Yemming Charles

YEMMING Charles Hugues is a Cameroonian contemporary artist whose practice explores identity, memory, social justice, resilience, and the human experiences often left unseen. Working primarily through figurative painting and mixed media, he combines expressive gestures, fragmented imagery, layered surfaces, collage, and stitched or reconstructed materials.

His visual language is rooted in the tension between rupture and reconstruction. Torn, burned, fragmented, and repaired surfaces become metaphors for wounds, memory, resistance, and the possibility of rebuilding. His works often explore the body, childhood, gender, education, inequality, and the complex realities of contemporary African societies.

Alongside his studio practice, Yemming works as an art educator in Cameroon. His work has been presented internationally through exhibitions and art events in Nigeria, Brazil, Argentina, Belgium, and Cameroon.

Through painting, he seeks to make invisible stories visible and transform personal and collective experiences into powerful visual narratives.

Self-Taught Artist
Independent artistic practice, research and continuous development in contemporary painting and mixed media.

Festival Yelwata in Maroua 2017,

The University Arts Festival (UNIFAC) 2013

Alliance Franco Cameroon of Dschang 2012

Mutato art festival in Nigeria 2023

INTERCONTINENTAL BIENAL: CROSSING CONTINENTS, Buenos Aires -Argentina 2024

2026- Artiade 2026 (Selected Artist) – Valencia, Spain
2025- Group Exhibition "STEP BY STEP" – Afriklyby Gallery, Maroua (Curated by Markedai Emmanuel)
2025 - Group Exhibition "Cimarron 2025" – Galerie Non Peut Être, Belgium