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AboudiaJack Bell Gallery

Born 1983 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Lives and works in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

Aboudia, Mobiritidji (Proprietaire de camion), 2020, Acrylic, oil pastel & mixed media on canvas, 150 x 297 cm. Courtesy Jack Bell Gallery 

Aboudia draws inspiration from local street culture in his hometown Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The artist is noted for his heavily layered, brutally energetic paintings that combine an innocence and spontaneity with the portrayal of a dark interior world. Since the Ivorian civil war in 2011, his urban landscapes have been haunted by trauma; armed soldiers, ominous skulls and a populace hemmed in by danger. Recent work continues to grapple with the hardships of daily life and the social inequalities of downtown Abidjan. Often claustrophobic and oppressive, his painting achieves a careful balance between pathos and aggression. Aboudia references characters from his direct neighbourhood, local ‘Nouchi’ street culture and homage to more traditional forms of Voodoo. Aboudia’s work has been exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno; the 2017 Royal Academy Summer Show, London and Saatchi Gallery, London among others.

Selected Artists

Paintsil, Anya

Mafafo, Kimathi

More, DuduBloom

Désert, Jean-Ulrick

Comoe, Josue

Pires, Pedro

Hayes, Donté K.

Abe, Stacey Gillian

Artists 2020

  • A

    • Abe, Stacey Gillian
    • Aboudia
    • Adewale, Alimi
    • Adjani Okpu-Egbe
    • Aduayom, Djeneba
    • Agueznay, Amina
    • Alatise, Peju
    • Almighty God (Kwame Akoto)
    • Amponsah, Larry
    • Anje, Boris ‘Anjel’
    • Appah, Gideon
    • Asidere, Duke
    • Ategwa, Ajarb Bernard
    • Atugonza, Richard
  • B

    • Bam, Ranti
    • Benade, Hanneke
    • Bongoy, Patrick
    • Boua, Armand
  • C

    • Chambers, Dominic
    • Charlotte, Robert
    • Choumali, Joana
    • Cissé, Soly
    • Clottey, Serge Attukwei
    • Comoe, Josue
  • D

    • Damoah, Adelaide
    • Davis, Damon
    • Désert, Jean-Ulrick
    • Dhlamini, Mbali
    • Diaby, Kader
    • Diallo, Delphine
    • Donkor, Godfried
    • Dube, Thina
  • E

    • Earl Thomas, Barbara
    • Ebubedike, Nkechi
    • Elkamel, Slimen
    • Erruas, Safaa
  • F

    • Fadugba, Modupeola
    • Fakher, Doaa
    • Fiasco, Alexia
  • G

    • Gabr, Omar
    • Gateja, Sanaa
    • Gbadebo, Adebunmi
    • Gezehagn, Addis
    • Grobler, Liza
    • Gxekwa, Nonzuzo
    • Gyasi, Prince
  • H

    • Harrell, Kezia
    • Hayes, Donté K.
  • J

    • James, February
  • K

    • Kamuanga Ilunga, Eddy
    • Kamwathi, Peterson
    • Kayser, Andrew
    • Kezi, Willys
    • Khoza, Banele
    • Kifleyesus, Ermias
    • Kincaid, Basil
    • Kvvadwo
  • L

    • Lagunju, Wole
    • Lamrabat, Mous
    • Leuba, Namsa
    • Lewis, Nate
    • Lieros, Helen
    • Lindou, Salifou
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Maduka, Ekene Emeka
    • Mafafo, Kimathi
    • Makonnen, Tsedaye
    • Manlanbien, Marie-Claire Messouma
    • Mansaray, Abu Bakarr
    • Marovatsanga, Nyasha
    • Mbugua, Evans
    • McCloud, Hugo
    • Mehal, Sébastien
    • Mejri, Thameur
    • Mekondjo, Tuli
    • Mesfin, Tadesse
    • Mivekannin, Roméo
    • Mlengeya, Sungi
    • Mohamed, Assunta Abdel Azim
    • Mohammed, Azikiwe
    • Mohamoud, Esmaa
    • Moleski, Amaryllis DeJesus
    • Monyamane, Manyatsa
    • More, DuduBloom
    • Muchatuta, Ronald
    • Mudariki, Richard
  • N

    • Ncaphayi, Mongezi
    • Nkot, Jean David
    • Nkoth, Ludovic
    • Nsubuga, Eria ‘Sane’
  • O

    • Okoro, Ruby
    • Olagunju, Niyi
    • Oulab, Yazid
    • Ouologuem, Abdou
    • Owanto
    • Owusu, Yaw
  • P

    • Padeu, Marc
    • Paintsil, Anya
    • Penney, Joe
    • Peskine, Alexis
    • Pires, Pedro
    • Plaisir, Marielle
    • Platter, Cameron
  • R

    • Reid, Benji
    • Robles-Gordon, Amber
    • Rodrigues, Alida
  • S

    • Sahli, Ghizlane
    • Shimoyama, Devan
    • Shiridzinomwa, Cosmas
    • Shrobe, David
    • Sibiya, Bambo
    • Silué, Joachim
    • Singer, Jake Michael
    • Sorin, Yoan
    • Swaby, Giovanna
  • T

    • Teixeira, Nelo
    • Towns, Stephen
  • U

    • Udemba, Emeka
    • Urgessa, Tesfaye
    • Uwagboe, Bob-Nosa
    • Uzochukwu, David
  • V

    • Vandy, LR
    • Vasquez, Raelis
    • Victor, Diane
  • W

    • Weeks, Kyle
    • Weree, Johnson
  • Y

    • Yanko, Kennedy
    • Yéanzi

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