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New York 2016

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Ba, Omar

Born in 1977 in Loul Sessène, Senegal
Lives and works in Geneva, Switzerland and Dakar, Senegal

Omar Ba, The children of God with the mask, 2020, Oil, pencil, acrylic and india ink on kraft paper with polyester, 102.5 x 83.5 x 5 cm, Courtesy Wilde  

Omar Ba’s highly patterned and elaborate personages combine imagery associated with traditional decoration, famine, despotic self-styled leaders, and factional warfare with observations on popular culture and technological progression. Ba’s works are predominantly painted directly onto corrugated cardboard sheets, his preferred surface for conveying his mythological and speculative themes. His relocation from Dakar to Geneva has had a considerable effect on his art, coalescing scenes that evoke African folklore with postmodern forms of imaging.

Ba studied at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Dakar; the Ecole Supérieur des Beaux-Arts in Geneva; and the Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais (ECAV) in Sierre, Switzerland. His work has been exhibited internationally in Colombia, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK, Canada and the US. Solo exhibitions include State of Emergency at Hales Gallery in London, the UK in 2014. Receiving the Swiss Art Award in 2014, his work has since entered many important private and institutional collections amongst which, the Credit Suisse Collection, Collection Barbier Muller, and The Mirabaud Contemporary Art Collection. In 2019, Ba had two international retrospectives: Vision Partagée at Le Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Canada, and Same Dream at The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada.

Selected Artists

Muluneh, Aïda

Lemaoana, Lawrence

Yashua Klos

Edson Chagas

Ategwa, Ajarb Bernard

Bandoma, Steve

Victor, Diane

Olagunju, Niyi

Artists 2016

  • A

    • Aboudia
    • Adams, Derrick
    • Al Miller
    • Andrianomearisoa, Joël
    • Ategwa, Ajarb Bernard
    • Athi-Patra Ruga
  • B

    • Ba, Omar
    • Bandoma, Steve
    • Beatrice Wanjiku
    • Boua, Armand
    • Boutté, Nathalie
  • C

    • Clay Apenouvon
  • D

    • Diop, Omar Victor
  • E

    • Edson Chagas
    • Em’kal Eyongakpa
    • Emma Amos
    • Erruas, Safaa
  • G

    • Gastineau Massamba
    • Goodman, Frances
    • Gor Soudan
  • H

    • Hamidou Maiga
  • I

    • Ibrahim Mahama
  • J

    • Jean-Claude Moschetti
    • Jim Chuchu
  • K

    • Kentridge, William
    • Kganye, Lebohang
    • Khelil, Farah
    • Kura Shomali
  • L

    • Lemaoana, Lawrence
    • Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou
    • Liebenberg, John
    • Lundangi, Franck
  • M

    • Mabunda, Gonçalo
    • Maïmouna Guerresi
    • Maludi, Houston
    • Michéa, Vincent
    • Mika, JP
    • Monteiro, Fabrice
    • Muluneh, Aïda
    • Mustapha Azeroual
    • Mwangi Hutter
  • N

    • Ndary Lo
    • Ndiaye, Cheikh
    • Nzebo, Boris
  • O

    • Olagunju, Niyi
    • Olatunji, Babajide
    • Onditi, Paul
    • Otobong Nkanga
  • P

    • Peterson Kamwathi
    • Phoebe Boswell
  • S

    • Samba, Chéri
    • Sanogo, Amadou
    • Sonia Boyce
    • Sue Williamson
  • T

    • Theo Eshetu
  • U

    • Uche Okpa-Iroha
    • Uman
  • V

    • Veleko, Nontsikelelo
    • Victor, Diane
  • W

    • William Sagna
  • Y

    • Yashua Klos
    • Yéanzi
  • Z

    • Zangewa, Billie
    • Zinkpè, Dominique
    • Zohra Opoku

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