ARTISTA
YUBAH SANOGO
IVORY COAST
ARTIST STATEMENT
‘Regard de La Porteuse’ ,2018
Acylic on canvas
43×43 cm
‘Matin’, 2015
30x60cm
acrylic on canvas
‘Djini San’ ,2015
160x74cm
Acrylic on canvas
Property of the artist
Courtesy Virginia Ryan Projects
La natura e l’acustica sono gli aspetti che definiscono la mia pittura
in questo momento. Il mio studio è vicino al oceano Atlantico. Il mio
lavoro spesso risponde al cielo stellato; è per questo che lavoro
spesso direttamente nella calma della notte. Questo è quindi
collegato alla musica jazz che amo ascoltare; vedi tutti i punti nei
dipinti? Sono come una partitura musicale.
BIOGRAFIA
Yubah Sanogo was born December 15, 1984 in Bingerville, Ivory
Coast; attending the Bingerville Applied Arts Center (technical
diploma in applied arts with honors). He was studio assistant in the
ateliers of Maitre Jacques Stenka and Australian artist Virginia Ryan.
His works have already been shown in Italy, and appear in the
catalogs and leaflet of prominent exhibitions in his own country.
Yuba now works at Kool Studio in the Unesco World Heritage Site,
Grand Bassam.
Yubah Sanogo work for the last few years evokes the energy
of the famous West African ‘Dozo’ hunters, and the strategy of
Hunter Spiders; his gaze incorporates both water and the sky into
the pictorial space. Indeed the dotted reliefs (which can be read
as synonymous interstitial openings or cracks) in these highly
concentrated paintings are representations of drops of water from
the sky, which invade the canvas and create significant forms; for
the artist, the element and immensity of water, a vital source of life,
expresses hope and courage which contributes to our daily life.
Recent exhibitions include:
COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION
2016 Solo at the Case Bleu (Grand Bassam)
2015 Expo BICICI Amis des Arts
(Masters and Students of Ivory Coast)
2014 Solo at Koffi Yao Gallery (Ivory Coast)
2013 ARKADI 17th Edition (Ivory Coast)
2013 Remembrance of Africa from the collection
of Contemporary Art of West Africa
curated by Maurizio Coccia and Mara Predicatori /
Predicator Palazzo Lucarini Contemporary Trevi, Italy
2012 Museum of Civilization of Abidjan (Ivory Coast)
‘Esprit de L’Eau at the Italian Embassy in Abidjan
(Côte d’Ivoire) and Peroux (Italy)
2011 Collective at the Rotund Des Arts of Abidjan
2010 International Biennale of ARTE3 4th Edition (Italy).
‘Esprit de L’eau’ at the Charles DONWAHI Foundation,
Abidjan.
2009 Trainer at the NGO TERRE DES HOMMES (Italy)
and MESAD (Ivory Coast)
2008 International Biennial ADJE-PESSI (Bingerville)
Ivory Coast