Ibrahim Meïté Sikely
Ibrahim Meïté Sikely, was born in 1996 and lives and works in Champigny-sur-Marne and Paris. He received his DNSEP from Villa Arson in Nice in 2022 and from the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 2025. He also did a university exchange at K-Arts in Seoul, South Korea, in 2024. Strongly influenced by his environment and personal history, Ibrahim Meïté Sikely’s practice fuses the visual languages of classical art history, comics, manga, and video games.
Ibrahim Meïté Sikely is participating in the fifth edition of the Reiffers Art Prize, Tinkering with the unknown.
Exhibition view of "Tinkering with the unknown"
Ibrahim Meïté Sikely, 2026
Exhibition view of "Tinkering with the unknown"
Ibrahim Meïté Sikely, 2026
La Hagra (The Powerpuff Girls)
Ibrahim Meïté Sikely, 2025
Douk Saga, boucan dans le cosmos
Ibrahim Meïté Sikely, 2025
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Ibrahim Meïté Sikely, 2026Biography
Using a colorful and shimmering technique, scenes of calm alternate with epic sequences whose fantastical and dreamlike universe evokes both the work of Goya, with its sharp social critique, and the poetic narratives of marginalized communities described by Martin Wong.
Through portraiture and allegory, his paintings address themes of struggle and justice, trauma, and healing. He has recently participated in exhibitions at CAC Brétigny, FRAC Île-de-France, FRAC Lorraine in Metz, FRAC Pays de la Loire in Nantes, Villa Arson in Nice, 100% L’EXPO at La Villette in Paris, as well as at the Contemporary Art Center of Cajarc and Les Tanneries in Amilly. He participated in the exhibition “Après l’éclipse” at the Magasins Généraux in Pantin and took part in the Salon de Montrouge in 2023.
His work was shown at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris as part of Mohamed Bourouissa’s exhibition “Signal.” He recently presented his first solo exhibition at Galerie Anne Barrault in 2025.