Awa Gaye

Little snapshot from past summer taken by my sweet fren Sarah ㅤᯓᡣ𐭩

Shots with the phone

Was asked by GOAT this past summer to take a few pictures, which turned into a fun and interesting shoot! Check out their work @thegoatmobil Styling and costumes @nettedemaeyer

Hiroshima, october 2025

Awa Gaye is a photographer based in Ghent. In June 2025 she got her Masters degree in photography from KASK School of Arts. In her photography Awa tries to capture a deceiving stillness enveloped by nostalgia. Guided by intuition, culture and identity, she is mostly drawn to social documentary work which raises questions about certain topics while also attempting to craft a better understanding of herself and the contemporary world. @aw.0aa

Sarah and Edna in Hoegi, late spring 2023

Phone impressions from my recent trip to Japan

Some of the beautiful faces I shot this August for Leila Alice’s performance PARADE at wecandance in collaboration with The Constant Now and S.M.A.K. Ghent 🦋 @2h22 @theconstantnow @smakgent @wecandancefest

“Currents 11: The Turn of Many Suns” 💥 Participating artist Awa Gaye grew up in Belgium and is currently based in Ghent. She studied photography at KASK, Ghent. Her work draws inspiration from family relationships, cultural identity, origin, and race. “Looking for Flowers” is a work that seeks to question the photographer’s relationship with Belgium through a portrait of her friend Sarah, who also acts as a mirror to the photographer. The work is a search for home, identity, and freedom. The pictures were taken between Belgium and South Korea; some are images of Senegal from the photographer’s archive. The work is ongoing, as Awa and Sarah would like to complete the project by going back to Senegal to capture Sarah’s return after 10 years and eventually turn it into a photo book. “Currents 11: The Turn of Many Suns” is on view until Nov 3. Coproduced by Jester, Genk and Marres, Maastricht. // 💥 Deelnemend kunstenaar Awa Gaye groeide op in België en woont momenteel in Gent. Ze studeerde fotografie aan de KASK in Gent. Haar werk is geïnspireerd op familierelaties, culturele identiteit, afkomst en ras. ‘Looking for Flowers’ is een werk dat de relatie van de fotograaf met België onderzoekt door middel van een portret van haar vriendin Sarah, die ook een spiegel voor Awa is. Het werk is een zoektocht naar thuis, identiteit en vrijheid. De foto’s zijn genomen in België en Zuid-Korea; aangevuld met enkele foto’s van Senegal uit het archief van de fotograaf. Dit werk is nog niet af, want Awa en Sarah willen het project compleet maken door terug te gaan naar Senegal om Sarahs terugkeer na tien jaar vast te leggen en er een fotoalbum van te maken. ‘Currents 11: The Turn of Many Suns’ is te zien t/m 3 november. Een coproductie van @jestergenk en @marres_maastricht . // Awa Gaye, Looking for Flowers, 2023 - ongoing 📷 @gertjanvanrooij #Marres #Maastricht #Jester #Genk #hedendaagsecultuur #contemporaryculture #contemporaryart #currents #currents11 #theturnofmanysuns #groepstentoonstelling #groupexhibition #museum #artist #exhibition #culture #kunst #expositie #artwork #painting #video #installation #sculpture #limburg #visitmaastricht @aw.0aa

After two years taking pictures of my dear friend Sarah, my work will be on show next week during the graduation show at KASK (@schoolofartsgent ) starting from 27th to 30th of June. You can find more on the KASK graduation site :)

April 2023

Sarah on an evening stroll in Jeju May, 2023