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Khadija Mohammadou Saye (30 July 1992 – 14 June 2017), also known as Ya-Haddy Sisi Saye, was a Gambian-British photographer. Her photography explored her Gambian-British identity and was exhibited in the Diaspora Pavilion at the
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in 2017. Saye died in the Grenfell Tower fire.


Life and work

Saye was born in London and initially attended the Sion Manning Roman Catholic Girls' School in
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. At age 16 she won a scholarship to
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in Rugby, England. Later she attended the
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at Farnham and obtained a photography degree. She lived with her mother, Mary Ajaoi Augustus Mendy, on the 20th floor of
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in
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. She was mentored by artist Nicola Green and became friends with Green's husband,
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MP David Lammy. Saye's photography explored her Gambian-British identity.Venice Biennale: Sink or Swim
BBC Two. Accessed 29 June 2017 Her series of photographs entitled ''Dwellings: in this Space we Breathe'', based on Gambian spiritual practices, was exhibited in the Diaspora Pavilion at the
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from May to November 2017. Saye took part in a
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TV documentary, ''Venice Biennale: Sink or Swim'', that was scheduled for broadcast on 17 June. The programme "follows a team of diverse emerging artists as they install and prepare to launch the first ever Diaspora Pavilion in a Venetian palazzo during the Venice Biennale". Saye was a passionate activist and educator, she volunteered at Jawaab to educate and empower young Muslims. She worked at PEER as a Creative Access intern from 2015 to 2016.


Death

Both Saye and her mother died in the Grenfell Tower fire on 14 June 2017.


Legacy

The BBC TV programme on the Venice Biennale that included Saye was postponed after the fire and transmitted in September 2017. Following her death,
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announced that it would exhibit a silkscreen of one of the pieces from the ''Dwellings'' series, ''Sothiou'' (2017), in the memorials section. Her work was part of the reopening show of
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in Cambridge on 10 February 2018. In 2018 Saye's works were auctioned at Christie's as part of the Post-War and Contemporary Day Auction. ''Nak Bejjen'', one of the tintypes from the series ''Dwelling: in this space we breath'' was sold for £43,750. Between 2 October and 2 November 2019 a portfolio of nine silkscreen prints, titled ''In this space we breathe'' were exhibited at
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. This was part of ''Rock My Soul'', an exhibition of black female artists curated by the artist
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. In 2019, the London Transport Museum launched a photography fellowship program in Saye's name. A paid internship at PEER has been set up in Saye's name for young
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artists. In July 2020 ''Khadija Saye Arts'' was launched at IntoUniversity. The programme addresses the issue of BAME inclusivity in the creative industries by focusing directly on the barriers that exist to young people from disadvantaged communities. It provides support and mentoring to help young people to explore the Arts. The launch of the ''Khadija Saye Arts'' coincided with the unveiling of ''Breath is Invisible'', Nine large-scale prints of Saye's series ''in this space we breath'' were displayed across the outside façade of 236
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in West London. This was the first of three exhibitions to run at the space, all of which aim to explore social inequality and injustice. Between 23 October 2020 and 1 August 2021 Saye's tin-type, ''Peitaw'', was exhibited at the
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as part of the exhibition ''Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights''. Concurrently and still showing is Saye's portfolio of nine silkscreen prints, ''In this space we breathe'', in the Entrance Hall Gallery of the British Library (3 December 2020 – 7 October 2021).


Exhibitions

* ''Discerning Eye'', Mall Galleries, London, 2014 * Diaspora Pavilion,
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, Palazzo Pisani S Marina, Venice, Italy, 2017 *
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, London, 2017 * ''Actions'',
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, Cambridge, 2018 * ''in this space we breathe'',
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, London, 2020/21 * ''Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women's Rights'', British Library, London, 2020/21


References


External links

*
BBC Three programme about Saye including an interview
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