CHEIKHOU BA

“Work for me is a daily need. The space and time can be very instrumental in my creation. Beyond the spiritual journey, which is undoubtedly more than anything else feeds the creative capacity, the physics that leads us to a region or country to another, enhances the creative universe ... During travel, breaking barriers and borders, cultures and experiences collide. Facing the other one wonders who we are, hence what we come from. In our differences we must learn to take advantage.”

Cheikhou Ba graduated from the Dakar Arts Academy in 2000. In 2001, he represented Senegal in a Francophone Competition in Canada. In 2004, he received substantial exposure through a personal exhibit in the "Off Biennale" where he was rewarded a special distinction by the P. Blachère Foundation, won the Poitou-Charentes reward and was invited to stay at the Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in the United-States. In 2006, he was chosen to be part of "Dak’Art 2006" and received the Kultturikauppila Award.

Since then, he has had numerous exhibits and residences worldwide: "Contemporary Senegal" in the Dapper Museum, Sculpture Symposium in China, an exhibit in Finland and finally Switzerland where he is currently living and working.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

SOLO
Identity Av, Jule Ferry, Dakar, Senegal		2010
Identity Galerie Atiss, Dakar, Sénégal		2009
Kulttuurikauppila. Ii, Finlande Galerie du Château, Renens, Suisse.		2007
Espace d'Art Contemporain Rur'Art, Poitou-Charentes, France		2005
Studio Ebéris, Dak'Art Off, Dakar, Sénégal		2004
Galerie Arte, Dakar, Sénégal		2003
GROUP
Galerie le Douze, Nantes, France		2010
Animal, Anima, Fondation Blachère, Centre d'art Apt, France. All Barnsley Diversity Festival, South Yorkshire, Angleterre Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, Pays-bas Europ' Art O9, Genève. Suisse.		2009
Paraplu Fabriek, Nijmegen, Pays-bas Espace Eiffage (ex-Fougerolle), Dak'Art Off, Dakar, Sénégal		2008
Etat des Lieux .01, Strasbourg, France		2007
China International Sculpture Symposium, Changchun, China Sénégal Contemporain, Musée Dapper, Paris, France Sélection à la Biennale d'Art Contemporain Africain Dak'Art 2006, Dakar, Sénégal		2006
Création Contemporaine au Sénégal, Institut Français Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Sénégal Beneen Bët (Otra Mirada), Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Iles Canaries De l'eau pour tous, Ottawa, Canada		2005
L’Homme est un Mystère, Espace Lamennais, Saint Brieuc, France		2004
Multicultural 2002, Tenerife, Iles Canaries Résidence de l’Ambassade de France, Dakar, Sénégal Espace Fougerolle, Dak’Art Off, Dakar, Sénégal Centre Culturel Français, Dakar, Sénégal		2002
Jeux de la Francophonie, Ottawa, Canada		2001
Un artiste, une œuvre, une carte, Dakar, Sénégal Galerie Nationale, Dakar		2000
Musée IFAN, Dakar, Sénégal		1999

RESIDENCIES

IFAA (International Festival of Arts in Arnhem), Arnhem, Pays-Bas		2008
Kulttuurikaupila, Ii, Finlande		2007
China International Sculpture Symposium, Changchun, Chine		2006
The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, Connecticut, Etats-Unis Lycées Agricoles de la Région Poitou-Charentes, France		2005
Office Départemental de Développement Culturel, Saint-Brieuc, France		2004

AWARDS

Dak'Art 2006 - Lauréat du prix Kultuurikaupila, Ii, Finlande		2006
Dak'Art 2004 - Lauréat du Prix Poitou-Charentes Mention Spéciale de la Fondation Jean-Paul Blachère Lauréat du prix de la Fondation Josef et Anni Albers		2004
Représentant du Sénégal aux Jeux de la Francophonie (Sculpture)		2005