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Uman
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Uman (born 1980) is an Upstate NY based multimedia visual artist. Uman was born in Somalia and raised in Kenya. Uman’s work has been exhibited in the United States and Europe. Uman co-founded the ‘137 Artists Collective’, a New York City art studio, with Annatina Miescher.

Work
A self-taught artist, Uman’s work embraces both folk and outsider-ish mannerisms, especially evident in the precise use of found or scavenged materials and support. Variations on the dots and circles are a recurring motif in Uman’s abstractions that — as in Yayoi Kusama’s — remain consistently engaging. Most recently Uman is represented by the Fierman gallery, where her latest show took place, showing a new direction of black silhouette figures.

Exhibitions
Uman has exhibited at White Columns Gallery, Louis B. James Gallery, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, and Fierman Gallery. Uman’s work has been featured in several exhibitions at key galleries and venues that include 1:54 African Art Fair at Somerset House, England, Christian Berst Gallery, New York, NY, Institute Of Contemporary Arts, England, and Sanctuary with FOR-SITE Foundation at Fort Mason Chapel, San Francisco, CA.