Gérard Gabayen: Artist Resume
Artistic Course
Gerard Gabayen studied at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Dakar, Senegal, from 1996 to 1998. He decided not to pursue a diploma but to work instead in the studios of artists Claude Mari Bruce, Cool Djabang, Moussa Beidi and Papa Arko, from Ghana. Multicultural in his genes, with roots in Cape Verde, Ethiopia, Lebanon, Madagascar and Mali, Gerard dreamed to live and work abroad. He spent a little over a year in Abidjan but finally made the decision to continue creating in his homeland.
Exhibitions
2023
Frequency, Galerie Hoop, Dakar, Senegal
2022
Dakar Biennale (Dak' Art), Official Selection - Senegalese Pavilion, Musée des Civilisations Noires, Dakar, Senegal
Dak'Art OFF, Galerie des Arts du Soleil, Dakar, Senegal
2021
Société Eiffage, Dakar, Senegal
2019
African Art Beats opening exhibit, Washington DC, USA
2018
Ca Kanam (En avant), Société Eiffage, Dakar, Senegal
Galerie Kemboury, Dakar, Senegal
Partcours, 7th edition, Atelier Céramique Almadies, Dakar, Senegal
2017
Partcours, 6th edition, Dakar, Senegal
2015
Galerie Art’et Miss, Paris, France
Partcours, 4th edition, Dakar, Senegal
2014
Galerie Little Senegal, Saly, Senegal
Exhibited in Abidjan, Brussels, Munich and Paris between 1996 and 2014.
Collections
Collection of HM Mohamed VI, King of Morocco.
Collection Eiffage
Private collections in Senegal and abroad.