{
 "id": "meschac-gaba-72b5b8e8",
 "name": "Meschac Gaba",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": "Beninese artist",
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "72b5b8e8-2da7-43e7-8e0c-c8963e1d5160"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q1376761"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000117584397"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "Meschac Gaba"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Benin",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "72b5b8e8-2da7-43e7-8e0c-c8963e1d5160",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "1f72ee74-2d3f-3a40-846b-e3d780b73dd2"
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1961-02-28",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "72b5b8e8-2da7-43e7-8e0c-c8963e1d5160",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1961",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "precision": "year",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Benin",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "72b5b8e8-2da7-43e7-8e0c-c8963e1d5160",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "1f72ee74-2d3f-3a40-846b-e3d780b73dd2"
    },
    {
     "value": "Cotonou",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q43595",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Benin",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q962",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "BJ",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "72b5b8e8-2da7-43e7-8e0c-c8963e1d5160",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Beninese conceptual artist (born 1961)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14"
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "conceptual artist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q21550489",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "artist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q483501",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "visual artist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q3391743",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "photographer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q33231",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "sculptor",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q1281618",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "painter",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q1028181",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "graphic designer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q627325",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "installation artist",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q1376761",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-14",
     "ref": "Q18074503",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/37136854"
  },
  {
   "kind": "biography",
   "url": "http://www.stevenson.info/artist/meschac-gaba/biography"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://stevenson.info/artist/meschac-gaba/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "https://www.museumofcontemporaryafricanart.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb14445777z"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://d-nb.info/gnd/123842123"
  },
  {
   "kind": "social network",
   "url": "https://www.facebook.com/meschac.gaba"
  },
  {
   "kind": "social network",
   "url": "https://www.pinterest.com/sztukaafryki/meschac-gaba/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1376761"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meschac_Gaba"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/meschac-gaba-72b5b8e8",
  "cite_as": "Meschac Gaba, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/meschac-gaba-72b5b8e8",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-04T113007",
    "date": "2026-11-04",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-05T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-05",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-06T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-06",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-07T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-07",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-08T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-08",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-09T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-09",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-10T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-10",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-11T113008",
    "date": "2026-11-11",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-12T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-12",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-13T113004",
    "date": "2026-11-13",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-14T113006",
    "date": "2026-11-14",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}