Pan-African historian, writer, and fine artist. Fulbright Scholar, former president of CEDRE

Art

Antumi seated in front of one of his paintings.

Antumi Toasijé began his journey in painting and poetry in Ibiza, where he joined the poetic group Desfauste and took an active part in the island’s cultural life, a fact noted in the Enciclopedia de Eivissa y Formentera. In Mallorca, he exhibited alongside the painter Nils Burwitz at the University of the Balearic Islands. And in Madrid, between 2006 and 2014, he taught Ceramics and Arts in juvenile detention centres. Since 2003, he has been a collaborator of the Asociación de Jóvenes y Nuevos Diseñadores Españoles (ANDE), designing much of their posters and visual identity. Currently, Antumi Toasijé works with acrylic on canvas, wood, paper, and cardboard, pencil drawing, and enamel fired on ceramic tiles, creating works that move between naturalistic neo-expressionism and neo-fauvism. His current work focuses on African migrations and the political movements of Africa and its Diaspora.

Some of his artworks can be seen at Artelista.com

Manteros, acrylic on canvas.

Ypo Joe, acrylic on canvas.

Nautas, acrylic on canvas.

Take five, acrylic on canvas.

Angolan War, drawing.

Exhibitions

Between 1992 and 2003:

  • Café Baleart, Palma de Mallorca: works on jazz and Buddhist themes.
  • Centro Cultural La Misericordia, Palma de Mallorca: exhibition with Colectivo Rambla.
  • Café de las Artes, Ibiza: works on jazz and Buddhist themes.
  • Casino de Ibiza: In support of the Ibiza Association for People with Functional Diversity.
  • University of the Balearic Islands: exhibition of works on African themes.
  • University of the Balearic Islands: exhibition with the South African painter Nils Burwitz.

Exhibitions of both his ceramic work and that of his students were held between 2006 and 2012 at:

  • La Casa Encendida, Obra Social de Caja Madrid, Madrid.
  • Centro Cultural Buero Vallejo, Madrid.
  • Centro Cultural El Soto, Móstoles, Madrid.
  • Salón de Plenos, Town Hall of Brea de Tajo, Madrid.
  • Sala de Exposiciones La Paloma, Puerta de Toledo.
  • Centro Cultural Antonio Machado, Madrid.

His most recent exhibitions have taken place around Lavapiés and La Latina in Madrid, ideal spaces to highlight his themes related to African migrations:

  • Naranjo de Bulnes, acrylic works, Memoria de los nautas de África, within the exhibition organised by the Asociación de Comerciantes de Lavapiés (2013).
  • Café Villa 3, acrylic works, Memoria de los nautas de África (2014).