Abdoulaye Konaté

Abdoulaye Konaté studied at Institut National des Arts, Bamako. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bamako. Work by Abdoulaye Konaté is recorded in the collections of National Museum of World Cultures. Distinctions recorded are Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Knight of the National Order of Mali.

• Born — 1 February 1953 • Birthplace — Diré, Mali • Education — Institut National des Arts de Bamako • Occupation — * Graphic designer • painter • installation artist • sculptor

Konaté was born 1 February 1953 in the northern town of Diré in Mali. He studied and graduated at the Institut National des Arts de Bamako between the times of 1972 to 1976 with a degree in painting. He then moved to Havana, Cuba from 1978 - 1985 to further his art education at the Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba (Higher Institute of Plastic Arts). During his time in Cuba he discovered multidisciplinary art. This left a long impression on him. Konaté used acrylic to paint a multitude of work. in the 1990's Konaté switched from traditional painting to tapestry. His tapestries are shown in galleries all over the world today.

Konaté worked as a graphic designer at the Musee National in Bamako. In 1998, he was appointed to be the Director of the Palais de la Culture. He now works as the principal of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers Multimédia Balla Fasseké Kouyaté in Bamako, Mali. He and his work have received several awards, including in 2002 the Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mali and Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France.

• 2013- Abdoulaye Konaté - Primo Marella Gallery Milan, Milan • 2011- Abdoulaye Konaté: Window Commission 2011 - Institute of International Visual Arts - iniva, London • 2009- Textiles - Heidelberger Forum für Kunst, Heidelberg • 1999- Abdoulaye Konaté - Tuchbilder + Installation - Dany Keller Galerie - Munich, Munich

2014 • Destination...1:54: Contemporary African Art - Primo Marella Gallery Milan, Milan • The Divine Comedy. Heaven, Purgatory and Hell Revisited by Contemporary African Artists -Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main2013 • Decorum - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris • Hollandaise - Raw Material Company, Dakar 2012 • Hollandaise - Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam - SMBA, Amsterdam • Moving Into Space: Football and Art in West Africa - National Football Museum, Manchester • We Face Forward: Art from West Africa Today - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester 2010 • Africa, Assume Art Position! - Primo Marella Gallery Milan, Milan • Textiles - Fondation Jean Paul Blachere, Apt • Dak’Art 2010 - Dak’Art 1990 > 2010: rétrospective et perspectives - Dak'Art Biennale de l’art africain contemporain, Dakar 2009 10. Bienal de La Habana - La Bienal de La Habana, Havana 2008 • INPUT - Colecção Sindika Dokolo - Museu Nacional de História Natural, Luanda • Travesía - Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno (CAAM), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria • 7th Gwangju Biennale - Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju • Angaza Afrika - African Art Now - October Gallery, London • Artes Mundi 3 - National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff, Wales 2007 • Brocken Memory - Ghana National Art Museum, Accra • Contact Zone - Musée National du Mali, Bamako • Africa Remix - Contemporary art of a continent - Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), Johannesburg • Documenta 12 - Documenta, Kassel 2006 • Trienal de Luanda 2007 - Trienal de Luanda, Luanda • 2° Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla - BIACS - Fundación Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, Sevilla • Africa Remix - Moderna Museet, Stockholm • SD Observatorio - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia • Africa Remix - Contemporary Art of a Continent - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo • 7ème Biennale de l´Art Africain contemporain - Dak'Art Biennale de l’art africain contemporain, Dakar 2005 • African Remix - l'art contemporain d'un continent - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris • Africa Remix – Contemporary Art of a Continent - Hayward Gallery, London 2004 Afrika Remix - Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents - Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf 1998 24° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo 1997 Die Anderen Modernen: Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Afrika, Asien und Lateinamerika - Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

In 2008 Konaté was nominated for the Artes Mundi prize. His exhibition included pieces such as Les Marcheurs and Tafo ou la force du verbe.

Abdoulaye Konaté is recorded as having received Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Knight of the National Order of Mali. Recognition and collections. Konaté received Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres and Knight of the National Order of Mali.