King Houndekpinkou

Place: Montreuil

Born: 1987

Biography:

King Houndekpinkou is a Franco-Beninese ceramicist born in Montreuil, France in 1987. He is based in Paris and works in France, Benin, and Japan. Houndekpinkou's fascination with Japanese culture began in childhood, and he first traveled to Japan in 2012. His work often combines ancestral pottery traditions with elements of Japanese culture and video games. Houndekpinkou has been an IAC member since 2019.