Seni Awa Camara

**Seyni Awa Camara** (born c. 1945) be a Senegalese sculptor, wey komot de Jola ethnic group. Na dem born am insyd Bignona, wer she still dey live. 

## Biography

Na dem born Seyni Awa Camara insyd c. 1945 insyd Bignona, Ziguinchor Region, Senegal.

She dey create sculptures insyd clay for ein front yard, wey she dey fire dem insyd an open-hearth kiln before she display dem around ein house. De pieces, dey range in size from 12 inches tall to 8 feet tall, dey represent personal symbols. Na she authorize de use of bronze castings of ein work since de terracottas be too delicate make dem take travel.

Camara ein work dey insyd The Contemporary African Art Collection (CAAC) of Jean Pigozzi insyd Switzerland. Na Gallery Baronian insyd Brussels organize chaw exhibitions of Seyni Awa Camara, insyd 2020, 2021, den April 2024.

## Solo exhibitions

* 2021. Solo show Art Brussels plus 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. 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, curate by Philippe Dagen, musée du quai Branly- Jacques Chirac, Paris (FR)

* 2020. Radically Naïve / Naively Radical, ExtraCity, Antwerp (BE)

* 2017. Alpha Crucis, curate 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

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