Ba, Omar
Born 1977 in Loul Sessène, Senegal
Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland
Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland
Omar Ba’s work engages with some of the most urgent issues of our time: the growing inequality of wealth and power globally, questions around immigration, and our changing relationship with the natural world. Ba regularly draws from and intertwines a range of elements from African and European cultures to produce works with corrugated cardboard and canvas, paintbrushes, and his hands. He prepares his with a black ground, upon which he layers a vivid palette dominated by primary colours.
Ba was trained at the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts de Dakar and the École des Beaux-Arts de Genève. Recent group exhibitions include Centre Pompidou, Paris; Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels and Royal Academy of Arts, London. His works have been included in several public collections.
Omar Ba, ONU - House of Exile, 2021, Oil, pencil, acrylic, ink, gouache on cardboard boxes, 316 x 557 x 40 cm. Courtesy of Wilde Gallery.|Omar Ba, 'Traces et mémoires 1', 2013, Huile, acrylique, gouache, crayon et encre de Chine sur carton, 225 x 127 x 89,5 cm (18 cartons), Courtesy Galerie Anne de Villepoix
