
RESIDENCY AT MOBILIER NATIONAL.
ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS APPLIQUÉS BOULLE, PARIS | 2018–2020
ADVANCED DIPLOMA IN APPLIED ARTS, PRODUCT DESIGN – HIGH HONORS
ÉCOLE SUPÉRIEURE DES ARTS APPLIQUÉS BOULLE, PARIS | 2016–2018
HIGHER TECHNICAL DIPLOMA (BTS) IN PRODUCT DESIGN
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AHOMÉ, PARIS | 10.2021 – PRESENT
FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
ARTISTIC DIRECTION FOR CREATIVE INDUSTRIES OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA.
WEAREAHOME.COM
UNION DE LA JEUNESSE INTERNATIONALE, PARIS | 01.2025 – 07.2025
FREELANCE PROGRAMMING COORDINATOR
DESIGNED AND COORDINATED THE CULTURAL PROGRAM OF THE 2025 POP-UP GRAND STORE. MANAGED EVENTS, PARTNERSHIPS, AND PROJECT EXECUTION.
AGEN-C, PARIS
& ANOTHER A STORY, PARIS | 03.2023 / 08–10.2022
FREELANCE PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
OVERSAW POP-UP STORE PROJECTS FOR SUPERGOOP & DRUNK ELEPHANT (SEPHORA ACTIVATIONS).
MAISON INTÈGRE, PARIS | 10.2021 – 01.2023
FREELANCE STUDIO MANAGER
CREATED GRAPHIC MATERIALS, EXECUTED LAYOUTS, MOCK-UPS, AND PRODUCTION. MANAGED INTERNAL DOCUMENTS, STOCK, AND LOGISTICS.MAISONINTEGRE.COM
ATELIER DES GRIOTS, BENIN | 06–10.2019
PRODUCT DESIGNER INTERN
PROJECT IDEATION AND CONCEPT CREATION.
PORTEGO, ITALY | 05–07.2017
PRODUCT DESIGNER INTERN
PROJECT IDEATION AND CONCEPT CREATION.
CULTURAL PRACTICE
“LA FABRIQUE À SIGNES”
UNION DE LA JEUNESSE INTERNATIONALE, PARIS | 07.2025
CREATOR & FACILITATOR
INTRODUCTION TO TYPOGRAPHIC DRAWING THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE CREATION OF AN ALPHABET.
“SWEET MOTHER I’LL NEVER FORGET YOU”,
Ô LÉONIE, PARIS |05.2025
CREATOR & FACILITATOR
TEXTILE CUSTOMIZATION WORKSHOP HONORING MATERNAL FIGURES.
“STUDIO PHOTO 50X50”,
UNION DE LA JEUNESSE INTERNATIONALE, PARIS | 01–02.2025
MEDIATOR
GUIDED TOURS AND TALKS AROUND THE EXHIBITION.
”HERITAGE DAYS”,
GALERIES LAFAYETTE CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES, PARIS | 09.2024
MEDIATOR
GUIDED TOURS ON THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF GALERIES LAFAYETTE CHAMPS-ÉLYSÉES, IN COLLABORATION WITH MARIANNE INTERNATIONALE.
“ONIDIRI, COIFFER NOS HISTOIRES”,
UNION DE LA JEUNESSE INTERNATIONALE, PARIS | 06.2023
CREATOR & FACILITATOR
GRAPHIC MEDIATION WORKSHOP WHERE STORIES ARE TRANSFORMED INTO GRAPHIC SYMBOLS. SYMBOLS ARE THEN COMPOSED, LAYERED, AND REINTERPRETED TO CREATE NARRATIVE HAIRSTYLES.
“CHHNAM”
ARTISANS D’ANGKOR, CAMBODIA–PARIS | 09.2018 – 03.2019
DESIGNER & FACILITATOR
DEVELOPED A COLLECTION OF SCREEN-PRINTED SILK SCARVES.
“SIGHT HUB”
WANTED DESIGN CHALLENGE, NEW YORK | 05.2019
DESIGNER & FACILITATOR
CREATED AN INSTALLATION EXPLORING THE ARCHITECTURAL THEORY OF OPEN FORM, IN COLLABORATION WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND DESIGNERS (FRANCE, EL SALVADOR, MEXICO, CHINA, POLAND, USA).
“LÉVITER”
MOBILIER NATIONAL, PARIS | 04.2019
DESIGNER & FACILITATOR
SCENARIO DESIGN AND SPATIAL PLANNING FOR A SHUTTLE CONNECTING THE FIRST THREE PARISIAN ARRONDISSEMENTS
ACHIEVEMENTS
PANORAMA PANAFRICA
OPEN ARCHIVE, PARIS | 05.2025
CREATOR & COORDINATOR
FOUNDED AND COORDINATED A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM FOR SHARING THESES AND DISSERTATIONS BY AFRO-DESCENDANT DESIGNERS, PROMOTING VISIBILITY AND EXCHANGE AROUND PAN-AFRICAN DESIGN.
PALABRES!
LA MAISON DE LA CONVERSATION, PARIS | 10.2024
FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
CREATED AND LED A CULTURAL EVENT BRINGING TOGETHER ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, AND ICC PROFESSIONALS THROUGH CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, AND PERFORMANCES. DESIGNED THE PROGRAM AND COORDINATED ALL PARTICIPANTS, PARTNERS, AND MEDIATION ACTIVITIES, IN COLLABORATION WITH KBR MEDIA.
WHAT’S UP AFRICA?
L’ASCENSEUR BASTILLE, PARIS | 12.2023
CURATOR
ORGANIZED A POP-UP SALE OF DESIGN OBJECTS AND VISUAL ARTS PRODUCED BY EMERGING AFRO-DESCENDANT AND CREOLE ARTISTS.
WE ARE AHOMÉ, PARIS | 11.2023
FOUNDER
ESTABLISHED A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION (LOI 1901) TO CONNECT, PROMOTE, AND SUPPORT AFRO-DESCENDANT AND CREOLE CREATORS AND DESIGNERS. @WE-ARE-AHOME
TRANSMISSIONS
UNION DE LA JEUNESSE INTERNATIONALE, PARIS | 07.2023
CURATOR
CURATED A COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION SHOWCASING 11 DESIGNERS EXPLORING, REPRESENTING, AND QUESTIONING AFRO-DESCENDANT AND CREOLE DIASPORIC NARRATIVES THROUGH DESIGN.