Curriculum vitae of Papa Adama

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