Born in 1935 in Soloba, Mali, Malick Sidibé first studied drawing at the École des Artisans Soudanais [now the National Institute for the Arts] in Bamako, graduating in 1955. Introduced to photography by Gérard Guillat-Guignard who employed him in his studio, Malick Sidibé is interested in photojournalism and has been documenting the younger generations of Malians since independence. Beginning in the 1970s, he took portraits in his ‘Studio Malick’ (open since 1962), for which he became famous. With the first Rencontres africaines de la photographie [African Photography Encounters] in Bamako in 1994, Malick Sidibé became, alongside Seydou Keïta, a role model for the younger generation of studio photographers, who would often cite his visual language. His photography can be found in international collections such as MoMA, New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, LaSalle Bank, Chicago and the Art Museum of Princeton University, New Jersey. Malick Sidibé passed away on April 14, 2016 in Bamako.
Prizes:
- Photo España Baume & Mercier prize for his portrait work (2009)
- World Press Photo prize, Arts and Entertainment category (2009)
- ICP Award (2008)
- The Golden Lion of the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007), for his career as a whole
The Foundation Hasselblad International Award in Photography (2003)
Solo exhibitions (selection):
2014
- Malick Sidibé, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, États-Unis
2012
- « Studio Malick », DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, États-Unis
- « Malick Sidibé », Trinta Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Espagne
2011
- « Malick Sidibé, » Jack Shainman Gallery, New York, États-Unis
- « Malick Sidibé: The Eye of Bamako », M+B, Los Angeles, États-Unis
2010
- « Soirées à Bamako », Museum für Photographie Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Allemagne
- « Malick Sidibé », Galerie Georges Verney, Carron, Lyon, France
- « Malick Sidibé: La vie en rose », Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italie
2009
- « Malick Sidibé », Maloney Fine Art, Culver City, États-Unis
- « Malick Sidibé : Bamako Nights », Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Group shows (selection):
2016
- « Françoise Huguier : regard sur la photographie africaine », Fondation Blachere, Apt, France
2015
- « In and Out of the Studio: Photographic Portraits from West Africa », Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, États-Unis
- « Dare You To Look: Radical Realizations in Portraiture », Burning in Water Art, New York, États-Unis
- « I am your sister », Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Brussels, Belgique
2014
- « Beyond the Classical: Imagining the Ideal Across Time », National Academy Museum, New York, États-Unis
- « Conversations : African and African American Artworks in Dialogue », Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., États-Unis
- « Bamako – Dakar. Westafrikanische Fotografie heute », Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm, Allemagne
2012
- « Gaze : The Changing Face of Portrait Photography », Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turquie
- « Everything Was Moving: Photography from the '60s and '70s », Barbican Art Gallery, London, Angleterre
2011
- « Known, Unknown, Anonymous and On Death Row », Qbox gallery, Athènes, Grèce
- « Another Story », Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Suède
- « Photographs: 1959 – 2010 », Afronova galerie, Johannesburg, Afrique du Sud
2010
- « Africa Style », Fondation Zinsou, Cotonou, Bénin
2009
- « NÓS », Museu da República, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
2007
- La Biennale de Venise, Venise, Italie
2006
- « 100% Africa », Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Espagne
- « Vive l’Afrique », Galerie du Jour, Agnès b., Tokyo, Japon