Papa Adama, artist

Papa Adama (Adama Koudougou Sawadogo), 1980. Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

At the age of 16, right after finishing high school, Papa Adama started his career as an autodidact. From 1998 till 2001 he was student and assistant of Ali Nikiema and specialized in bronze at the CNAA – Centre National Artisanal d’Art in Ouagadougou. The following years he concentrated on painting and was invited to expose in The Netherlands several times. In 2003, he moved to The Netherlands, shortly

after he started his education at the Rietveld Academie, he graduated in 2007. Since then Papa Adama has been selected to join the Rijksakademie as an artist in residence starting in January 2008.

papa_adama80@yahoo.fr