Seni Awa Camara (born c. 1945) is a Senegalese sculptor from the Diola ethnic group. She was born in

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, where she still lives and works. She creates sculptures in clay in her front yard, then fires them in an open-hearth kiln 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 terracottas are too delicate to travel. Camara's work is in

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of Jean Pigozzi.

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, Turin, 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, Paris, France *

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

1940s births Living people Senegalese sculptors Senegalese women artists People from Bignona {{africa-sculptor-stub