Khadija Cecile Niang is a Norwegian-born Senegalese artist, currently based in London. Her practice explores cultural hybridity, community and belonging. Informed by how storytelling is used as a tool to pass on stories intergenerationally in Senegal, she finds her artistic practice to be a vessel through which to unpack, document and share stories about her upbringing and cultural heritage.

CV

Solo exhibition
Platform Graduate Award 2020, Modern Art Oxford
It’s Not Just Hair, 12 – 18 Oct 2020

Group exhibitions
Interim Showcase, Slade School of Fine Art
Vague, 12  – 14 Dec 2023

The Walls Are See Through, Emerald Gallery
Transport en Commun, 27 Mar – 2 Apr 2023

Emerging Creators Display, We Are Soul - V&A Friday Late x Guap, V&A
Bon Appétit, 26 Aug 2022

A Mother’s Tale by Guap and Woman To Woman, London Lighthouse Gallery
Bon Appétit, 25 – 27 Mar 2022

I Matter, Wells Malting
It’s Not Just Hair, 11 – 27 Mar 2022

I Matter, Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery
It’s Not Just Hair, 16 Sept – 28 Nov 2021

Offshoots, Rising Sun Arts Centre
Garab, 24 – 29 Aug 2021

Change, Norman Rea Gallery (Online)
It’s Not Just Hair, 13 Jul 2020

Asbestos Streams, University of Reading – Online Degree Show
It’s Not Just Hair, 5 Jun 2020

Bloomin’, hosted by Art Clubbers at Stour Space
Bon Appétit, 31 Mar 2019


Film Screenings
Finding Home, Forging Identity (15) + ScreenTalk The Road to Nowhere magazine presents, Barbican Centre
A Connection Is Drawn, 13 July 2022

Lewisham Homes Film Festival, The Albany and Foreign Body Productions
A Connection Is Drawn, 22 May 2022

Open Source Collaborations: Round 3 Exhibition, Online Screening, The Albany and Foreign Body Productions
A Connection Is Drawn, 16 Dec 2021

HOME x Saint Ogun First Year Anniversary, HOME by Ronan McKenzie
A Connection Is Drawn , 6 Dec 2021


Curation
The Rising Sun Arts Centre: Jan – Aug 2021
Curator for Emerging Voices with artist Hadil Tamim in collaboration with Reading Refugee Support Group - January to May 2021
Curator for Emerging Voices with artist Natalie Sired in collaboration with Berkshire Women’s Aid - June to August 2021
Emerging Voices exhibition - The Rising Sun Arts Centre
24th October 2021


Writing and Publications
I am, We Are Different by Design Zine - Reading University
Black Hair and Belonging - It's Not Just Hair: Reflections by Khadija Cecile Niang - Modern Art Oxford


Panels and Online Talks
A Conversation with Natalie Sired - The Rising Sun Arts Centre
Emerging Voices Webinar with Hadil Tamim - The Rising Sun Arts Centre and Reading Refugee Support Group
Platform Award 2020: Artists in Conversation - Modern Art Oxford
Dismantling Colonial Hair Standards - Virginutty
Amplify to Activate - Lived Experiences Panel - A Multilingual Experience
Asbestos Streams, Reading School of Art Degree Show // Class of 2020