Noumoukè Camara
Malian painter and graphic artist born in 1976 in Bamako Coura, one of the most lively and colorful neighborhoods of the Malian capital. He entered the world of visual arts through glass painting, mentored by the renowned painter the late Joël Mounkoro in the 1990s.
Between 1994 and 2003, he participated in numerous workshops and meetings in Africa and France, where he had the opportunity to work with renowned artists such as Alfousseny Kelly, David Coulibaly, Lassant Kanté, Ismaël Diabaté, Jean-Claude Daguet, and Michel Granger.
Between 1994 and 2003, he participated in numerous workshops and meetings in Africa and France, where he had the opportunity to work with renowned artists such as Alfousseny Kelly, David Coulibaly, Lassant Kanté, Ismaël Diabaté, Jean-Claude Daguet, and Michel Granger.
Biography
Noumouké Camara exhibits in many notable venues in the capital, such as the INA Gallery, the Centre Soleil d’Afrique, the National Museum, the District Museum, the Médina Gallery, and the Bamako Art Gallery. His works have also traveled to other countries: CCF Henri Matisse in Bobo Dioulasso (1995), Blanc-Mesnil Cultural Forum in France (2002), La Rotonde des Arts in Abidjan in 2018, and as part of the “BICIM amie des arts” project in 2019.
A member of the Atelier Badialan, a collective founded in 2014 by Amadou Sanogo, which aims to energize the visual arts scene, he participated in the collective exhibition “BAMAKO” at the headquarters of Eiffage in Dakar in 2016, “AB1 OPEN STUDIO” in 2017, as well as several editions of the contemporary art fair Ségou’Art from 2016 to 2022. More recently, he took part in the collective exhibition Picasso Remix presented at the Galerie le Manège in Dakar in 2022.
His works, blending figuration and abstraction, belong to a style he himself defines as “Neo-graphism” and depict, without taboos and not without humor, the life of the capital as well as the daily lives of Malians in all their vibrancy. They are a hybridization of lines and geometric patterns that define the strength of his style, often in black and white, occasionally incorporating bright colors. His primary motif is the woman, whose attributes he celebrates, along with everything that evokes movement, noise, and the energy of the city.
A member of the Atelier Badialan, a collective founded in 2014 by Amadou Sanogo, which aims to energize the visual arts scene, he participated in the collective exhibition “BAMAKO” at the headquarters of Eiffage in Dakar in 2016, “AB1 OPEN STUDIO” in 2017, as well as several editions of the contemporary art fair Ségou’Art from 2016 to 2022. More recently, he took part in the collective exhibition Picasso Remix presented at the Galerie le Manège in Dakar in 2022.
His works, blending figuration and abstraction, belong to a style he himself defines as “Neo-graphism” and depict, without taboos and not without humor, the life of the capital as well as the daily lives of Malians in all their vibrancy. They are a hybridization of lines and geometric patterns that define the strength of his style, often in black and white, occasionally incorporating bright colors. His primary motif is the woman, whose attributes he celebrates, along with everything that evokes movement, noise, and the energy of the city.
