Afi Nayo (born 1969) is a French artist of
Togolese origin.
Nayo is a native of
Lomé, but moved with her family to
Paris early in life; she continues to live and work in that city. After studies at the
École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts she began her career as a sculptor, later turning to painting as well. She has shown work throughout
Europe and
Africa as well as in New York, and was featured in ''
Revue Noire
Revue Noire is a specialist publisher of books and web material relating to African contemporary art and culture, based in France. From 1991 to 2001, Editions Revue Noire published the printed quarterly magazine ''Revue Noire''. Since 2001 it has ...
'' several times during the later 1990s. Her work is concerned with themes of spirituality and cultural interconnectedness.
A 2007 work by Nayo, ''Love Suite I'', in
pyrogravure
Pyrography or pyrogravure is the free handed art of decorating wood or other materials with burn marks resulting from the controlled application of a heated object such as a poker. It is also known as pokerwork or wood burning.
The term means "w ...
and mixed media on board, is currently owned by the
National Museum of African Art.
References
1969 births
Living people
People from Lomé
Togolese emigrants to France
French women painters
French women sculptors
21st-century French painters
21st-century French sculptors
21st-century French women artists
Painters from Paris
École des Beaux-Arts alumni
20th-century French women artists
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