
Uman
Goodnight, sweetdreams

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

installation view Uman, Goodnight, sweetdreams at Eleni Koroneou Gallery

Medusa, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 213 x 213 cm

Black sun/son, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 213 x 213 cm

Midnight in Albany, 2022, Acrylic, oil, on canvas, 213 x 213 cm

Flowers in my field, 2019-2021, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on linen, 213 x 213 cm

Dancing queen, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 183 x 183 cm

The dancer, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 183 x 183 cm

Untitled, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 183 x 183 cm

Untitled, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 183 x 183 cm

The universe IV, 2018-2019, Acrylic, oil on linen, 152,4 x 152,4 cm

Uman (Born Again), 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 122 x 122 cm

American dream in banana trees, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 152,4 x 152,4 cm

Mama, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 152,4 x 152,4 cm

Umanu, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick, spray paint on canvas, 183 x 183 cm

To Gerasimos, 2022, Acrylic, oil, oil stick on canvas, 183 x 183 cm
Opening reception: Thursday 29 September, 6-9 p.m.
Eleni Koroneou Gallery is pleased to announce the solo show “Goodnight, sweetdreams” by Uman.
Uman is a self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist, working in various media such as painting, drawing and sculptures. Born in Somalia and raised in Kenya, she’s been based in the United States since 2004. In the show “Goodnight, sweetdreams”, Uman is presenting a series of new paintings, that were made during the late hours.
Her rich cultural experience often manifests in instinctive shapes and colours that poetically assemble on her canvases. Autobiographical figures and folk elements quickly transform themselves into abstract shapes and vibrant colours, where identity and form remain fluid. Alongside her African roots, Uman is directly influenced by the seasonal changes of the rural New York landscape in which she lives and works, while exploring the psychological states these shifts bring about.
Uman (b. 1980, Somalia) Lives and works in Upstate NY. Selected solo shows include: I hope this finds you well, Fierman Gallery, NY (2021); I will sit here and wait for you, Fierman Gallery, New York (2019); The Universe, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris (2017); Uman: 35 years a Black Sheep, Louis B. James Gallery, New York (2016); and White Columns, New York (2015). Recent group exhibitions include: The Earth, That is Sufficient, Nicola Vassell, New York (2021); Human Scale, Rochester Art Center, Minnesota (2020); (Nothing but) Flowers, Karma, New York (2020).