Presentation

Born in 1997 in Douala, Cameroon, Laura Tolen grew up in Douala, Cameroon, before attending the Beaux-Arts de Paris, from which she graduated in 2020. That same year, she took part in the group exhibition ArtuElles Interférences at the Annie Kadji gallery in Douala. Her texts and drawings appear in several publications. She works on the construction and transmission of memory, which she approaches through her preferred media, drawing and oil painting. Drawing on family photos or photos she has taken herself, she reconstructs a half-real, half-fictional family history, juxtaposing in the same space people and places that have never actually rubbed shoulders. This recomposition of memories and past events raises questions about the objectivity and veracity of our memories.