# @drawingcenter on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CbarfspMTYW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/8435237-drawingcenter-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-03-22T18:53:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Drawing Center (@drawingcenter) — https://gondola.cc/drawingcenter

## Caption

Sanou Oumar's mandala-like pen on paperboard compositions are accomplished in one sitting after many hours and are so complex that they could be mistaken for digital renderings. As a Burkinabé artist now living in the United States as a refugee, Oumar draws as a self-healing ritual and meditative practice to relieve the trauma of the past.

A collection of drawings by @sanououmarwonderfull are currently on view as part of "Drawing in the Continuous Present," an exhibition of nearly a hundred works on paper by thirteen international artists. Tap the link in our bio to learn more! 
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Images: Sanou Oumar, "7/3/21," 2021. Pen and marker on paper board, 40 x 32 inches (101.6 x 81.3 cm). Courtesy of Gordon Robichaux, New York, and Herald St, London.  Photograph by Gregory Carideo. 

Sanou Oumar, "6/28/21," 2021. Pen and marker on paper board, 40 x 32 inches (101.6 x 81.3 cm). Courtesy of Gordon Robichaux, New York, and Herald St, London.  Photograph by Gregory Carideo. 

Sanou Oumar, "11/18/21," 2021. Pen and marker on paper board, 40 x 32 inches (101.6 x 81.3 cm). Courtesy of Gordon Robichaux, New York, and Herald St, London.  Photograph by Gregory Carideo. 

Sanou Oumar, "9/16/21," 2021. Pen and marker on paper board, 40 x 32 inches (101.6 x 81.3 cm). Courtesy of Gordon Robichaux, New York, and Herald St, London.  Photograph by Gregory Carideo. 

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