ADISA SOW · 2022
Horizon Return
Digital composite, AP 1/3 · 142 × 149 cm
Exhibition only
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NORTH AFRICA · NOUAKCHOTT
Mauritania
Desert silence and Moorish illumination.
An editorial gateway into the artists, works, and stories that define Mauritania's contribution to the contemporary African movement — assembled with curatorial care by NUA-ARTE.
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ARTISTS
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WORKS
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FOR SALE
FEATURED ARTIST
Kofi Nkomo
NOUAKCHOTT · MAURITANIA
Kofi works between Nouakchott and the broader North African scene. Working across painting, sculpture and mixed media, Kofi's practice is a cornerstone of NUA-ARTE's programme for Mauritania.
ALSO FROM MAURITANIA
- EMERGING →
Issa Nkomo
Nouakchott, Mauritania
- EMERGING →
Fatou Mensah
Nouakchott, Mauritania
- EMERGING →
Zola Bekele
Nouakchott, Mauritania
CURATED WORKS
Available from Mauritania
ADISA SOW · 2022
Ancestral Return
Bronze cast (edition of 5) · 80 × 108 cm
Exhibition only
AVAILABLEKOFI NKOMO · 2019
Echo of Memory
Charcoal and ochre on paper · 137 × 93 cm
Price Upon Request
ZOLA BEKELE · 2020
Mapping Memory
Bronze cast (edition of 5) · 162 × 76 cm
Exhibition only
AVAILABLEKOFI NKOMO · 2019
After the Thread
Archival pigment print · 187 × 156 cm
Price Upon Request
ZOLA BEKELE · 2021
After the Indigo
Mixed media on canvas · 186 × 72 cm
Exhibition only
EDITORIAL
Stories from Mauritania
STORIES FROM MAURITANIA
A studio afternoon in Nouakchott
Inside the studios shaping Mauritania's new visual grammar — where inherited symbols meet a contemporary register.
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VOICES FROM MAURITANIA
Kofi Nkomo on process and place
Desert silence and Moorish illumination. A conversation on lineage, material, and the pull of the north African horizon.
READ ARTICLE →NEW PERSPECTIVES FROM MAURITANIA
Emerging voices around Nouakchott
Curatorial notes on the emerging generation reframing Mauritania's cultural output for a global audience.
READ ARTICLE →PROGRAMME
Exhibitions linked to Mauritania
Ongoing — March 2027
Threads of Mauritania
NUA-ARTE Pavilion · Nouakchott
Sept 2026 — Jan 2027
North Currents
Group show · touring North Africa
IMMERSIVE MODE
Step inside the Mauritania pavilion.
A curated, room-by-room virtual walk through the featured artist, emerging voices, and available works from Mauritania.