Moussa Tine
Senegalese painter (b. 1953)
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Moussa Tine (born 1953) is a Senegalese contemporary painter and sculptor. He is part of the second generation of the Dakar School (French: École de Dakar), an art movement affiliated with Négritude.[1]
Moussa Tine | |
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| Born | 10 March 1953 Ndiane, Thiès Region, Senegal |
| Education | École Nationale des Beaux Arts (Senegal) |
| Occupations | Painter, sculptor |
| Movement | École de Dakar |
Biography
Moussa Tine was born on 10 March 1953, in Ndiane, in the Thiès Region, Senegal.[2] His first job as a young boy was working as a ticket taker and announcer for car rapide (Senegalese mini buses).[3][4] He started his pursuit of art in the 1970s by painting motifs and signs on the car rapide.[1][3][4]
Tine furthered his arts education and graduated in 1978 from the École Nationale des Beaux Arts (Senegal).[2]
His paintings have sculptural elements, and often contain discarded materials such as metal and wood.[5][6] He was a founding member of ANAPS (Association of Visual Artists of Senegal).[7]
In 1992–1993, Tine's work was included in the traveling group exhibition of fifty Senegalese artists called, Dream, Myth, and Reality: Contemporary Art From Senegal, sponsored by the National Gallery of Senegal in Dakar, and the Meridian International Center in Washington, D.C.[8] In 2014, Tine's work was exhibited at the Tafeta in London, through the Mille Arts Foundation with part of the sales going to the Red Cross Ebola Outbreak Appeal.[9]
Exhibitions
- 1992, Peoples and Cultures of Senegal, group exhibition, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Montpelier, Hanover County, Virginia, United States; seven Senegalese artists exhibited, included Moussa Tine, Mamadou Fall Dabo, Viyé Diba, and Ibrahima Kébé[10]
- 1993, Dream, Myth, and Reality: Contemporary Art From Senegal, traveling group exhibition, Afro-American Cultural Center (now the Harvey B. Gantt Center), Charlotte, North Carolina, United States[8]
- 1994, Dream, Myth, and Reality: Contemporary Art From Senegal, traveling group exhibition, Marsh Gallery at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States; fifty Senegalese artists exhibited, included Moussa Tine, Mor Gueye, El Hadji Mansour Ciss, Tafsir Momar Gueye, Boubacar Coulibaly, and Mouhamadou Mbaye dit Zulu (or Mouhamadou Mbaye)[11]
