ABOUT
After a successful career as an internationally-traveling professional dancer, Djeneba Aduayom progressed into photography and brought her love of movement and emotive performance into her imagery and subsequent directing work. Drawing inspiration from her cultural mix of French, Italian, and African heritage, her concepts and artistic expression is rooted in her personal exploration of the inner worlds that reside in her imagination. In looking within and articulating her creative ideas in a visual abstraction that beckons interpretation, she hopes her works allow the outside viewer to travel to a universe of their very own making.
Aduayom is now based just outside of Los Angeles, CA.
djeneba.aduayom2@gmail.com | +1 310 437 9105
2019, Djeneba Aduayom: Untitled X, AKAA / Paris Photo, Paris, France
2018, Innate: Future Blooms, Dak'Art Biennale, Dakar, Senegal
2018, Also Known As Africa, Paris, France
2020, Gold Medal: A Pas de Deux for New York Magazine/The Cut, The One Club for Creativity One Show Awards
2020, Online Platform and New Media: The 1619 Project for the New York Times, International Center of Photography Infinity Awards
2018, Emerging Photographers, Voies Off Awards
"Djeneba Aduayom: An Artist Untethered", METAL Magazine, November, 2018.
"A Chat with Djeneba Aduayom about Her Series 'Untitled X' and Adhel", A Shaded View on Fashion, November 11, 2019.
"Visual Q&A: Djeneba Aduayom", Cooperative of Photography, August 29, 2018.
"Spotlight On: Djeneba Aduayom", Format, July 16, 2018.