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Joël Equagoo :



A Professional Artist and Art Instructor, living and working in Switzerland, Joël Equagoo has always been painting since childhood. He was born in an artist and enterpreneur family. His art ranges from paintings, photography to landart and sculptures. He works with materials from nature, such as stones, wood as also with other materials such as metal, steel, ceramics, and others. He has been producing art in different styles including abstract paintings, Contemporary Art, textured painting, minimalist art and modern paintings for many years now. His work is exhibited on an on-going basis in several galleries and in many private collections.and can be viewed by appointment at our Atelier Gallery made-in-nature in Switzerland. If you have any questions please feel free to contact us. You are welcome.

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As photographer and landart artist he makes installations in nature and creates beautiful objects of art in his own gallery. He works with materials from nature, such as stones, wood as also with other materials such as metal, steel, ceramics, and others. Joël Equagoo, born in Togo, Westafrica, 1970, studied building design and today he is an internationally renowned and confirmed landart artist from Switzerland. He is listed on artprice.com. Since 1996 he has been living and working as an artist in Solothurn, Switzerland with his family. His work initially became popular through his stone art projects in Switzerland - Solothurn, Geneva, Zurich and the neighboring countries, such as Italy (Toscana), France and Germany as well as Netherlands, Great Britain, London, and in the USA, China and South Corea. 
In 2019 he was the winner of the prestigious prize "Artist Instructor of the Year 2018/2019" by LTG AWARDS (Luxury Travel Guide Awards). 


His homepage www.natur-kunst.ch is desplaying the range of his artwork. Feel welcome.


To commission this artist, or to ask any questions, please contact the artist Joël Equagoo through his website : https://natur-kunst.ch and use the contact form. Thank you.



Recent Solo Exhibitions


Artist Designer at Art Gallery Made-in-nature Switzerland
Artist & graduated nature pedagogue from Art Education ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften, Switzerland
Workshops : various projects in Solothurn, Switzerland, in Europe and International
- Landart - Events in nature for children and adults.
- Music Workshops in schools ( cantonal )
- Musicals with children
- Landart Workshops with companies and their staff ( i.e. UBS, Credit Suisse, International Airport Grenchen, ... etc. )
- non - formal educator of young people at schools

• 2010 - 2019 regularly various art projects as solo artist and in group exhibitions, as well as art instructor and nature pedagogue

                       of several workshops per year with kids, adults and business firms
                       He is exhibiting  regularly at 8 international exhibition per year.


2020 Exhibition at the International Butterfly Festival, Switzerland  (BAG )

2019 Exhibition at the International SwissArtExpo2019, ARTBOX GROUPS Project, Zürich, Switzerland

2019 Exhibition at the International Butterfly Festival, Switzerland 

2019 International contempory art fair Toulouse France.

2019 instructor art garden academy, Gartenhaus Wyss, Switzerland

2018 instructor art garden academy, Gartenhaus Wyss, Switzerland

2018  Exhibition at the International Butterfly Festival, Switzerland

2017 instructor art garden academy, Gartenhaus Wyss, Switzerland

2017 Exhibition Gallery Kunstnachmaß, Berlin

2017 Exhibition Gallery Sheriban Türkmen, Berlin

2016 Exhibition  Personal exhibition, Neuvecell, France

2016 Exhibition  Group Exhibition, ArtCrasher, Venice, CA

2016 Exhibition Galerie Regard, Sainte Maxime, France.

2015 Exhibition Group Online Exhibition, Upstream People Gallery "16th Ann. Judeo-Christian Juried Online International Exhibition"

2015 Exhibition Grand Salon, Bad Säckingen, Germany

2015 Exhibition Group Exhibition, ArtProtagonist, Padova, Italy

2014 Exhibition multimedia poros museum,condeixa municipio,portugal.

2014 Exhibition Fondo International de Pintura, Barselona

2014 Exhibition Exhibition Hall NSHU Simferopol

2013 Exhibition ExpArt, via Borghi 80, Bibbiena

2013 Exhibition Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition

2013 Exhibition group exhibition of the Cracow Art Salon,

2012 Exhibition galerie Nero Wiesbaden Germany

2012 Exhibition Affordable Art Fair - Hampstead, London

2012 Exhibition Affordable Art Fair - Battersea, London

2011 Exhibition  Ken's Art Gallery Firenze

2011 Exhibition Crescent Hill Gallery

2011 Exhibition Art Gallery of Hamilton

2010 Projekt Workshop , Stiftung Horizonte, Reformierte Kirche Solothurn

2009 Landart Workshop Kuoni Reisen, Toskana, Italien

2009 Projekt Landart 300 Schulkinder, Wildbach Schulhaus, CH-Solothurn

2009 Projekt Event Papilliorama Gartencenter Wyss, CH - Zuchwil

2009 Projekt Ausstellung Tourismus Center Kanton Solothurn, CH - Solothurn

2008 Projekt Ausstellung Cucina Arte, CH - Solothurn

2008 Projekt Workshop Hohenlinde, Solothurn, Schweiz
2008 Projekt Ausstellung Altersheim Wengistein, CH - Solothurn
2007 Ausstellung Hotel Ambassador Roten Turm, Solothurn, Schweiz
2007 Projekt Globo 21, Teil 1, Mallorca, Spanien

2006 Project " Einsiedelei Verenaschlucht " , Kanton Solothurn,
Switzerland : "Jeder Stein hat seine Geschichte " by Joel Equagoo



Recent Group Exhibitions


2019 Exhibition at the International SwissArtExpo2019, ARTBOX GROUPS Project, Zürich, Switzerland

2018   Exhibition at the gallery Mega Art, Corchiano, Rome, Italy

2018   Exhibition at Monaco with VIFAF International

2017   Amsterdam International Art Fair, Netherlands

2017  Exhibition at the MUBA, Basel, Switzerland

2017 international exhibition at Gallerique , Chicago, IL 60654, USA

2017 international photo exhibition contest , England

2016-2017 international exhibition catawiki.com , Netherland

2016-2017 international exhibition at artprice.com , St Romain-auMt dOr-France



Contests


2018/19 – LTG AWARD for "Artist Instructor of the Year 2018/2019"




Recent Press


  • LTG Luxury Travel Guide „Art Instructor of the Year“ Award 2018/2019, 2019 https://twitter.com/LuxuryTravGuide

    2018 Honorable Mention LTG Luxury Travel Guide „Art Instructor of the
    Year“ Award 2018/2019

  • 2018 chosen artist for VIFAF Virtual Fine Art Fair Monaco (Monte Carlo), 2018 https://issuu.com/vifaf/docs/vifaf/2?ff

    2018 chosen artist for VIFAF Virtual Fine Art Fair Monaco (Monte Carlo)

    File for “2018 chosen artist for VIFAF Virtual Fine Art Fair Monaco (Monte Carlo)” (JPG)
  • 2010 Honorable Mention „Kopf der Woche“, Solothurner Zeitung, Solothurn, Switzerland, 2010 https://natur-kunst.ch/gallery/press-release

    2010 Honorable Mention „Kopf der Woche“, Solothurner Zeitung,
    Solothurn, Switzerland

    File for “2010 Honorable Mention „Kopf der Woche“, Solothurner Zeitung, Solothurn, Switzerland” (JPG)
  • 1 Design – Fingerring Hague Registration - WIPO Hague, 2004

    1 Design – Fingerring Hague Registration - WIPO Hague
    Patent date Issued Jan 21, 2004 Patent issuer and number ch International Registration Number DM/065 374

    Patent description ringis production GmbH
    21.01.2004. 1 Design – Fingerring. Komla Dzodzoe Equagoo, Bielstrasse 108, 4500 Solothurn. Beschreibung des Designs: Der etwas andere Fingerschmuck!

    Cl. 11-01 130 446 21.01.2004
    1 Design – Fingerring
    Komla Dzodzoe Equagoo, Bielstrasse 108, 4500 Solothurn
    Beschreibung des Designs: Der etwas andere Fingerschmuck!
    Ideal für Sportler:
    z.B. für Tennisspieler, Uni-Hockeyspieler, Basketballspieler,
    Volley-Ballspieler, Handballspieler, Ballspieler aller Art sowie
    für Gewichtheber oder für das Training im Fitness-Center.
    • Guter Griff beim Ball fangen und werfen
    • Schweisshemmend und -absorbierend
    • Schützt vor Blasenbildung

    See patent 1 Design – Fingerring Hague Registration - WIPO Hague See patent


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