Younousse Sèye is a Senegalese artist, poet, and actress. Considered Senegal's first woman painter, she is best known for her mixed-media works incorporating cowrie shells.
Artists born in the 1940s 6
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Younousse Sèye is a Senegalese artist, poet, and actress. Considered Senegal's first woman painter, she is best known for her mixed-media works incorporating cowrie shells. Having no formal training in either visual art or acting, she achieved success in the post-independence Dakar art scene and appeared in several major films by the Senegalese director Ousmane Sembène.
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1940 · age 86
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6 languages
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