Abdoulaye Konaté (1 February 1953) is a
Malian artist. He was born in
Diré
Diré is a town and commune on the left bank of the Niger River in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. In the 2009 census the population of the commune was 22,365. The town is the administrative center of the Diré Cercle. There are several languag ...
and lives and works in
Bamako.
Konaté studied painting at the
Institut National des Arts de Bamako
The Institut National des Arts de Bamako (INA) is a national school for the arts in Bamako, Mali. It was the only school of its kind in Mali until 2004. Originally set up to train Sudanese artisans, it now offers courses in jewellery making and ...
and then at the
Instituto Superior de Arte,
Havana, Cuba
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. .
Career
Konaté worked as a
graphic designer
A graphic designer is a professional within the graphic design and graphic arts industry who assembles together images, typography, or motion graphics to create a piece of design. A graphic designer creates the graphics primarily for published, ...
at the Musee National in Bamako. In 1998, he was appointed to be the Director of the Palais de la Culture. He now works as the principal of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers Multimédia Balla Fasseké Kouyaté in Bamako, Mali.
He and his work have received several awards, including in 2002 the Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mali and Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France.
Exhibitions
Solo shows
* 2013- Abdoulaye Konaté - Primo Marella Gallery Milan, Milan
* 2011- Abdoulaye Konaté: Window Commission 2011 - Institute of International Visual Arts - iniva, London
* 2009- Textiles - Heidelberger Forum für Kunst, Heidelberg
* 1999- Abdoulaye Konaté - Tuchbilder + Installation - Dany Keller Galerie - Munich, Munich
Group shows
2014
* Destination...1:54: Contemporary African Art - Primo Marella Gallery Milan, Milan
* The Divine Comedy. Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists -Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main2013
* Decorum - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris
* Hollandaise - Raw Material Company, Dakar
2012
* Hollandaise - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - SMBA, Amsterdam
* Moving Into Space: Football and Art in West Africa - National Football Museum, Manchester
* We Face Forward: Art from West Africa Today - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
2010
* Africa, Assume Art Position! - Primo Marella Gallery Milan, Milan
* Textiles - Fondation Jean Paul Blachere, Apt
* Dak’Art 2010 - Dak’Art 1990 > 2010 : rétrospective et perspectives - Dak'Art Biennale de l’art africain contemporain, Dakar
2009
10. Bienal de La Habana - La Bienal de La Habana, Havana
2008
* INPUT - Colecção Sindika Dokolo - Museu Nacional de História Natural, Luanda
* Travesía - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
* 7th Gwangju Biennale - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju
* Angaza Afrika - African Art Now - October Gallery, London
* Artes Mundi 3 - National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales
2007
* Brocken Memory - Ghana National Art Museum, Accra
* Contct Zone - Musée National du Mali, Bamako
* Africa Remix - Contemporary art of a continent - Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg
* Documenta 12 -
Documenta
''documenta'' is an exhibition of contemporary art which takes place every five years in Kassel, Germany.
The ''documenta'' was founded by artist, teacher and curator Arnold Bode in 1955 as part of the Bundesgartenschau (Federal Horticultura ...
, Kassel
2006
* Trienal de Luanda 2007 - Trienal de Luanda, Luanda
* 2° Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla - BIACS - Fundación Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Sevilla
* Africa Remix - Moderna Museet, Stockholm
* SD Observatorio - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
*
Africa Remix
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
- Contemporary Art of a Continent - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
* 7ème Biennale de l´Art Africain contemporain - Dak'Art Biennale de l’art africain contemporain, Dakar
2005
* African Remix - l'art contemporain d'un continent - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
* Africa Remix – Contemporary Art of a Continent - Hayward Gallery, London
2004
Afrika Remix - Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents - Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf
1998
24° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo
1997
Die Anderen Modernen : Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Influences
Combining his painting skills with installation work, he comments on political and environmental affairs. The encroachment of the
Sahel
The Sahel (; ar, ساحل ' , "coast, shore") is a region in North Africa. It is defined as the ecoclimatic and biogeographic realm of transition between the Sahara to the north and the Sudanian savanna to the south. Having a hot semi-arid c ...
and the impact of
AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...
on society and on individuals have been two major themes in his work.
His questioning of the political, social, and economic scenes in contemporary Mali is evident in how AIDS, wars,
ecological issues, human rights, and
globalization affects all aspects of life and individuals within society. Much of his large-scale work is
textile-based, a medium that is more readily available than paints.
Artes Mundi
In 2008 Konaté was nominated for the
Artes Mundi Artes Mundi (Latin: ''arts of the world'') is an international arts organisation based in Cardiff. Established in 2002, it is committed to supporting international contemporary visual artists whose work engages with social reality and lived experien ...
prize. His exhibition included pieces such as ''Les Marcheurs'' and ''Tafo ou la force du verbe''.
Literature
La toile d'Abdoulaye Konaté / Joëlle Busca. - Bamako, Mali, Ministère de la culture et Dakar, Senegal, Galerie nationale d'art, 2011.
Abdoulaya Konaté / ''edited by'' Camilla Jalving ...
t al. - London, BlainSouthern and Ishøj, Arken, 2016.
References
External links
Abdoulaye Konaté - Tiroche DeLeon CollectionBlain, Southern , Artists , Abdoulaye Konaté
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Malian artists
1953 births
Living people
People from Bamako
People from Tombouctou Region
21st-century Malian people
Instituto Superior de Arte alumni