Aboudia Abdoulaye Diarrassouba
Aboudia, whose real name Aboudia Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, is an Ivorian painter born in 1983.
After been graduated from the Technical Center of Applied Arts in Abidjan in 2005, Aboudia witnessed the armed conflict in 2011 and in particular the battle of Abidjan.
During several months of war, Aboudia represented in his paintings hostile crowd, terrified civilians, dead people, weapons …
The paintings of Aboudia impress by their colourful, wild, childlike style and a very large size, up to four meters long.His works are inspired by graffiti on walls and kid’s drawings that express their anger or their dreams.
Like a street painter, Aboudia captures the energy of the streets in Abidjan and often works on series of paintings.He will become a big name in African art in the coming years.
Aboudia lives and works in Abidjan.
■ Solo Exhibitions
2016 Talking Heads at Ethan Cohen New York
2015 “Nouchi Dream”, Ethan Cohen New York
2015 VOLTA BASEL, Ethan Cohen New York
2015 “Sossoroh Urbain”, Jack Bell Gallery
2014 VOLTA Basel, Ethan Cohen New York2014
2014 “African Dawn ”, Ethan Cohen New York
2012 “Quitte Le Pouvoir”, Jack Bell
2011 “Les Fantomes,” Jack Bell Gallery, London
2011 Solo exposition at Goethe-Institute, Johannesburg
■ Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Group show at Art Stage Singapore, Ethan Cohen New York
2015 “PANGAEA II”, Saatchi Gallery, London Solo show, Ethan Cohen, New York
2015 Group show at Art Stage Singapore, Ethan Cohen New York
2015 “FLAUNT: Africa New Wave”, Ethan Cohen New York
2015 Group show at Art Miami, Ethan Cohen New York
2015 “PANGAEA”, Saatchi Gallery, London
2014 Group show at Art Silicon Valley, Ethan Cohen New York
2014 “BATIK d’AFRIQUE”, Ethan Cohen New York
2014 Group show at Art Miami, Ethan Cohen New York
2014 Group show at Art Stage Singapore, Ethan Cohen New York
2014 Group show at Scope New York, Ethan Cohen New York
2014 Group show at Art Lima, Ethan Cohen New York
2013 Exhibition at the Nevada Museum, Nevada, USA
2013 Exhibitions at Galerie Cecile Fakhoury Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
2013 Gallery Group show at Scope Miami Beach, Ethan Cohen New York