Senayt Samuel (born 1969)[1] is an Eritrean-born photographer, based in London, England. Her work is informed by her family's deportation from Ethiopia and has been included in exhibitions at the Royal Festival Hall and Tate Britain in London.

Life and work

Samuel was born in Asmara, Eritrea, and raised in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and New Haven, Connecticut.[2] She studied Art History and Fine Arts at Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut, and at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven.[2] While studying abroad as a teenager, her family were deported from Ethiopia, which is a topic that informs her work as a photographer.[3][4] She moved to London in 2002,[5] where she gained an MA degree in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster.[2]

She interned as a photojournalist at the New Haven Register, then worked freelance as a photographer in Connecticut and New York.[2]

Her Id series (2003) comprises portraits taken in front of mirrors.[4]

She has a daughter, born in 2005.[6]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

References

  1. ^ a b "Reflections on the Self: Five African Women Photographers". Southbank Centre.
  2. ^ a b c d "Senayt Samuel: biography". The Guardian. 19 October 2005.
  3. ^ "Senayt Samuel index". The Guardian.
  4. ^ a b "L'Art au Féminin: Approches Contemporaines". Africultures (85): 128–133. March 2011.
  5. ^ a b Tate. "imagine art after: Senayt Samuel". Tate.
  6. ^ "Imagine art after: Afterwords". The Guardian. 22 December 2005.
  7. ^ "Yale Bulletin and Calendar - News". Yale University.
  8. ^ "Reflections on the Self ‹ Events at Lancaster Arts". Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University.
  9. ^ "Reflections on the Self, five African women photographers". Redeye. 18 December 2012.
  10. ^ Nunes, Sinead (24 November 2012). "The Brindley: Reflections on the Self, five African women photographers". artinliverpool.com.

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