Franky Amete

Franky Amete is a contemporary Tembé artist whose work explores the connections between memory, transmission, and creation. Through painting, sculpture, and installation, he develops a visual language grounded in the principles of tembé art, which he integrates into a resolutely contemporary practice.
His work does not seek to reproduce inherited forms, but rather to extend a living tradition by opening it up to new media, new scales, and new spaces. Patterns become structures, and intertwining elements organize the compositions, while the dialogue between solid and void, light and matter, builds a personal visual vocabulary.
Each work is conceived as a meeting place where heritage, creativity, and a contemporary perspective intersect. Whether he’s working with wood, metal, or paint, Franky Amete pursues the same goal: to create a dialogue between traditional knowledge and contemporary forms, without reducing tradition to a folkloric representation.
This approach naturally extends to the transmission of knowledge through TEMBOX, Franky’s workshop, where he has created a space for creation, sharing, and experimentation. Artistic practice there becomes a space for exchange between generations, regions, and cultures.
His work thus affirms that Tembé art is a living language, capable of evolving, reinventing itself, and engaging with the challenges of contemporary creation.