Seni Awa Camara

Seyni Awa Camara (born c. 1945) is a Senegalese sculptor, from the Jola ethnic group.^[1] She was born in Bignona, where she still lives.^[2]

Biography

Seyni Awa Camara was born c. 1945 in Bignona, Ziguinchor Region, Senegal.^[2]

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.^[3] She has authorized the use of bronze castings of her work since the terracottas are too delicate to travel.^[2]^[1]

Camara's work is in The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi in Switzerland.^[2] Gallery Baronian in Brussels has organized several exhibitions of Seyni Awa Camara, in 2020, 2021, and April 2024.^[4]

Solo exhibitions

2021. Solo show Art Brussels with Baronian, Brussels (BE)^[5]

2020. "Maternités, Baronian Xippas." Brussels (BE)

2017. “Art/Afrique, Le nouvel atelier”: African art from 1989 onwards at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris^[6]

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

^ ^a ^b "Seni Awa Camara: La Verità Svelata all'Uomo". What's AfricArt (in Italian). 2017-05-20. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "National Museum of African Art | African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection | Seni Awa Camara". africa.si.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ "Seni Awa Camara - Pigozzi Collection 2019". CAACART - The Pigozzi Collection. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.
^ "Baronian | Seyni Awa Camara". ^{[better source needed]}.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Baronian. "Baronian | Seyni Awa Camara". ^{[better source needed]}. Retrieved 2022-09-20.
^ Chen, Junni. ""Art/Afrique, Le nouvel atelier": African art from 1989 onwards at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris | Art Radar". Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

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[:0-1] "Seni Awa Camara: La Verità Svelata all'Uomo". What's AfricArt (in Italian). 2017-05-20. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

[africa.si.edu-2] "National Museum of African Art | African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection | Seni Awa Camara". africa.si.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

[3] "Seni Awa Camara - Pigozzi Collection 2019". CAACART - The Pigozzi Collection. Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

[4] "Baronian | Seyni Awa Camara". ^{[better source needed]}.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[5] Baronian. "Baronian | Seyni Awa Camara". ^{[better source needed]}. Retrieved 2022-09-20.

[6] Chen, Junni. ""Art/Afrique, Le nouvel atelier": African art from 1989 onwards at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris | Art Radar". Archived from the original on 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-01-16.

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