Born in 1983 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Lives and works between Abidjan, Ivory Coast and New York, USA
Aboudia's work depicts the vitality and the unvarnished energy of a youth that gets by and manages; the smiles are a little nightmarish at times, but these broad smiles exalt their experience. This generation on the fringes of society is growing and taking on a new form. Its strength is becoming clearer as it is restructured. In each work swarms a multitude of lives, a breath of fresh air and noise, silhouettes seek their place in endlessly narrow spaces. His work is part of Saatchi Gallery (London, UK), Nevada Museum of Art (Reno, USA), CAAC Pigozzi Contemporary African Art Collection (France), Tiroche De Leon collection (Israël).
Exhibition selection : Art X Lagos (Nigeria, 2019), Masquerade (Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, Dakar, 2019), Kubatana (Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norvège, 2019), Môgô Dynasty (Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, Abidjan, 2016), Chap Chap (Art Twenty One, Lagos, Nigeria, 2016)