Fatima Allotey
Born in 1981, Accra, Ghana. Lives and works in Accra and Barcelona.
Education:
1999-2000 Accademia delle Belle Arte, Barcelona, Spain
1998-2002: Arts Academy, Accra, Ghana
One-Person Exhibitions:
2005 - Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
2004 - Wim Reiff Gallery, Maastricht
2002 - Galerie Bourbon Lally, Montreal
- Fashion Lab (Bourbon/Lally), Montreal
- Galerie Arte Vista, Montreal
2000/01 - Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2006 - “Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery,” co-curated by Lowery Sims, Cynthia R.
Copeland and Kathleen Hulser, Artists, Fatima Allotey, Malcolm Bailey, Willie Birch, Maria Magdelena Campos- Pons, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Renee Cox, Leonardo Drew, Ellen Driscoll, Mel Edwards, David Hammons, Eli Kince, Marc Latamie, Joseph Lewis, III, Glenn Ligon, Whitfield Lovell, Kerry James Marshall, Bradley McCallum/ Jacqueline Tarry Algernon Miller Lorenzo Pace, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, Joyce Scott, Cedric Smith, Jeff Sonhouse ,Kara Walker, Carrie Mae Weems, Fred Wilson.
New York Historical Society, New York
- “FRESH,” Benefit Exhibition, Renaissance Society, Chicago
“Tokyo Art Collection,” Tokyo Big Site, Tokyo
-“Living with Art,” IDF Art, Inc. New York
2005 - MACO, Mexcio City, Mexico
- Art Rotterdam, Florence Lynch Gallery, Cruise Terminal Rotterdam
2004 - “Emerging” Art In General, New York
- Art Rotterdam, Florence Lynch Gallery, Cruise Terminal Rotterdam
2003 - Aligned: Fatima Allotey, Ghada Amer, Jacob El Hanani, William Kentridge,
Moshekwa Langa, Sam Nhlengethwa, Odili Donald Odita, Ike Ude,” Florence
Lynch Gallery, New York
- Art Miami, (Bourbon-Lally, Canada), Miami, FL
- Armory Show (Florence Lynch Gallery), NY, NY
- The National Black Fine Art Show, (Bourbon-Lally, Canada), Puck Building, New York
2001/2002 “Reaction,” Exit Art, New York
2001 - Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Hilgos Foundation Exhibition, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
- “New Attitude,” Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt
- ARCO: Cutting Edge Invitational, Madrid
- “Currents,” Art Miami, Miami, Florida
2006 Juan Ferndo Merino “El legado de la escalvitud,” El diario, July 2.
Holland Cotter “Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery,”
The New York Time, Tuesday, June 20.
Cynthia R. Copeland “Legacies: Contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery,” Catalogue Essay
*** “Legacies: contemporary Artists Reflect on Slavery,” Studio,
Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine/ Spring
*** Art Forum International, Summer (photo reproduction)
2005 *** “7 Days and 7 Nights,” Gay City News, Volume IV, issue 18, 5/5-11
2003 *** Artnet Magazine, January 24.
2002 *** “Goings On,” Franklin Furnace, Jan. 23
*** “Toute la richesse de l’art Africain,” L’Art Africain, Sept.
2001 Barbara Pollack “The Newest Avant-Garde,” ArtNews, April
Chritian Depardieu “ARCO Vightieme,” Art Jonction, Le Journal, Summer
Tamara Laetsch NewsLetter, Art Frankfurt, March/April
Kim Levin “Voice Choices: Chelsea,” The Village Voice, January 2
2000 Kim Levin Voice Choices: Chelsea,” The Village Voice, December 12