{{Short description|Senegalese painter, sculptor (born 1953)}} {{Infobox person | name = Anta Germaine Gaye | birth_place = Saint-Louis, Senegal | education = Cheikh Anta Diop University (BA), l'École normale supérieure d'éducation artistique | occupation = Painter, sculptor, mixed media artist | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1953}} }} '''Anta Germaine Gaye''' (born 1953) is a Senegalese painter and sculptor.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Harney, Elizabeth.|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1055247530|title=In Senghor's shadow : art, politics, and the avant-garde in Senegal, 1960-1995|date=2004|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-8605-6|oclc=1055247530}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Grabski|first=Joanna|date=March 2008|title=Trajectoires: Art Contemporain du Sénégal|journal=African Arts|volume=41|issue=1|pages=88–91|doi=10.1162/afar.2008.41.1.88|issn=0001-9933}}</ref>
== Biography == Anta Germaine Gaye was born on 1953, in Saint-Louis, Senegal.<ref name="Imago Mundi">{{Cite web |title=Anta Germaine Gaye |url=https://imagomundicollection.org/artworks/anta-germaine-gaye-know-yourself/ |access-date= |website=Imago Mundi Collection}}</ref> She attended the Arts Education High School of Dakar.<ref name="Imago Mundi" /> Gaye graduated with a degree in English from Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar.<ref name="Imago Mundi" /> She also attended the l'École normale supérieure d'éducation artistique (ENSEA) in Dakar.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ferera |first=Lisette |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lW3AAAAIAAJ&q=Anta+Germaine+Gaye |title=Women Build Africa |last2=Kingsbury |first2=Nancy |last3=Staff |first3=Musee de la Civilisation |date=2000 |publisher=Gouvernement du Quebec |isbn=978-2-551-20341-3 |pages=199 |language=en}}</ref>
She works on painting on glass, reverse glass painting (or sous verre), ceramics, and metal sculpture.<ref name="Imago Mundi" />
== Exhibitions == {{Section needs more citations|date=February 2025}} * 1983: ''Cosaan'' (tradition) Daniel Sorano National Theatre of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal * 1985: American-Senegalese meeting, National Art Gallery of Dakar, Dakar, Senegal * 1987: ''Art against Apartheid'', Dynamic Museum Dakar, Dakar, Senegal * 1990: Unita Festival, Pian di Massiano, Perugia, Italy * 1991: Salon d'Automne, Grand Palais, Paris, France<ref name="Imago Mundi" /> * 1995: ''Signes Plus'' (Helsen), Maison de la Culture de Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland * 1996: Finalists for the President of the Republic Prize for the Arts, Dakar, Senegal * 1998: ''Le Pont'' (metal sculpture), Goethe-Institut, Saint-Louis, Senegal
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