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

A statue made by Camara, 2017

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

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.
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]}.
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.