- Pays / Country : Suriname
- Section : Exposition internationale / International Exhibition
Marcel Pinas (né en 1971 à Pelgrimkondre, dans le district de Marowijne au Suriname) est un artiste issu de la communauté Ndyuka. Après une formation au Nola Hatterman Art Institute, dont il sort diplômé en 1990, il poursuit ses études à l’Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts en Jamaïque et participe à plusieurs résidences internationales, notamment à la Rijksakademie à Amsterdam. Son œuvre est portée par le principe Kibri A Kulturu — préserver la culture — et vise à transmettre les savoirs, signes et modes de vie marrons, notamment à travers l’usage de l’écriture Afaka. Il est également fondateur de la Kibii Foundation, qui associe art, formation et développement culturel dans sa région d’origine.
Marcel Pinas (born in 1971 in Pelgrimkondre, Marowijne district, Suriname) is an artist of the Ndyuka community. After training at the Nola Hatterman Art Institute, from which he graduated in 1990, he continued his studies at the Edna Manley College for the Visual and Performing Arts in Jamaica and took part in several international residencies, notably at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. His work is driven by the principle Kibri A Kulturu (preserve the culture) and seeks to transmit Maroon knowledge, signs, and ways of life, notably through the use of the Afaka script. He is also the founder of the Kibii Foundation, which brings together art, training, and cultural development in his home region.