Carl-Edouard Keïta

Carl-Edouard Keïta

BornNationalityBased In
1992N/ANew York City
Biography

Born in 1992 in Abidjan, Carl-Edouard Keïta now lives and works in New York. A 2021 graduate of the New York Academy of Art, Carl-Edouard Keïta also won the prize for best draughtsman for his graduation work, some of which is presented in this group exhibition. Carl-Edouard Keïta discovered the history of African art during his economics studies in Atlanta, through a course offered at his university. As he describes it himself, this discovery was a real aesthetic revelation for him. Fascinated by lines, straight or curved, since his childhood, he became passionate about drawing, and was inspired by traditional, modern and contemporary references. From the angular forms of African statuary to the geometric decompositions of cubism, via the Ivorian vohou-vohou, Carl-Edouard Keïta’s influences are numerous and create bridges between eras and continents. Initially self-taught, then an art student, Carl-Edouard Keïta perfected his mastery of the pencil over the years, attached to the idea that pencil drawing, behind its apparent simplicity, can become the site of a true search for aesthetic sophistication and conceptual complexity. The sobriety of the pencil is synonymous for the artist with freedom. Keïta’s drawings show a great mastery of composition, each work carrying a story, a narrative. The decomposition of the bodies of the represented figures into several geometrically shaped elements can be understood as being mimetic of a movement of unveiling and deconstruction of the subjects addressed in his works, from the visible to the hidden. ...

Selected Artworks
Reality Check
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Reality Check, 2020
106 x 150cm
Adonis
Arlequin
Bienvenue à la Rose Rouge
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Bienvenue à la Rose Rouge, 2021
110 x 107.5cm
Black Swan
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Black Swan, 2021
165 x 114cm
Candide
Contortionist/Beggar Study #1
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Contortionist/Beggar Study #1, 2023
35 x 28cm
Dans les coulisses : danse sauvage
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Dans les coulisses : danse sauvage, 2021
140 x 202cm
Free at last
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Free at last, 2021
176 x 114cm
Fresh off
Inner Fight
Je suis le gardien de mon frère
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Je suis le gardien de mon frère, 2018
76 x 58cm
L'hippodrome
Carl-Edouard Keïta
L'hippodrome, 2023
83.5 x 105cm
Le club
Le répit
Leap Of Faith (Surya Bonaly)
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Leap Of Faith (Surya Bonaly), 2022
101 x 76cm
Les demoiselles or Whatever
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Les demoiselles or Whatever, 2018
77 x 112cm
Les Enfants Terribles
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Les Enfants Terribles, 2020
106 x 150cm
Les noces de l'Amazone
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Les noces de l'Amazone, 2023
263 x 153cm
Madame
Melka Soudani
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Melka Soudani, 2021
114.5 x 101.5cm
Mon beau pigeon
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Mon beau pigeon, 2023
59 x 103cm
Peridurale
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Peridurale, 2023
140 x 101.5cm
Plus verte ailleurs
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Plus verte ailleurs, 2022
61 x 51 x 4cm
Random Face 1
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Random Face 1, 2022
122 x 92cm
Random Face 2
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Random Face 2, 2022
122 x 92cm
Reality Check
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Reality Check, 2020
106 x 150cm
Sans titre
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Sans titre, 2023
35.5 x 35.5 x 4cm
Sans titre
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Sans titre, 2023
30.5 x 30.5 x 2cm
Sans titre
Scintillement
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Scintillement, 2021
240 x 140cm
Self-portrait as Siki
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Self-portrait as Siki, 2023
147 x 107cm
Tea and Mantis [Thé et mante religieuse]
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Tea and Mantis [Thé et mante religieuse], 2022
101 x 76cm
Untitled
Free at last
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Free at last, 2021
176 x 114cm
Melka Soudani
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Melka Soudani, 2021
114.5 x 101.5cm
Bienvenue à la Rose Rouge
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Bienvenue à la Rose Rouge, 2021
110 x 107.5cm
Adonis
Black Swan
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Black Swan, 2021
165 x 114cm
Arlequin
Scintillement
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Scintillement, 2021
240 x 140cm
Dans les coulisses : Danse sauvage
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Dans les coulisses : Danse sauvage, 2021
140 x 202cm
Les Enfants Terribles
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Les Enfants Terribles, 2020
106 x 150cm
Les demoiselles or Whatever
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Les demoiselles or Whatever, 2018
77 x 112cm
Le Bal Noir
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Le Bal Noir, 2018
112 x 77cm
The Departure
Carl-Edouard Keïta
The Departure, 2024
100 x 140 x 4cm
Nur Jahan & Malik
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Nur Jahan & Malik, 2024
80 x 160 x 4cm
Nocturnal Parallax
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Nocturnal Parallax, 2024
100 x 140 x 4cm
Karima
The Red Hour
Carl-Edouard Keïta
The Red Hour, 2024
140 x 90.5 x 4cm
The Day After
Carl-Edouard Keïta
The Day After, 2024
100 x 120 x 4cm
Study of Nur Jahan as Goddess
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Study of Nur Jahan as Goddess, 2024
100 x 100 x 4cm
Habshi
Vision of Ahmadnagar
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Vision of Ahmadnagar, 2024
61 x 45.5 x 4cm
Sunset on Ahmadnagar
Carl-Edouard Keïta
Sunset on Ahmadnagar, 2024
60 x 40.5 x 4cm
Gallery Representation
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