Seni Awa Camara Explained
Seyni Awa Camara (born c. 1945) is a Senegalese sculptor[1] from the Diola ethnic group.[2] She was born in Bignona, where she still lives and works.[3] 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.[4] She has authorized the use of bronze castings of her work since the terracottas are too delicate to travel.[3]
Camara's work is in The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi.[3]
Gallery Baronian in Brussels has organized several exhibitions of Seyni Awa Camara, in 2020 and in 2021. Another will be organized in April 2024.[5]
Solo exhibitions
- 2021. Solo show Art Brussels with Baronian, Brussels (BE)[6]
- 2020. "Maternités, Baronian Xippas." Brussels (BE)
- 2017. “Art/Afrique, Le nouvel atelier”: African art from 1989 onwards at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris[7]
- 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. Seyni Awa Camara and Olaf Holzapfel, Baronian Xippas, Knokke (BE)
- 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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Notes and References
- Web site: Seni Awa Camara artnet. www.artnet.com. 2019-01-16.
- Web site: Seni Awa Camara: La Verità Svelata all'Uomo.. 2017-05-20. What's AfricArt. it-IT. 2019-01-16.
- Web site: National Museum of African Art African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection Seni Awa Camara. africa.si.edu. 2019-01-16.
- Web site: Seni Awa Camara - Pigozzi Collection 2019. CAACART - The Pigozzi Collection. 2019-01-16.
- https://baronian.eu/artists/seyni-awa-camara/
- Web site: Baronian . Baronian Seyni Awa Camara . 2022-09-20 . en-US.
- Web site: “Art/Afrique, Le nouvel atelier”: African art from 1989 onwards at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris Art Radar. Chen. Junni. en-GB. 2019-01-16.
- Web site: Baronian . Baronian Seyni Awa Camara . 2022-09-20 . en-US.
