Paul Darga Fine Artist Portfolio

Paul Darga -- Fine Art

Artist Profile

Paul Darga is a Fine Artist.

Paul Darga

Paul Darga was born in 1958 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. After various trips to Italy and Germany, he entered the civil service and Burkina Faso continues his parallel career as an artist. Museum curator, he taught at the National Institute of Education Artistic and Cultural Gounghin and participates in various exhibitions.Paul Darga was one of the few artists from Burkina Faso to control both the academic techniques of drawing from observation. He also excels in the field of monotypes. He adapted his techniques to the topics it addresses: disregard for the religious and the sacred, in his most suitable to represent the invisible and figurative realism to the scenes of life and characters. Currently, he works on themes related to magic and unreal drawing formally directory plastic from African Heritage (masks, writings, signs) which allows it to use traditional materials such as plant fiber, feathers or laterite.

Exhibitions

1986: In Ouagadougou with Mr. BERNAMRAN, Director of UNDP.

1987: Exposition the IFA Gallery in Bonn, Germany.

1991: In Potsdam, Germany.

1991: Neuterliz, FRG.

1991: In Bernau, Germany.

1994: In Ouagadougou horse Mandingo.

1994: Symposium of the painting with the Foundation Olorun Ouagadougou.

1995: OUAGA-95 ART Cultural Center Georges Méliès, BURKINA FASO and U.S.A. with the founding Olorun.

1996: OUAGA-96 ART Cultural Center Georges Méliès, BURKINA FASO.

1996: In Belém, FRG.

1997: From Mr Andrea Pozza in Italy.

1998: at the Cultural Center Georges Méliès, Burkina Faso.

1998: Belém, FRG.

1999: in Horse Mandingo, Ouagadougou.

1999: at the Galerie Zaka, Ouagadougou.

2000: A Gallery Zaka, Ouagadougou 5e World Triennial of small print size camel.

2003: In Travel African Treasures.

2003: Print Triennial Exhibition of the camel drivers in Canada to Montreal in April 2OO4 to Blow Up (La Tour du Canada).

-Collective exhibition in Ouagadougou Anapap.

Workshops

1995: Regional Workshop of painting and sculpture held in Bobo.

1995: Painting symposium, Ouagadougou.

1996: Painting symposium, Ouagadougou.

1997: Painting Symposium with Olorun Foundation.

1998: Biennale, Sao Paolo, Brasil. As Assistant curretor to Mrs. Loma Fergusson, Curator of Africa.

- Workshop in South Africa.

- Professor at the National Institute of Education and Cultural and Artistic Center National Craftsmen Ouagadougou.

2OO1: Participation in the Forum on Cultural.

2OO3: Commissioner, Art Grand Prize of Photography. Rapporteur-General of the seminar workshop on the status of the artist held in Kaya, President of the association TEKDA.

-Member of the ANAPAP

Projects

2OO3: Commissioner, Art Grand Prize of Photography. Rapporteur-General of the seminar workshop on the status of the artist held in Kaya, President of the association TEKDA.

    -Member of the ANAPAP

2001 - 2003: Juror UNFPA poster contest. Artistic Director-on workshop for children whose parents are victims of AIDS

2002 - 2004: Member of the AG's Office of Burkinabé Copyright (BBDA) section of plastic art

       - Cell member art hérapie

2004: President Jury UNFPA poster contest.

   - Resident Artist, website: www.africancolours.net