Keijsers Koning

Beya Gille Gacha (1990, Paris) is an artist of Cameroonian descent who lives and works in Paris. Following a trip to Cameroon and her motherland, the Grassland region, she discovered the Bamileke beadwork and started producing beaded sculptures inspired by this technique, while mixing references to African classicism and Western art. She draws her inspiration from local “passport masks” to create her artworks, sculptures, and installations with blue-beaded skin, while addressing social themes.  

In 2011 she entered the Ecole du Louvre where she developed her sensitivity to classical African, Global Asian, and Oceanic arts. She sees her artistic practice as an engagement from an intersectional perspective; thus, she created two collectives and curates the exhibition; NÉFE in 2013 and DES GOSSES in 2016. In 2018 her work could be seen at Galleria Nazionale in Rome for the exhibition “Io e un Altro / I is another,” and Kampala Biennale # 3 in the studio of Pascale Martine Tayou, both curated by Simon Njami. This was followed in 2019 with a two person show in Salon Révélations at the Grand Palais with Barthelemy Toguo. She has also exhibited in international events such as 1-54 (New York, 2019); AKAA (Paris, 2017-2018); West Lake Art Fair (Hangzhou, 2017); Manifesta # 12 (Palermo, 2018); Afropunk (Paris, 2019).In July 2019, she participated in the 1st edition of the International Sculpture Biennial of Ouagadougou (BISO), of which she won the 1st prize (Leridon prize) nominated by a jury composed of Abdoulaye Konaté, Soly Cissé, Barthelemy Toguo and Gervanne Leridon. Her work has been acquired by the Smithsonian Museum Of African Art and the World Bank, as well as private collections such as the Léridon collection (Cape Town, Paris), or Imago Mundi by Luciano Benetton (Treviso).  

Beya’s work will be part of the pavillion of Camaroon for the Venice Biennalle 2026.  

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Verónica Gaona (b. 1994) is an American artist of Mexican descent based in Houston. Gaona received an MFA in Studio Art - Photography from the University of Houston. Gaona was awarded the Latinx Fellowship Award (2023), the Chispa Award (2022) by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and Ford Foundation, and the Artadia Award (2021). Gaona attended the International Studio & Curatorial Program in Brooklyn, New York (2024), PAC Residency in Houston (2024), Lawndale Art Residency in Houston (2022- 2023), DUST in Marfa (2019), and School Fine Arts De Nantes Saint-Nazaire in Nantes, France (2019). Gaona has exhibited work at El Museo del Barrio, Burlington City Arts, Lawndale Art Center, Blaffer Art Museum and Museum of Contemporary Art of Tamaulipas. Gaona’s work was featured in the Wyeth Lecture in American Art at the National Gallery of Art, presented by Roberto J. Tejada. In the summer of 2025, Gaona will attend the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Verónica Gaona is a multidisciplinary artist motivated largely by social, cultural, and political changes. Gaona uses salvaged metal from trucks, building materials, and residue along the Rio Grande River to reflect on notions of migration and labor driven by remittances. Considering the voices of displaced communities, Gaona reveals characteristics of diaspora such as opacity, transnationality, and impermanence to reimagine traditional memorialization and social transformation perspectives. Her artwork exists at the intersection of photography, sculpture, installation, and performance, bringing to the foreground spatial issues.  

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Keijsers Koning is an international, contemporary art gallery presenting emerging and established artists. With the gallery's program we like to push the boundaries and create a space that allows for unconventional ideas to be expressed, explored and enjoyed.

Keijsers Koning is proud to have placed the works by their artists in various public and private collections around the world, such as the Dallas Art Museum, TX; Guggenheim Museum, NY; The Bonnefanten Museum, Netherlands; The Kadist Art Foundation, CA and France; The Bunker Artspace, Fl; the Manchester Art Gallery, UK; The Benton Museum of Art, CT; Olin Hall Roanoke, VA; Rollins Museum of Art, FL; the Old Jail Art Center, Albany, TX; and Museo del Barrio, NY.

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