D Leopold Segueda

Burkina Faso

Dagnang-ne-wende Leopold Segueda, better known as D Leopold Segueda, was born on 11 August 1979 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Leopold from a young age, in primary school, was already drawing and drawing very well. However, it was only at the age of 18 that he became really interested in painting. From that time on, curious to know what results this path would lead him to, he began to paint and dedicate himself to it.

Leopold learnt to paint with Zare Faiçal, an artist from Burkina Faso.

Along the way, he refined his technique in various courses and workshops organised in Ouagadougou.

Leopold is self-taught and believes that technique is due to working at home, in workshops, every day, and with the masters. All this, makes the artists grow and be recognised today.

Leopold's first exhibition was at the Cairo International Biennale in Egypt in 2000.

Currently Leopold has numerous participations in group and solo exhibitions, national and international, and numerous national and international private collections.

Events and Exhibitions

2018

Exhibition FIAN (International Festival of Naïve Art), Guarabira (Brazil);
Individual exhibition Galerie Saga, Lille (France);
Group exhibition "the 3 naive people of West Africa", Medina Gallery, Bamako (Mali);

2017

Exhibition at the Burkin'art festival, Villeneuve les Avignon;

2016

International Exhibition of Contemporary Art from Africa (Morocco);
Dakar Biennial Off at the Siss Gallery (Senegal);
International Exhibition of Naïve Art in Saumur (France);

2015

Barclays' Bank George V PARIS 8eme ADEP AND ARKaval;

2014

Dak'art Off at the Gemaps gallery (Senegal) Individual exhibition at the Nou'art gallery (France);
International Biennial of Naïve Arts (Ivory Coast);

2013

Arts en Vrac, Salies de Béarn (France);
7th Jeux de la Francophonie Nice (France);

2012

Sam'Africa, Samatan (France);
Arts en vrac, Salies de Béarn (France);
Africajarc, Cajarc (France);
Tourist office of Grenade (France);
Dak'art Biennial (Senegal);

2010

Group exhibition at Tsé-tsé Art Gent (Belgium);
International Festival of Verneuil d'Arts Naïf (France) 4th Salon Trans'Arts Cogolin Golfe de St-Tropez (France);
3rd International Festival of Katowice (Poland);

2008