CV Papa Adama
Papa Adama, 11-09-1980, Ouagadougou (BF)
papa_adama80@yahoo.fr www.papa-adama.com
T: +31 (0) 6 2305 8346
Education
2008-2009: Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL
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2004-2007: Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
1998-2002: CNAA, Ouagadougou, BF
Residencies
2008: Centre d’art contemporain Bajidala à Ségou, Mali
Projects
Building an artist residency and children education centre in Ouagadougou together with architect Bart Guldemond (2013 until now)
Solo exhibitions
(selection)
Planet Papa Adama, Laren 2014
CBK, Bijlmer Amsterdam 2010
Papa Adama Gallery /Atelier, Ruysdaelkade 159, 2010
Van Zijll Langhout Exposities, New Art Comes, Amsterdam 2010
SBK Veendam, Papa Adama Veendam, 2009
Posthuys, De Koog, 2008
Galerie 23, Amsterdam, 2007
Ververs Gallery, Amsterdam, 2007
Galerie 56, Tilburg, 2007
Galerie 23, Amsterdam, 2006
Garage Waterlooplein, Amsterdam, 2005
Group exhibitions (selection)
WM Gallery, Power & Ancestors, Amsterdam 2018
Frans Hals Museum/De Hallen, Humor, 101 jaar lachen om Kunst, Haarlem, 2017
Breed Art Gallery, Humanity and Nature, Amsterdam, 2017
W139, There is no I, Amsterdam, 2014
Museum Belvedere, Solopresentaties, Heerenveen-Oranjewoud, 2011
Kersgallery, Papa Adama en Mette Sterre, Den Haag 2011
Circle Gallery, Karamogo, three artists one passion: Africa, Amsterdam 2011
Eddie de Eagle Museum, The beginning of the End, Amsterdam, 2010
Oude Kerk, Art in Redlight /AIR, Amsterdam, 2010
Diska, Amsterdam 2010
SMBA, In-between Things Amsterdam, 2010
Galerie Sanaa, Utrecht 2010
Ververs Gallery, The State of Being, Amsterdam, 2010
RC de Ruimte, Lichtvoetige Vervreemding IJmuiden, 2010
Vergeten Veldjes, mobile gallery, 2010 http://www.vergetenveldjes.nl
Rijksakademie, Open Ateliers Amsterdam, 2009
Licht aan Zee AA, Den Helder, 2009
Oude Kerk, Art in Redlight: AIR4 Amsterdam, 2008
Rijksakademie, Open Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2008
Oude Kerk, Rietveld in de kerk, Amsterdam, 2007
Galerie 23, Zomeropstelling, Amsterdam, 2007
ArtOlive Galerie, ArtOlive Jong Talent Amsterdam, 2007
Galerie 23, Zomeropstelling Amsterdam, 2006
Westergasfabriek, Cinéma de Bricolage Amsterdam, 2005
Centrum DJOJ, Rotterdam, 2004
Galerie Arfrican Forms & Contemporary Art, Maastricht 2003
Nederlandse Ambassade, Ouagadougou, BF 2003
Cultureel Centrum Orion, Rotterdam, 2003
Centrale Bibliotheek, Den Haag, 2003
International Perscentrum, Den Haag 2003
Galerie Escalier Rouge, Ouagadougou, BF 2002
Hotel Pavillon Vert, Ouagadougou, BF 2002
Centre National des Arts, Ouagadougou, BF 2001
Work in Public Space
Bamba, Speeltuin Laagte Kadijk, Amsterdam 2012
Schrootkunstwerk, Laagte Kadijk t.o. nr 154, Amsterdam 2011
- now Zoo-tje Papa Adama, Plantage Kerklaan, Amsterdam 2009 - now
Articles and reviews (selection)
Versal, Migrations, Papa Adama, 2017
de Volkskrant, De authentieke inheemse culturen bestaan niet echt Lennard Dost (28-06-2010)
SMBA Newsletter No 116, In-between Things Kerstin Winking, 2010
Mug Magazine, Papa Adama wil koning van de kunst zijn Charles Braam, 2010
Het Parool, Amsterdam moedigt tuintjes aan (02-08-2010)
de Volkskrant, Pogingen greep te krijgen op de wereld Marina de Vries (29-11-2008)
De Telegraaf, Groepshuwelijken en rinkelende wekkers Paola van de Velde (28-11-2008)
Publications / Interviews
Humor, 101 jaar lachen om kunst, Na Fluxus, Renske Koster, Frans Hals Museum / De Hallen , Haarlem 2017 AT5, Big City, 17-09-2012 www.vergetenveldjes.nl, interview 2010
RTV Noord-Holland, interview in Zoo-tje, 2010
Extrapool, posters for project Museale Maaltijd, Vrije Academie, Den Haag 2003 'Ik Woon Hier', Adama Sawadogo, exhibition catalogue; Stichting Internationale Haagse 2003
Nominations
Buning Brongers Prijs 2010
Other Professional Activities
Lost and Found, presentation, January 2018
Bijlmerbajes, Bodyland workshop, September 2017
Kwaku Festival, banners for pavilion, August 2017
Pro Biblo, workshop during de Boekenweek, theme: ‘war, friendship, collaboration’, Schiphol, March 14, 2012
Art Centrum Papa Adama, Painting workshop for Children, Ouagadougou, oktober 2011
W139, We will Never Know for Sure, performance, 25 maart 2011
Mediamatic, performance at N8 / Ignite #2 with Sina Khani, 6 november 2010
De Key, workshop for children to make a mural sculpture at Laagte Kadijk, Amsterdam, October 10 and 17, 2010
AKV/St. Joost, Den Bosch Choose an experience workshop, 2008
One Minutes workshop, Ouagadougou, BF 2007
Bronze casting and sculpture in several studios, Burkina Faso, 1999-2004
Guest artist at the Vrije Academie, Den Haag 2003
About me on ART Papa Adama (Adama Koudougou Sawadogo), 1980. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 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
Extrapool, posters for project Museale Maaltijd, Vrije Academie, Den Haag 2003 'Ik Woon Hier', Adama Sawadogo, exhibition catalogue; Stichting Internationale Haagse 2003
Nominations
Buning Brongers Prijs 2010
Other Professional Activities
Lost and Found, presentation, January 2018
Bijlmerbajes, Bodyland workshop, September 2017
Kwaku Festival, banners for pavilion, August 2017
\Pro Biblo, workshop during de Boekenweek, theme: ‘war, friendship, collaboration’, Schiphol, March 14, 2012
Art Centrum Papa Adama, Painting workshop for Children, Ouagadougou, oktober 2011
W139, We will Never Know for Sure, performance, 25 maart 2011
Mediamatic, performance at N8 / Ignite #2 with Sina Khani, 6 november 2010
De Key, workshop for children to make a mural sculpture at Laagte Kadijk, Amsterdam, October 10 and 17, 2010
AKV/St. Joost, Den Bosch Choose an experience workshop, 2008
One Minutes workshop, Ouagadougou, BF 2007
Bronze casting and sculpture in several studios, Burkina Faso, 1999-2004
Guest artist at the Vrije Academie, Den Haag 2003
About me on ART Papa Adama (Adama Koudougou Sawadogo), 1980. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. 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