Seni Awa Camara (born c. 1945) is a
Senegal
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
ese
sculptor
Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...
from the
Diola ethnic group.
She was born in
Bignona
Bignona is a town with commune status located in the Ziguinchor Region of Senegal (Casamance). It briefly appears in the movie ''Binta and the Great Idea.''
Its population on 2013 was 27,826.
Notable people
*Landing Savané, politician
*Ibrahi ...
, where she still lives and works.
She creates sculptures in
clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2 Si2 O5( OH)4).
Clays develop plasticity when wet, due to a molecular film of water surrounding the clay par ...
in her front yard, then fires them in an open-hearth
kiln
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before displaying them around her house. The pieces, ranging in size from 12 inches tall to 8 feet tall, represent personal symbols.
She has authorized the use of
bronze castings of her work since the
terracotta
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In applied art, craft, construction, a ...
s are too delicate to travel.
Camara's work is in
The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC)
The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) is a private collection created in 1989 by Jean Pigozzi, an Italian businessman. As of May 2022, the collection was based in Geneva, Switzerland, but it "does not have a permanent exhibition venue".
...
of
Jean Pigozzi
Jean "Johnny" Pigozzi (born 1952), heir to the CEO of the automobile brand Simca, is an art collector, photographer, fashion designer and . He lives in Geneva.
Biography
Pigozzi is a "French-born Italian". He was born in Paris in 1952 and is ...
.
Solo exhibitions
* 2021. Solo show Art Brussels with Baronian, Brussels (BE)
* 2020. "Maternités, Baronian Xippas." Brussels (BE)
* 2017. “Art/Afrique, Le nouvel atelier”: African art from 1989 onwards at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris
* 2011. Seyni Awa Camara entre les éléments, Galeria Kalao, Bilbao (ES)
* 2011. Maternités, Baronian Xippas, Brussels (BE)
* 2010. El Vientre de la Tierra, Galeria Kalao, Bilbao (ES)
* 2009. Seni Camara & Ndoye Douts, Galerie Nathalie Fiks, Paris (FR)
* 2007/2008. Why Africa?
Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli
The Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli is an art gallery in Turin, Italy. It opened in 2002 on the top floor of the Lingotto complex (the headquarters of the Italian auto giant Fiat founded in 1899 by Giovanni Agnelli), where a "scrigno" or 450 ...
,
Turin
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, Italy
* 2006/2007. 100% Africa, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
* 2005. Arts of Africa, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, France
* 2005. African Art Now : Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Museum of Fine Art Houston, USA
* 2004. Séni Camara, De Crescenzo & Viesti, Rome, Italy
* 1990. Séni Camara, Gallery 39, Dakar, Senegal
* 1989. ''Magiciens de la terre'',
Centre Pompidou
The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...
, Paris, France
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Group exhibitions
* 2021. Les restes du bruit, Seyni Awa Camara & Estevão Mucavele, MAGNIN-A, Paris (FR)
* 2020. Ex Africa, curated by Philippe Dagen, musée du quai Branly- Jacques Chirac, Paris (FR)
* 2020. Radically Naïve / Naively Radical, ExtraCity, Antwerp (BE)
* 2017. Alpha Crucis, curated by André Magnin, Musée Astrup Fearnley, Oslo (NO)
* 2016. Art/Afrique : le nouvel atelier _ Les Initiés : sélection d’oeuvres (1989- 2009) de la collection d’art contemporain africain Pigozzi, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris (FR)
* 2016. Art Paris Art Fair, Grand Palais, Paris (FR)
* 2012. Galeristes, Carreau du temple, Paris (FR)
* 2011. Figure Libre, Galerie Nathalie Fiks, Paris (FR)
* 2009/2010. Chic Art Fair, Galerie Nathalie Fiks, Paris (FR)
* 2007/2008. Africa? Una nuova storia, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome (IT)
* 2006/2007. Why Africa?, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin (IT)
* 2005. 100% Africa, Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao (ES)
* 2001. Arts of Africa, Grimaldi Forum, Monaco (FR)
* 2001. African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection, Museum of Fine Art Houston (US)
* 2000. Rocca di Umbertide, Contemporary Art Center (IT)
* 2000. Biennale de Venise, 49th édition, Venise (IT)
* 1992 - 1991. Il Ritorno Dei Maghi, Orvieto (IT)
* 1989. Africa Hoy, Contemporary Art Cultural Center (MX)
* 1989. Groninger Museum (NL) The Atlantic Center of Modern Art, Las Palmas de Gran Canary (ES) Senegal Otto-Ritcher-Halle, Galerie des Institutd Für Auslandsbeziehungen Landesmuseum, Oldenburger Kunstverein (DE)
* 1989. Magiciens de la Terre, Centre Georges Pompidou, La Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris (FR) 1989
References
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