Born in Sierra Leone, West Africa, Ngadi Smart is a visual artist based in London and Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. In addition to illustration, photography, and design, she also works in mixed media such as collage.

In her illustrations, she questions the definitions of “normal,” “beautiful,” and “right” by focusing on identity, racism, feminism, and gender to express the voices of the vulnerable. She has also published photographic works on the themes of customs, subcultures, and relationships. In recent years, she has also been interested in documenting sensuality and culture from the perspective of an African.

As an invited artist for Kyotographie 2021, Smart will collaborate with Demachi Masugata Shopping Street, one of the local shopping streets in Kyoto, to create and present a new collage work that echoes old photographs of various events in the shopping street and contemporary photographs of the shopping street.

This exhibition is a part of Kyotographie Kyoto International Photography Festival 2021.

[Image: Ngadi Smart "Ee Don Tehm Foh Eat (It’s Time to Eat)" (2021) © Ngadi Smart]

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DELTA is KYOTOGRAPHIE’s permanent exhibition space, it opened in autumn 2020 in Demachi Masugata Shopping Arcade in Kyoto. DELTA’s name is inspired by one of Kyoto most iconic landscapes, locally referred to as the 'Kamogawa Delta’, the confluence of the Kamogawa and Takanogawa rivers. DELTA’s building is located a short stroll from the rivers edge. The logo references a triangle formed by two boxes (masu Japanese for “box” or “container,” also a part of the shopping arcade’s name.) The goal of this project space is to propagate new ideas that arise from the convergence of opposites: East and West, tradition and innovation, mainstream and underground, local and global, etc. The first floor houses a café and a gallery, this space is home to the KYOTOGRAPHIE Academie, an ongoing educational and event program, as well the exhibition space pursuing multifaceted projects with Japanese and international artists, curators, and cultural and educational institutions. The second floor will contain DELTA STAY. In this gallery style accommodation guests can enjoy a relaxing moment in unique Kyoto style, surrounded by Japanese Photography all while in the midst of the vibrant historic shopping district. 

Ngadi Smart “Ee Don Tehm Foh Eat (It’s Time to Eat)”

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