Art Exhibit Opening at aKAZ!ATL Gallery with artists Casimir Bationo and Cheikh Tidiane Keita
Location: aKAZ!ATL Gallery, 364 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30312
Join Gallery Miriam on March 26th for the opening of their newest art exhibit at aKAZ!ATL. Running until April 30th, this exhibit will feature two African artists, Casimir Bationo from Burkina Faso and Cheikh Tidiane Keita from Senegal.
aKAZ!ATL intends to build awareness for innovative art and design coming from African cities such as Dakar, Lagos, Accra, Johannesburg, and Maputo - in Atlanta. The African art and design will be curated, framed and situated in a narrative that tells a story of agency, confidence and pride. It hopes to build a client base for artists and designers from Africa among Atlanta art and design aficionados while also becoming a valuable contributor to the community of Atlanta innovators trying to build an ever more inclusive, dynamic and yet historically grounded global city.
Gallery Miriam specializes in the promotion of works by young artists from French-speaking Africa. Many of the young artists presented are award winners of European and Asian competitions. Their works hang on the walls of homes and galleries from Europe to Asia and offer a glimpse of their countries of origin. Though the Gallery specializes in art from French-speaking Africa, they also include works from the rest of the continent and the diaspora.
Casimir Bationo is an artist based in Burkina Faso whose paintings have been exhibited nationally, as well as in Benin, France, Congo-Kinshasa, Switzerland, the United States, Mozambique, Morocco, Turkey, etc. He considers his art to be universal and in constant motion like the world. Through the play of colors, contrasts, shapes, lines, and their arrangement, Bationo endeavors to make his works alive and vibrant, inviting viewers to "surpass themselves by touching their souls". (Source)
Cheikh Tidiane Keita is a Senegalese award-winning artist based in the United States whose paintings have been exhibited nationally, as well as in Spain, Senegal, Monaco, France, and Finland. In addition, his art has been featured in publications such as Paris Cote d'Azur, Le Soleil, etc. Through his distinctive semi-figurative works, Keita explores the magic of children and contemporary African society. (Source)