Maïmouna Guerresi.
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Maïmouna Guerresi, 2016 © Antoine Tempé
Maïmouna Guerresi (vive e lavora tra Italia e Senegal) è fotografa, scultrice, performer, autrice di video e installazioni.
Le sue opere sono state presentate alla Biennale di Venezia, a Documenta K18 a Kassel oltre che in numerose mostre personali e collettive internazionali, tra cui National Museum di Bamako, Mali, KIASMA museum of contemporary art di Helsinki, Bahrain National Museum, Sharjah Art Museum, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, I.M.A Institute du Monde Arabe, 13.ma Cairo Biennale, Lagos Photo Festival, LOBA Leica Oskar Barnack Award, SCoP-Shanghai Center of Photography Shanghai, Gallery Gongbech, Jeju, Corea del Sud, Kyotographie, Kyoto, Japan, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, ROM Museum, Toronto, Tate Modern, Londra.
Il suo lavoro fa parte di collezioni pubbliche e private tra cui Boghossian Foundation, GAM Galleria Arte Moderna Achille Forti, Minneapolis Institute of Art, L.A.C.M.A Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of African, Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Black Gold Museum, Riyadh.
Collaborazioni fra l’artista e la curatrice:
Rûh /Spirito. Le radici della spiritualità, Kyotographie 2022, festival internazionale di Fotografia di Kyoto, Giappone (testo in cat. giapponese/inglese)
Ville Nouvelles and Ancient Shadows, VIII edizione Festival Castelnuovo Fotografia, Castelnuovo di Porto, Roma, 2020 (mostra personale nell’ambito del festival fotografico)
Aisha al país de les meravelles, un viatge a Girona, Casa della Cultura Les Bernardes Salt-Girona, Spagna 2019 (mostra personale co-curata con Laura Cornejo Brugués) (cat. Silvana Editoriale catalano/inglese/italiano/spagnolo realizzato con il sostegno della Fondazione Pasquale Battista)
Maïmouna Guerresi. Rûh / Soul (intervista all’artista), Vanilla Edizioni 2019
Il sangue delle donne – Tracce di rosso sul panno bianco, Postmedia Books 2019 (libro realizzato con il sostegno della Fondazione Pasquale Battista e mostre collettive)
The journey of the Sparrowhawk (mostra personale in collaborazione con il Consolato Generale d’Italia a Gedda), Hafez Gallery, Gedda, Arabia Saudita 2016 (catalogo arabo/inglese)
DonnexDonne, Galleria del Cembalo, Roma (mostra collettiva), 2014
CAKE. La cultura del dessert tra tradizione Araba e Occidente, Postcart 2013
Maïmouna Guerresi (lives and works between Italy and Senegal) is a photographer, sculptor, performer, creator of videos and installations. Her works have been presented at the Venice Biennale, Documenta K18 in Kassel as well as in numerous international solo and group exhibits, including National Museum in Bamako, Mali, KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Bahrain National Museum, Sharjah Art Museum, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, I. M.A Institute du Monde Arabe, 13th Cairo Biennale, Lagos Photo Festival, LOBA Leica Oskar Barnack Award, SCoP-Shanghai Center of Photography Shanghai, Gallery Gongbech, Jeju, South Korea, Kyotographie, Kyoto, Japan, Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, ROM Museum, Toronto, Tate Modern, London.
Her work is part of public and private collections including Boghossian Foundation, GAM Galleria Arte Moderna Achille Forti, Minneapolis Institute of Art, L.A.C.M.A Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of African, Contemporary Art Al Maaden, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art and Black Gold Museum, Riyadh.
Collaborations between artist and curator:
Rûh /Spirit. The roots of spirituality, Kyotographie 2022, Kyoto International Photography Festival, Japan (Japanese/English cat.)
Ville Nouvelles and Ancient Shadows, VIII edition Festival Castelnuovo Fotografia, Castelnuovo di Porto, Rome, 2020 (solo exhibit as part of the photo festival)
Aisha al país de les meravelles, un viatge a Girona, Casa de Cultura Les Bernardes Salt-Girona, Spain 2019 (solo exhibit co-curated with Laura Cornejo Brugués) (cat. Silvana Editoriale Catalan/English/Italian/Spanish realized with the support of Pasquale Battista Foundation)
Maïmouna Guerresi. Rûh / Soul (interview with the artist), Vanilla Edizioni 2019
The blood of women – Traces of red on white cloth, Postmedia Books 2019 (book produced with the support of Pasquale Battista Foundation and group exhibition)
The journey of the Sparrowhawk (solo exhibit in cooperation with the Consulate General of Italy in Jeddah), Hafez Gallery, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 2016 (Arabic/English catalogue)
DonnexDonne, Galleria del Cembalo, Rome (group exhibition), 2014
CAKE. The dessert culture between Arab and Western tradition, Postcart 2013