At the age of 16, right after finishing high school, Papa Adama started his career as an autodidact. From 1998 till 2001 he was student and assistant of Ali Nikiema and specialized in bronze at the CNAA – Centre National Artisanal d’Art in Ouagadougou. The following years he concentrated on painting and was invited to expose in The Netherlands several times. In 2003, he moved to The Netherlands, shortly after he started his education at the Rietveld Academie, he graduated in 2007. Since then Papa Adama has been selected to join the Rijksakademie as an artist in residence starting in January 2008. “My work talks about humanity, I create imaginary worlds that correspond to the world I live in. I observe the movement and emotions of life by taking the image and colour of the people and surroundings that I see and I hear.
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#85: Liendaogo (2009)
Medium: gemengde materialen, o.a. fietsonderdelen
Afmetingen: 66 x 130 x 50cm.
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#86: Elefant (2007)
Medium: metaal
Afmetingen: 193 x 300 x 130cm.
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#87: Vendeuse du media (mediaseler) (2007)
Medium: metaal
Afmetingen: 225 x 80 x 100cm.
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CURRICULLUM VITAE
Papa Adama (Adama Koudougou Sawadogo), 1980. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
1999-2004 Bronze casting and sculpture in several studios, Burkina Faso
2003 Sculpture, welding and painting in the studio of Galerie African Form & Contemporary Art Maastricht
2003 Sculpture, welding and painting at the Vrije Academie in Den Haag
2003 Teaches bronze casting and sculpture in Burkina Faso and in the Netherlands
2008 Gives painting and sculpture workshop in the Art Academie – Den Bosch, NL
2008 Art resident at the Centre d’art contemporain Bajidala à Ségou – Mali
EXHIBITIONS:
2008 Rijksacademie – Open Ateliers – Amsterdam, NL
2008 Galerie 14 _ 16
2008 Oude Kerk – Air4 Group exhibition – Amsterdam, NL
2007 Galerie Ververs – Solo exhibition – inaugurating the gallerie, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Op de drempel – Group exhibition – Galerie de Compagnie, Dordrecht, NL
2007 Een Afrikaanse Reis – Group exhibition – Afrika Afrika Circus, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Netherland Jong Talent’07 – Group exhibition Art Olive – Amsterdam, NL
2007 Galerie W139 – Graduation group exhibition Rietveld Academie
2007 Papa Adama solo exhibition – Galerie 23, Amsterdam, NL
2007 Rietveld in de Kerk – Group exhibition Amsterdam , NL
2006 Galerie 23 – Solo exhibition – Amsterdam, NL
2005 Galerie 23 – Solo exhibition – Amsterdam, NL
2005 Cinema de Bricolage – Group exhibition Rietveld Academie -Transformatorgebouw Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, NL
2004 Centre DJOJ – Solo exhibition – Rotterdam
2003 Nieuwsport (International Press Centrum) – Group exhibition, Den Haag, NL
2003 Ik woon hier – Group exhibition – Central Bibliotheek Stichting International Haagse Kunst, Den Haag, NL
2003 Papa Adama solo exhibition, Galerie African Form & Contemporary Art, Maastricht, NL
2003 Cultureel Centrum Orion – Solo exhibition – Rotterdam Zevenkamp
2003 Nederlandse Ambassade – Solo exhibition Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
2002 Galerie Escalier Rouge – Group exhibition – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
2002 Hotel Pavilion Vert – Solo exhibition – Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
2001 Centre National des Arts, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
PUBLICATIONS
2007 Kunstbeeld “Young talent ’07”
2003 Extrapool, posters for project “Museale Maalttijd”, Vrije Academie, Den Haag
2003 Foundation International Art of the Hague; calender 2004 and catalogue of the exhibition ‘Ik woon hier”