I am a Benin-based digital art consultant, illustrator and graphic designer with over a decade of experience creating visuals for books, educational materials, and social impact projects. Passionate about storytelling through images, I collaborate with NGOs, publishers, and schools to deliver engaging, accessible visuals that educate and inspire. I thrive in multilingual, multicultural teams and enjoy transforming complex ideas into vivid, approachable artwork. Outside client work, I mentor young artists, develop community art projects, and explore experimental illustration and visual storytelling to push creative boundaries while remaining grounded in social impact and education.…

Sourou Albert OKE

I am a Benin-based digital art consultant, illustrator and graphic designer with over a decade of experience creating visuals for books, educational materials, and social impact projects. Passionate about storytelling through images, I collaborate with NGOs, publishers, and schools to deliver engaging, accessible visuals that educate and inspire. I thrive in multilingual, multicultural teams and enjoy transforming complex ideas into vivid, approachable artwork. Outside client work, I mentor young artists, develop community art projects, and explore experimental illustration and visual storytelling to push creative boundaries while remaining grounded in social impact and education.…

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I am a Benin-based digital art consultant, illustrator and graphic designer with over a decade of experience creating visuals for books, educational materials, and social impact projects. Passionate about storytelling through images, I collaborate with NGOs, publishers, and schools to deliver engaging, accessible visuals that educate and inspire. I thrive in multilingual, multicultural teams and enjoy transforming complex ideas into vivid, approachable artwork.

Outside client work, I mentor young artists, develop community art projects, and explore experimental illustration and visual storytelling to push creative boundaries while remaining grounded in social impact and education.

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Work Experience

Professeur d’art plastique at Bambineraie
February 1, 2026 - Present
Enseignement et formation en arts plastiques pour les jeunes enfants.
Professeur d’art plastique at TCI Bénin
February 1, 2026 - Present
Animation d’ateliers et cours d’art plastique pour les élèves.
Illustrator at VAY EDITION (France)
August 1, 2025 - Present
Contrat d’illustration de livre (réalisation de bande dessinée).
Illustrator / Comic Artist at VAY EDITION (France)
January 1, 2025 - Present
Réalisation de bandes dessinées pour édition Vay.
Boîte à image illustrator at PEACE - ONG
October 1, 2025 - Present
Réalisation de boîtes à image pour projets éducatifs et de sensibilisation.
Illustrateur at Structure française (ComeUp)
September 1, 2024 - Present
Illustration de livres pour enfants.
Illustrator / Visual designer at JISTNA
July 1, 2022 - July 1, 2024
Illustrations et visuels pour la Journée Internationale du Souvenir de la Traite Négrière et de son Abolition.
Illustrator at ComeUp
June 1, 2024 - Present
Illustrations pour divers livres (Dedee KOÏTA, etc.).
Réalisation de Bande dessinée at ComeUp
January 1, 2024 - Present
Réalisation de bandes dessinées pour enfants.
Boîte à image at Claudine TALON Foundation
July 1, 2023 - Present
Boîte à image sur l’hygiène des menstruations en milieu scolaire.
Réalisation de boîte à image at PEACE ONG / Panameb
June 1, 2023 - Present
Boîte à image pour l’éducation et le dialogue civique.
Illustrateur at ComeUp
March 1, 2023 - Present
Illustrations pour des livres: Dieu Selon Les KAMITES, LES ANIMAUX DE TONGA tome 1, etc.
Boîte à image at Plan Bénin
February 1, 2023 - Present
Éducation sexuelle chez les adolescentes / gestion de conflits et dialogue parents-enfants.
Boîte à image at Claudine TALON Foundation
January 1, 2023 - Present
Fissures obstétricals – boîte à image.
Illustrator at ComeUp
January 1, 2023 - Present
Illustration du livre L'Univers Selon les KAMITES.
Storyboard Artist / Colorist / Decorator at ComeUp
January 1, 2023 - Present
Participation à 5 films d’animation en tant que story-boarder / coloriste et décorateur.
Boîte à image at Jawuntaa / SWE ED / Peace ONG
August 1, 2022 - Present
Education à la sexualité, vie et santé reproductive; développement de la petite enfance; plaidoyer.
Boîte à image at SWE ED
August 1, 2022 - Present
Curricula de compétences de vie et santé reproductive.
Atelier BD / Art plastique at Goethe-Lomé
June 1, 2022 - Present
Animation d’un atelier BD et art plastique pour enfants.
Freelancer at ComeUp
May 1, 2022 - Present
Illustration et design pour divers projets freelances.

Education

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Qualifications

Licence en histoire de l’art
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2016
DT/STMA (Diplôme de Technicien en Science Technique des Métiers d’Art)
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2012
Certificat Aptitude Professionnel (CAP)
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2009
Certificat Etude Primaire (CEP)
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2004
Certificat Aptitude Professionnel (CAP)
January 1, 2005 - January 1, 2009
Certificat Etude Primaire (CEP)
January 1, 1999 - January 1, 2004
DT/STMA
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2012
Licence en histoire de l’art
January 1, 2012 - January 1, 2016

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Non-Profit Organization, Professional Services, Software & Internet