So Aguessy Raboteur

So Aguessy Raboteur (born December 5, 1988) is an artist and designer who graduated from the Écoles Supérieures de Beaux-Arts in Le Mans and Le Havre where she studied art, graphic design, and space design. Born to a Franco-Beninese mother and a Guadeloupean father, her inspirations draw their sources directly from the history of her origins. Through her portraits, she seeks to question her multicultural heritage.

In 2016, she started her career by being selected to participate in the Contemporary Art Fair Pool Art Fair in Guadeloupe.

In 2017 she went to New York to exhibit at the “Clio Art fair” contemporary art fair. Then in 2018 she was selected to participate in the “Éclats d’îles” exhibition in Paris where Lilian Thuram and Kareen Giuock will acquire one of her paintings. In 2018, she received the Youth Trophy in the Culture category from the City of Petit-Bourg. In 2022 she exhibits in Saint-Malo during the Route du Rhum at the Pavilion of the Islands of Guadeloupe to represent Guadeloupean art. She exhibits in Guadeloupe,

in Paris, New York, Portugal and Martinique.

So defines his art as Graphic'art, which is the combination of digital techniques, painting, and illustration (drawing). A juxtaposition of techniques, representing the interconnections of his multicultural heritage. “If no one asks me, then I know who I am!” » Edouard Glissant

ARTISTIC TRAINING

2015 Niv DNSEP Higher National Diploma in Plastic Expression,

Graphic Design option at the ESADHaR Higher School of Art and Design

Le Havre-Rouen (Master)

2013 DNAP National Diploma in Plastic Art, Space Design option

at the TALM Le Mans Higher School of Art and Design (Bachelor’s degree)

2011 Preparatory to Higher Arts Schools, L’Initiative Paris

2009 AMA Professional Baccalaureate in Artistic Crafts,

Visual Communication option

2007 CAP Graphic Execution Designer