BIO
Ronald Abdou Ngum Kiloh (b. 1999) is a Cameroonian-born multidisciplinary practitioner whose work emerges through acts of transposition. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Cape Town in 2023. Shaped by overlapping English and French postcolonial legacies, as well as Christian, Islamic, and African Traditional belief systems, his work explores how structures of identity, knowledge, and power move, shift, and are re-read.
Abdou lets each idea take the form it needs. Objects, forms, and experiences are treated as living configurations; spaces for testing, shifting, and encountering rather than resolving. Process, iteration, and relational exchange guide meaning, while hybrid and interactive forms allow engagement to shape experience. His work is guided by curiosity, transposition, and a desire to keep forms active and responsive.
Awards
2026
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Winner of Kartina Mira International Competition for Young Artists.
2023
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Peace Symposium (Art for Peace), Japan Institute Scholarship Award.
2022
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Cecil and Thelma Skotnes Scholarship Award, Michaelis and the Centre for Curating The Archive.
Exhibitions
2026
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Intercontinental Biennal, Group Exhibition, Panama.
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Spier Light Art Exhibition, Group Exhibition, Cape Town.
2025
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Emerging Artists Group Exhibition, by the City of Cape Twon.
2024
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Portraits and Landscapes, Group Exhibition, Youngblood Africa, Cape Town.
2023
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A Home Group Exhibition, Curated by and for Michaelis students, Cape Town.
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Work and Play, Group Exhibition, Youngblood Africa, Cape Town.
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Peace Symposium Group Exhibition (an Art for Peace Commission), Japan Institute, Cape Town.
2019
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Art for Change Event; Kill Fear, Group Exhibition, Yaounde, Cameroon.