# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meschac-gaba
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:01:20.038Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meschac-gaba"
name: "Meschac Gaba"
slug: "meschac-gaba"
description: "Meschac Gaba is a Beninese conceptual artist based in Rotterdam and Cotonou. His installations of everyday objects whimsically juxtapose African and Western cultural identities and commerce. He is best known for The Museum of Contemporary African Art 1997–2002, an autobiographical 12-room installation acquired and displayed by the Tate Modern in 2013. He has also exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem and at the 2003 Venice Biennale."
tagline: "Beninese conceptual artist (born 1961)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1961"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.206696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://stevenson.info/artist/meschac-gaba/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ميستشاك جابا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
    title: "Meschac Gaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
    title: "Meschac Gaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
    title: "Meschac Gaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
    title: "Meschac Gaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
    title: "Meschac Gaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
    title: "Meschac Gaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
    title: "Meschac Gaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
    title: "Meschac Gaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
    title: "Meschac Gaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1376761"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump