Oumar Ly

♂ *1943-2016 / Senegal

Works

Contacts for the work of Oumar Ly

Oumar Ly

www.oumar-ly.com

Solo exhibitions

Portraits de brousse et de studio, Podor 1963/1978

Regard Sud, Lyon (FR)
16 Jan 2020 – 20 Mar 2020
Bush Portraits / Portraits de Brousse 1963-1978

Le Comptoir General, Paris (FR)
2 Oct 2013 – 1 Dec 2013

Group

As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
5 Nov 2024 – 20 Jan 2025

with James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Stan Douglas, Louis Draper, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Samuel Fosso …
Regardez-moi ! LOOK AT ME !

The ritual of posing / The photo studio in Africa in the 1960s and 70s

Galerie Art-Z, Paris (FR)
4 May 2024 – 29 Jun 2024

with Seydou Keita, Malick Sidibe, Sanlé Sory
As We Rise

Photography from the Black Atlantic

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem (US)
17 Jun 2023 – 31 Dec 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara …
As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (CA)
24 Feb 2023 – 21 May 2023

with Raphael Albert, Henry Clay Anderson, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Jody Brand, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Elliott Jerome Brown, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara …
African Spirits

Yossi Milo Gallery, New York (US)
11 Jul 2019 – 23 Aug 2019

with Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou, Martina Bacigalupo, Mohamed Bourouissa, Nathalie Boutte, Delphine Diallo, Samuel Fosso, Hassan Hajjaj, Pieter Hugo, Seydou Keita, Hamidou Maiga, Kyle Meyer, Kyle Meyer …
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo

I LOVE AFRICA

Festival La Gacilly-Baden, Baden (AT)
8 Jun 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Akintunde Akinleye, Ed Alcock, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Teo Becher, Girma Berta, Emmanuel Berthier, Mama Casset, David Chancellor, Paras Chandaria, Jean Depara, Fatoumata Diabate …
African-Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalization, and Style

Portraits in Print

Memphis Museum of Art, Memphis (US)
24 Feb 2018 – 12 Aug 2018

with Mory Bamba, Francis K. Honny, Jacques Toussele
Place of honour for Africa

Paris Photo 2011

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2011 – 13 Nov 2011

with Alex Acolatse, Joseph Moïse Agbodjélou, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Daniel Attoumou Amicchia , Joel Andrianomearisoa, Philip Kwame Apagya, Cornelius Augustt Azaglo, Sammy Baloji, James Barnor, Abdoulaye Barry, Arturu Bibang, Jodi Bieber …
OBJECTIF PHOTO - Afrique et photographie

Galerie Art-Z, Paris (FR)
10 Feb 2011 – 24 Mar 2011

with Berry Bickle, Jean Depara, Calvin Dondo, Mamadou Konaté, Juergen Schadeberg, Malick Sidibe, Olivier Sultan
Le rituel de la pose- L'Afrique en noir et balnc dans les annees 70

Galerie Art-Z, Paris (FR)
1 Nov 2010 – 27 Nov 2010

with Jean Depara, Malick Sidibe
Brighton Photo Biennial 2010: New Documents

Brighton Photo Biennal, Brighton (GB)
2 Oct 2010 – 14 Nov 2010

with Wout Berger, Mohamed Bourouissa, Alejandro Chaskielberg, Josef Heinrich (Jupp) Darchinger, JU Duoqi, Stephen Gill, Oscar Fernando Gomez, Rinko Kawauchi, Molly Landreth, Dhruv Malhotra, Billy Monk, Suzanne Opton …

Events

Capture Photography Festival 2023

Capture Photography Festival, Vancouver (CA)
1 Apr 2023 – 30 Apr 2023

with Henry Clay Anderson, Roy Arden, James Barnor, Dawoud Bey, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Deanna Bowen, Kwame Brathwaite, Sandra Brewster, Vanley Burke, Mohamed Camara, Kennedi Carter, Jorian Charlton …
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair

Art Africa Ltd, London (GB)
5 Oct 2017 – 8 Oct 2017

with Malala Andrialavidrazana, Carolle Benitah, Halida Boughriet, Denis Dailleux, Samuel Fosso, Hicham Gardaf, Tahir Karl Karmali, Lebohang Kganye, Safaa Mazirh, Mohau Modisakeng, Fabrice Monteiro, Zohra Opoku …
Festival photo La Gacilly 2017

Festival photo , La Gacilly (FR)
3 Jun 2017 – 30 Sep 2017

with James Barnor, Girma Berta, Mama Casset, David Chancellor, Jean Depara, Fatoumata Diabate, Omar Victor Diop, Elliott Erwitt, Seydou Keita, Aida Muluneh, Malick Sidibe, Michel Vanden Eeckhoudt