About

Sompohi Baya is an independent Artist who has taught and exhibited in Europe, Africa, and North America. He has founded Gothimascology, the arts movement blending Western, Asian, and African traditions for peace, unification, integration of multi-culture. He is presently the Preisident de la Commission Electorale Independente of Union Des Ivoiriens de New York.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Guest Workshop Artist April 5, 2012

Brooklyn Art Counsel

55 Washington Street, Suite 218 Brooklyn, NY 11201

Adjunct Professor of Art Appreciation Winter 2007

Essex County College, Newark, New Jersey

Professor of Art History and Fine Arts 1988-2005

State Education Ministry, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Professor of Fine Arts 1987-1988

Grunnskolen, Gymnasean School, Oslo, Norway

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

African Commission Day sponsored by Mayor Cory Booker, Newark, NJ, Palais de la Culture, Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Massa Carrara, Italy and numerous international venues.

GROUP EXHIBITION

2013 Group Exhibition at City College of New York, NY, Newark Art Counsel, NJ, New Jersey Performance Art Center Black Month Exhibition (Representative of Ivory Coast), NJ,National Conference for Artists, Harrisberg, Philadelphia, and numerous international venues.

EDUCATION

Masters of Fine Arts, & Master of Art History

Statens Laererhogskole, Oslo, Norway 1988

Diploma in Fine Arts

Bergen Art Academy, Bergen, Norway 1986

Tacca-Massa Di Carrara

School of Pietra, Pietra, Italy 1985

Institut National Des Arts: Ecole Nationale Suprieure des Beaux-Arts,

Abidjan, Ivory Coast 1980-1983

LANGUAGES

Proficient in French, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, English, and two African Languages