Fatoumata Diabaté

© Fatoumata Diabaté

This exhibition, a collaboration between Elysium and Ffotogallery, showcases recent work by Fatoumata Diabaté, a Malian photographer from Bamako. Particularly interested in the place of women in society, Fatoumata is president of the Association des Femmes Photographes du Mali. Her work has been exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions and she has been the recipient of several awards.

Alongside her captivating, dreamlike portraits inspired by folklore and fairy tales from her childhood, L’homme en object et L’homme en animal, this exhibition premieres Nimissa (meaning regret in the Bambara language) in the UK. Through the common history of several women, who, like the artist, were victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), the images that make up Nimissa contribute to a process of reconstruction of a lost, stolen, female identity of an intimate self that has disappeared.

Check Elysium Gallery’s website for more details.