Bwo Art is pleased to share that two of our artists – Sesse Elangwe Ngeseli and Emanuel Tegene – have been invited to take part in two artists-in-residence programmes between London and Dakar.

 
Shaquelle Whyte and Sesse Elangwe at the Fores Project in London. Photo credits: The Fores Project

On August 8th, Sesse Elangwe joined collector-led Fores Project residency programme in London.

The Fores Project is a four-week residency programme which invites and supports emerging artists by giving them  space and time to further their practice and expand their creativity whilst being immersed in a rich cultural and historical scened offered by the city of London.

During his time as a Fores resident, Elangwe is given the opportunity to connect with other London-based artists, European-based collectors, curators and gallerists as he prepares a fresh body of work influenced and informed by this experience. Following the residency, a solo exhibition will be held  in the first semester of 2023 at the Fores Project’s gallery space, or at a partner gallery’s space in London.

If you live in London or are currently visiting and would like to plan a studio visit with Sesse Elangwe, reply to this email. Bwo Art would be more than happy to assist you. 

Emanuel Tegene, 44/45 (2022), acrylic, oil and oil pastel on canvas, 155 x 337 cm. Courtesy of Bwo Art and the artist.  

Neo-expressionist Emanuel Tegene has been selected to take part in the residency programme of the QUATORZEROHUIT Gallery from August 30th to September 30th in Dakar.

Studio QUATORZEROHUIT is a Dakar-based gallery dedicated to contemporary art and design, whose particularity is to highlight the alliance between design and contemporary art, disciplines with intimate relations and joint perspectives. Versatile and mixed, it is also a place of conviviality, convergence, exchange and exploration. Their gallery space offers original exhibitions, with a regular programme of contemporary artists and designers. Tegene will be given the space, conceived as a collaborative creative space, where aesthetics and creative emulation are at the heart of activities.

In parallel, Bwo Art is also thrilled to announce that Emanuel Tegene has completed a new body of work with pieces available from his studio in Addis Abeba. 

Last days to see Bara Sketchbook and Sesse Elangwe in Venice

As shared in our previous newsletters, Bara Sketchbook and Sesse Elangwe have works currently on view until August 21st in a trio exhibition alongside Idris Habib at 193 Gallery in Venice, Italy. Titled “Traits To Remember: The aesthetics and politics of Black portraits”, the show which was curated by Brice Arsène Yonkeu offers a new angle to read the works of the portraitists and emphasizes the relevance of representation in art. 

If you are unable to physically visit, 193 Gallery has created a 3D room of the exhibition which is virtually accessible here. 

Beya Gille Gacha at the MAIF Social Club 

We also pleased to share that artist Beya Gille Gacha will be presenting a work in the group show “Le Chant des fôrets” (tr: “The song of the woods” – curated by Lauranne Germond) at the Parisian cultural centre MAIF Social Club and opening on October 1st. MAIF Social Club is an organisation founded by the French insurance group MAIF, it offers a rich artistic and creative programme featuring emerging and recognised artists from all over the world. 

Beya Gille Gacha, Orant #5 (2019), beads, wax, resin, fabric, concrete, soil  and plants. Courtesy of the artist and Bwo Art.

Gille Gacha worked with 9 other artists with the objective of shedding light on the voices and the mysteries of the woods from different parts of the world. This goes in line with her permanent reflection on humanity, bodies, nature and magic which runs through her body of works. 

Le Chant des Forêts will be a sensitive, visual and sound journey taking visitors into the heart of the woods and intertwining contemporary social issues with mystical aspects of the woods asartists echo the voices of the forest.

To learn more about the exhibition, you can visit their website.

We would like to share with you a full-page feature on Beya Gille Gacha’s practice by German art critic Johnatan Fischer for one of Germany’s most read daily newspaper: Süddeutsche Zeitung.

While wandering inside the main site of the Dakar Biennale, Johnatan Fischer, who is particularly interested in contemporary creation in Africa, was hooked by the exhibited work of Beya Gille Gacha “L’autre Royaume” (Tr:“The other kingdom”).
From Gille Gacha’s beading technique to her manifold historical, ecological and theological associations with human bodies, the journalist transcribes an intense conversation between him and the artist, including Beya’s background, her body of works, her creative process and spirituality. 

Read it now (in German or with page translation): Blick in die Ewigkeit by Johnathan Fischer – 06/02/2022

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/dakar-biennale-beya-gille-gacha-zeitgenoessische-kunst-1.5615989