JANAC

Born in 1995 in Katiola, Côte d’Ivoire, Coulibaly Adama Nanguin Abib Junior, known as JANAC, is a self-taught Ivorian visionary artist based in New York. He received his A.A. in Liberal Arts from the Borough of Manhattan Community College in 2017. JANAC work explores ancestry, identity, and cultural continuity through the lens of Senufo culture and its global influence through Visual Arts, performance, and fashion. His work has been shown at the Van Der Plas Gallery, Spring Break Art Fair, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning, Federal Equipment Co. & Wombat Capital, ChaShaMa, AZART Gallery and the Outsider Art Fair. A resident artist at That’s Nice, JANAC has also collaborated with Beam Center, HBO, and God’s Love We Deliver. He currently lives and works in New York City.