Name: DRABO
First name: Alassane
Birth-date: 18 juillet 1968
Birth-place: Koudougou (Burkina Faso)
Nationality: Burkinabè
Address: 01 BP 6876 Ouagadougou 01 (B.F.)
Tel/Fax: (226) 31.72.71
E-mail: draboalassane@hotmail.com
Professional education
1984 - 1994 Plastic arts polyvalent
workshop (Ouagadougou) (Burkina Faso)
1993 - 1994 Design sculpture training,
OuagíArt (Ouaga) (Burkina Faso)
Diplomas and Decorations
1998 - Diploma as participant in the
Biennale Contemporary African Arts in Dakar, Senegal
1997 - Laureate of the National Grand
Prix in Sculpture (Burkina Faso)
1996 - Diploma as participant in the
Biennale Contemporary African Arts in Dakar, Senegal
1989 - 3rd prize-winner in sculpture of
the National Grand Prix of Arts and Litterature (Burkina Faso)
1988 - Regional Laureate in sculpture of
the National Grand Prix of Arts and Litterature (Burkina Faso)
1987 - Provincial Laureate in sculpture of
the National Grand Prix of Arts and Litterature (Burkina Faso)
Professional Experience
Exhibitions
1994 - Exhibition in Hôtel Ivoire (Abidjan,
Ivory Coast)
1994 - Exhibition in Centre Culturel
Français during OuagíArt (Ouaga, Burkina Faso)
1995 - Exhibition of stone sculptures in
C.C.F, (Ouaga, Burkina Faso)
1996 - Exhibition in IFAN African Arts
Museum during the Biennial of Contemporary African Arts, Dakar ñ Senegal
1996 - Exhibition in the art gallery
Patte díOie, Contonou - Benin
1998 - Exhibition in the art gallery Vema,
during the Biennial of Contemporary African Arts, Dakar - Senegal
1998 - Exhibition in the Creativity Salon
during the SIAO, OUAGA (Burkina Faso)
1998 - Collective exhibition in design
during the Biennial International Design in Saint Etienne, France
(these art works are presently in a collection of Afrique en Créations, Paris)
1998 - Collective exhibition of head
sculpturese in Porto-Novo Museum, Benin
1999 - Collective exhibition of
head sculptures at the FESPACO during the 16th Edition of African Cinema (Burkina Faso)
Symposium
January 1996
Participant in the 3rd International Symposium of granite sculpture (Laongo, Burkina Faso)
Décembre 1996
Participant in the 1st International Symposium of wood sculpture (Cotonou, Bénin)
Januari 1998
Participant in the 2nd International Symposium of wood sculpture (Boromo, Burkina Faso)
February 1998
Participant in the 1st Symposium Design in Lobi region (Gaoua, Burkina Faso)
September 1998
Participant in the Symposium Head Sculptures in Kpalime (Togo)
Monumental Realizations
- The Waitress, square Naba Kom (Railway Station, Ouagadougou)
- Mother and child, wassa Club (Ouagadougou)
- Yennega horse, official opening FESPACO í93)
- Grand Bar Relief (The Dance) in the International Airport VIP room, Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
