Uman at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

Artist: Uman

Exhibition title: Goodnight, sweetdreams

Venue: Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece

Date: September 29 – November 26, 2022

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens

Eleni Koroneou Gallery is pleased to announce the solo show “Goodnight, sweetdreams” by Uman.

Uman is a self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist, working in various media such as painting, drawing and sculptures. Born in Somalia and raised in Kenya, she’s been based in the United States since 2004. In the show “Goodnight, sweetdreams”, Uman is presenting a series of new paintings, that were made during the late hours.

Her rich cultural experience often manifests in instinctive shapes and colours that poetically assemble on her canvases. Autobiographical figures and folk elements quickly transform themselves into abstract shapes and vibrant colours, where identity and form remain fluid. Alongside her African roots, Uman is directly influenced by the seasonal changes of the rural New York landscape in which she lives and works, while exploring the psychological states these shifts bring about.

Uman (b. 1980, Somalia) Lives and works in Upstate NY. Selected solo shows include: I hope this finds you well, Fierman Gallery, NY (2021); I will sit here and wait for you, Fierman Gallery, New York (2019); The Universe, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris (2017); Uman: 35 years a Black Sheep, Louis B. James Gallery, New York (2016); and White Columns, New York (2015). Recent group exhibitions include: The Earth, That is Sufficient, Nicola Vassell, New York (2021); Human Scale, Rochester Art Center, Minnesota (2020); (Nothing but) Flowers, Karma, New York (2020).

Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams, 2022, exhibition view, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens

Uman, Umanu, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 6x6ft (183 x 183 cm)

Uman, To Gerasimos, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 6x6ft (183 x 183 cm)

Uman, Mama, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 5x5ft (152,4 x 152,4 cm)

Uman, The universe IV, 2018-2019, Acrylic, oil on linen, 5x5ft (152,4 x 152,4 cm)

Uman, Uman (Born Again), 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 4x4ft (122 x 122 cm)

Uman, American dream in banana trees, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 5x5ft (152,4 x 152,4 cm)

Uman, Dancing queen, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 6x6ft (183 x 183 cm)

Uman, The dancer, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 6x6ft (183 x 183 cm)

Uman, Midnight in Albany, 2022, Acrylic, oil on canvas, 7x7ft (213 x 213 cm)

Uman, Flowers in my field, 2019-2021, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on linen, 7x7ft (213 x 213 cm)

Uman, Untitled, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 6x6ft (183 x 183 cm)

Uman, Untitled, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 6x6ft (183 x 183 cm)

Uman, Medusa, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 7x7ft (213 x 213 cm)

Uman, Black sun/son, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 7x7ft (213 x 213 cm)