Photo ⎯⎯⎯ Elijah Scott
★ mini artist statement ★
Growing up it had always been a need to make it more tangible, make it
more known — exist in this potency. I tackle these wants through the
creative process of art-making.
While creating through impulse, m
y body of work dives into the beauty of
life whilst stretching to understand it. My only hope is to make my life experiences breathe through a faucet of the senses, planes, and with
exchanged words.
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/about/mission/
b. 1999
she/they
Fatou /fa·2/ is an artist who grew up in Newark NJ aiming to understand the gift of life expressed through the many mediums of art. By doing so this hopefully furthers your understanding that nothing is ever singular or existing on its own: Everything is connected— whether it's the atoms that bump into each other, or the pixels intermixing on your screen, everything is formulated with something else to create a bigger picture.
This understanding is prevalent in many pieces by fa2, not failing to showcase the relationship we all share amongst one another.
Everything in this life is a projection of you.
Every opinion you raise is a projection of you.
If everything in this world is mirroring one another how can they come back again to become an art piece?
Fatou’s artworks are all mirrored projections of them, opinions of them, and collages of them— expressed through a multitude of mediums that will continue to grow with time.
[there is always space for you to see your own reality in their work. enjoy]
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CV :
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The Arts Center at Governors Island, 110 Andes Rd, New York, NY 10004— Group Exhibition “JUNTO Group Show”
JULY 2024
The Yard, 33 W 60th St New York, NY 10023— Group Exhibition “Weaving Abstract Stories”
APRIL 2024
Brooklyn Art Haus, 24 Marcy Ave, NY 11211— Group Exhibition “The History We Make”
MARCH 2024
The Newark Museum of Art, 49 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102 — Group Exhibition “Cross-Cultural Perspectives”
SEPTEMBER 2023
SLA Art Space, 307 W 30th St, NY 10001— Solo Exhibition “Water Holds Memory”
JANUARY 2023
Newark PorchFest, 29 Old Road Newark, NJ 07104— The Gallery at Sydenham House Group Show
SEPTEMBER 2022
Brooklyn Art Cave ,897 Broadway,Brooklyn, NY 11206 — Black Girl Fight Club Group Show
MAY 2022
Artfront Galleries,1180 Raymond Blvd, Newark, NY 07102 — Group Show
MARCH 2022
SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001 — Black History Month “The Way We See Us” Art Exhibition
FEBRUARY 2022
Fable Jones Studios, 56 Bogart St Studio 118, Brooklyn, NY 11206— Solo Exhibition “Land of Dirt”
NOVEMBER 2021
SVA Chelsea Gallery, 601 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001 — Art Exhibition “In and Out of Time”
OCTOBER 2021
Open Door Gallery Space, 27 Alta Place, Yonkers, New York, NY 10710 — Group Art Show
FEBRUARY 2021
Empty Space Art Gallery, Two Gateway Center, 2 Gateway Center, Newark, NJ 07102 — Group Art Show
MARCH 2019