Birth | Born in 1977 in Senegal |
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Residence | Lives and works in Dakar, Senegal |
Education | ECAV-MAPS Arts in Public Spheres, Sierre, Switzerland Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-arts, Geneva, Switzerland Ecole National des Beaux-Arts, Senegal |
2024 | Clin d’œil à Cheikh Anta Diop - Un continent à le recherche de son histoire, Siège de l’Organisation des Nations Unies, New York, USA TEMPLON, Paris, France |
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2023 | Destins Communs, Kunsthalle, Mulhouse, France |
2022 | Omar Ba: Political Animals, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, USA Clin d’oeil, FIAF Gallery, New York, USA Right of Soil – Right to Dream, Templon, New York, USA A Journey Beyond Illusion / Voyage au-delà de l’illusion, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium |
2021 | Sommation, Wilde, Basel, Switzerland Anomalies, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium |
2020 | Same Dream, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, Canada |
2019 | Omar Ba : Visions partagées, Montreal Museum of Fina Arts, Montreal, Canada Same Dream, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, Canada The power of objects, Wilde Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland |
2018 | Autopsie de nos consciences, Galerie Templon, Paris, France |
2020 | Global(e) Resistance, Musée national d’art moderne - Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France |
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2019 | From the Paper to the Wall, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgique |
2018 | 40 ans de passion, Omar Ba, Prune Nourry, Tunga, Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis, France Quel Amour ?!, Musée d’art Contemporain, Marseille, France Afrique. Artistes d’hier et d’aujourd’hui, Fondation Clément, Martinique, France D’Afrique aux Amériques: Picasso en face-à-face, d’hier à aujourd’hui, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, Canada |
2017 | Zoocryptage, Crypte Sainte-Eugénie, Biarritz, France Afrique, raconter le monde, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy Le Havre – Dakar, Partager la mémoire, Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre, France Art/Afrique, Le Nouvel Atelier, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France En toute modestie – Archipel Di Rosa, Miam Sète, Sète, France Festival Afropolitan, Bozar Brussels, Belgique |
2016 | Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, France Mauvaises Graines 2, Topographie de l'Art, Paris, France You Go To My Head, Galerie Templon, Brussels, Belgium |
2014 | Summer Exhibition 2014, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK Ici l’Afrique/ Here Africa. L’Afrique contemporaine à travers le regard de ses artistes, Château de Penthes, Geneva, Switzerland Authentik Energie, Le Manoir de la ville de Martigny, Martigny, Switzerland |
2013 | Collective II, Gallery GuyBärtschi, Geneva, Switzerland VITALIC, Hales Gallery, London, UK I’m your neighbour !, Bromer Art Collection, Roggwil, Switzerland Primitive Cabaret : A Spiritual Voodoo confrontation, Gallery Polad-Hardouin, Paris, France Situation 2, Ferme-Asile, Sion, Switzerland Utopie picturale, Villa Dutoit, Geneva, Switzerland |
Centre National des Arts Plastiques, France | |
Fonds Municipal d’Art Contemporain (FMAC) de la ville de Paris, France | |
Collection du Credit Suisse, Switzerland | |
Collection Louis Vuitton Fondation, France | |
Collection Mirabaud, Switzerland | |
Collection Nationale Suisse, Basel, Switzerland | |
Fonds Municipal d’Art Contemporain (FMAC) de la ville de Genève, Switzerland |
2022 | Omar Ba, Galerie Templon |
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2019 | Omar Ba, Same Dream, No. 8, The Power Plant Pages, The Power Plant Contemporary Ar Gallery, under the edirtorship of Gaëtane Verna, Toronto, Canada |
2016 | Exhibition catalogue, Mauvaises Graines, Edition Topographie de l'Art, Paris, France |
2014 | Omar Ba, La Prophétie des Gens de Durban / The Prophecy of the People of Durban, Hales Gallery, Paris, France |
Omar Ba
Omar Ba, in conversation with Emann Odufu
Toasting Manhattan's newest galleries and more Armory Week festivities
Qui est Omar Ba, l'artiste qui fait sensation en "réinventant" la peinture ?
Reportage à Bambilor de Lucie Peytermann
L'exposition "Anomalies", de l'artiste sénégalais Omar Ba
Une oeuvre à la loupe
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts : Omar Ba
The Artist : Omar Ba
FONDATION FERNET-BRANCA, SAINT-LOUIS, FRANCE From 27/05/2018 to 30/09/2018
MAC (MUSEE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN), MARSEILLE, FRANCE From 10/05/2018 to 02/09/2018
In French, the expression “Quel Amour!? [What Love!?] is an existential exhortation that raises questions about the universal nature of love as well as its ever-changing manifestations across generations, cultures, civilizations, and even within the arc of a single relationship.This eponymous exhibition brings together the work of acclaimed contemporary artists from around the world that bears witness to the permanent role love plays in artistic creation.
MUSEUM D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE DU HAVRE (LE HAVRE, FRANCE)From 06/27/17 to 12/31/17
FESTIVAL AFROPOLITAN, BOZAR, BRUSSELS, BELGIUMFrom 2/03/2017 to 2/05/2017
The Afropolitan Festival is three days of exceptional programming dedicated to Afropolitan art, creativity and state of mind, presented by BOZAR and its partners, with honorary guest artists Fredy Massamba, the great voice of Afro-soul, and Tatiana Silva, television presenter. Some thirty multidisciplinary events with over 70 artists and cultural players from Belgium, the two Congos, Ghana and Europe are articulated around three themes: the Belgian Congolese diaspora, Afropolitans of Europe, and bridges between Sub-Saharans and North Africans. The majority of the events are free.
MIAM SETE, SETE, FRANCE From 02/02/2017 to 9/17/2017
The Exhibition En toute modestie – Archipel Di Rosa portrays this artiste from Sete, Hervé Di Rosa, through his influences, preferences and commitments. By bringing together 70 artistes, the exhibition explores the theme from contemporary art to pop arts, referring also to Outsider art, religious art and craft industry. Curator: Julie Crenn With: ACM – Kwame Akoto / Almighty God – Pilar Albarracin – Elodie Antoine – Pierre Ardouvin – Marion Auburtin & Benjamin L. Aman – Omar Ba – Enrico Baj – Rina Banerjee – Raphael Barontini – Zoulikha Bouabdellah – Thérèse Bonnelalbay – Anne Brégeaut – Bernard Buffet – Marcos Carrasquer – Henri Darger – Hélène Delprat – Mathilde Denize – Dewar & Gicquel – Hervé Di Rosa – Jean Dubuffet – Christelle Familiari – Richard Fauguet – Harald Fernagu – Aurélie Ferruel & Florentine Guédon – Charles Fréger – Vidya Gastaldon – Romuald Hazoumé – Hippolyte Hentgen – David Hockney – Benoit Huot – Lydie Jean-Dit-Pannel – Milan Kunc – Yayoi Kusama – Carlos Kusnir – Charles Lapicque – Francisco Larios – Léa Le Bricomte – Mélanie Lecointe – Fernand Léger – Eugène Leroy – Natacha Lesueur – Aurélie William Levaux – Pascal Lièvre – Myriam Mechita – Elena Moaty – Pierre Molinier – Lucien Murat – Hassan Musa – Otobong Nkanga – ORLAN – Régis Perray – Guillaume Pinard – Agathe Pitié – Raphaëlle Ricol – Athi Patra Ruga – Lionel Sabatté – Peter Saul – Judith Scott – Sarah Tschann – Sarah Tritz – Willem Van Genk – Alan Vega – Erwan Venn – Marion Verboom – Adrien Vermont – Jean-Luc Verna – Gretel Weyer – Maria Jeona Zoleta – Unica Zurn.