William Tagne Njepe


William Tagne Njepe was born in 1983 in Douala (Cameroon). Growing up in a single-parent household with a sick mother, he was forced to work at an early age and eventually had to leave school to help provide for his family for several years before studying fine arts and print making at the Atelier Viking in Douala.

The loss of childhood plays a key role in William Tagne Njepe's art, particularly his current series Enfance volée ("Stolen Childhood"), which denounces child labor and champions the right to education. Exorcising his own experiences of forced labor, Njepe portrays children doing odd jobs, their everyday reality juxtaposed with the bright colors of the background that visualizes a world of dreams filled with cartoon characters and cheerful peers.


Available Works


William Tagne Njepe: Enfance Volée 1993 C 02 (La Petite Anita)

Enfance Volée 1993 C 02 (La Petite Anita)

William Tagne Njepe

2021

Acrylic on canvas

44 9/10 x 57 1/2 in | 114 x 146 cm

William Tagne Njepe: Enfance Volée 1993 C 04

Enfance Volée 1993 C 04

William Tagne Njepe

2021

Acrylic on canvas

55 1/2 x 70 9/10 in | 141 x 180 cm

William Tagne Njepe: Enfance Volée 1993 C 05 (Le Petit Paysan)

Enfance Volée 1993 C 05 (Le Petit Paysan)

William Tagne Njepe

2021

Acrylic on canvas

78 3/8 x 62 3/5 in | 199 x 159 cm

William Tagne Njepe: Enfance Volée 1993 A 36

Enfance Volée 1993 A 36

William Tagne Njepe

2021

Acrylic on canvas

31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in | 80 x 80 cm

William Tagne Njepe: Enfance Volée 1993 A 37

Enfance Volée 1993 A 37

William Tagne Njepe

2021

Acrylic on canvas

31 1/2 x 31 1/2 in | 80 x 80 cm

William Tagne Njepe: Enfance Volée 1993 A 38

Enfance Volée 1993 A 38

William Tagne Njepe

2021

Acrylic on canvas

31 1/2 x 25 3/5 in | 80 x 65 cm

William Tagne Njepe: Enfance Effacée 1993 B 04

Enfance Effacée 1993 B 04

William Tagne Njepe

2020

Acrylic on canvas

63 3/4 x 51 1/8 in | 162 x 130 cm

William Tagne Njepe: Enfance Effacée 1993 B 05

Enfance Effacée 1993 B 05

William Tagne Njepe

2020

Acrylic on canvas

63 3/4 x 51 1/8 in | 162 x 130 cm


Exhibitions & Art Fairs

Enfance volée

Enfance volée

William Tagne Njepe

10 Jun - 31 Jul 2021

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Figures

Figures

Tega Akpokona, Adelaide Damoah, Mbali Dhlamini, William Tagne Njepe, Tim Okamura

18 Jun - 8 Aug 2020

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