Lot 51

El Sadig Agena

Sudanese, born 1963

Untitled, 2016

Signed ‘2016, Signature’ (lower left)

Acrylic on canvas

57.5 x 204.5 cm

KES 380,000 – 450,000

(US$) 2,900 – 3,550

Provenance: Private Collection

Sold KES 410,900

Sold KES 410,900

After obtaining his BA in Textile Design and Printing at the Sudan University of Science and Technology in 1991, and a Diploma in Printmaking in Egypt, El Sadig Agena moved to Saudi Arabia in 1997, where his studio in Riyadh became the nucleus for the community of Sudanese artists working there. During this time, he completed numerous commissions and corporate murals, and now has works in various institutional collections in Saudi Arabia.

In 2003, Agena returned to Sudan where he worked as a full-time artist from his private studio in Khartoum until fleeing the war this year. He is currently in exile in Cairo. He has exhibited extensively in Saudi Arabia, UAE and Sudan, including a solo exhibition in 2016 at the Dama Art Gallery, Jeddah and has work in numerous international private collections.