Tollman Award for the Visual Arts - 2018.

Thierry Oussou Wins the 14th Tollman Award for the Visual Arts

Described as a ‘social archaeologist’, Thierry Oussou, born 1988 in Allada, Benin, uses various media to reflect on complexities and curiosities from the perspective of a constant traveller between spaces and across continents. He received the 14th Tollman Award for the Visual Arts for his widely acknowledged work.

https://www.contemporaryand.com/magazines/the-14th-tollman-award-for-the-visual-arts-has-been-awarded-to-thierry-oussou/

From Archeological Methods to Contemporary Art: Interview in C& by Julie Abricot

10th Berlin Biennale Special

From Archeological Methods to Contemporary Art

With C&’s Julie Abricot, the painter Thierry Oussou explains why his work for the 10th Berlin Biennale is a piece of contemporary remembrance and why we don't need more heroes.

https://www.contemporaryand.com/fr/magazines/from-archeological-methods-to-contemporary-art-thierry-oussou-berlin-biennale/

10th Berlin Biennale - Impossible Is Nothing (archaeological project)

Thierry Oussou: Impossible is Nothing.

DW Tv.

https://www.dw.com/en/10th-berlin-biennale-turns-world-history-on-its-head/av-44140133

Interview in Studio International by ANNA McNAY.

Thierry Oussou: ‘I would like the discourse that I am developing in my work to educate people – to make them think differently’.

https://www.studiointernational.com/index.php/thierry-oussou-i-would-like-to-make-people-think-differently

Interview in The guardian: Watch the throne: why artist Thierry Oussou faked an archaeological dig. By Dale Berning Sawa.

Thierry Oussou // The guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/09/thierry-oussou-faked-archaeological-dig-african-art-colonial-looting?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other