Senayt Samuel

Born 1969 in Eritrea
Based in London, UK

Senayt Samuel

Senayt Samuel in London

Senayt Samuel left Ethiopia as a teenager eventually settling in London in 2002. While she was at school abroad, her family was deported, forcing her to reconsider her relationship to the notion of “home”. Photography became the medium for this negotiation, a way to investigate how the process of taking photographs itself reshapes memory and ultimately becomes a way to re-root oneself.

After her 2005 dialogue with Ethiopia-based artist Addisalem Bizuwork, imagine art after commissioned Samuel to create a new work for exhibition at Tate Britain, Rooted.

Jacob 2007 C-Type print 50x50cm and text
Jacob 2007 C-Type print 50x50cm and text
Between Worlds: Yonatan 2004 series of C-type prints size varies
Between Worlds: Yonatan 2004 series of C-type prints size varies
Between Worlds: Betty 2004 series of C-type prints size varies
Between Worlds: Betty 2004 series of C-type prints size varies
Between Worlds: Solomon 2004 series of C-type prints size varies
Between Worlds: Solomon 2004 series of C-type prints size varies
Between Worlds: Dagi 2004 series of C-type prints size varies
Between Worlds: Dagi 2004 series of C-type prints size varies
Id 4 2004 C-type print size varies
Id 4 2004 C-type print size varies