Khadija Saye

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Khadija Mohammadou Saye (also Ya-Haddy Sisi Saye ; born July 30, 1992 in London ; † June 14, 2017 there ) was a Gambian - British photographer . She died in the fire at Grenfell Tower .

Life

Saye was born in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in west London, where she attended a Catholic girls' school. At the age of 14 she was able to switch to the Rugby School boarding school in rugby through a scholarship . She then attended the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham with a degree in photography. She was looked after by the artist Nicola Green and became friends with her husband David Lammy .

In 2017 her photo series Dwellings: in this Space we Breathe , the creation of which she was inspired by Gambian spiritual practices, was shown in the Diaspora Pavilion of the Biennale di Venezia .

She lived with her mother on the 20th floor in Grenfell Tower .

The BBC planned to show a documentary on June 17, 2017 about the young artists, including Khadija Saye, who installed and designed the first Diaspora Pavilion during a biennial. After the fire at Grenfell Tower, the broadcast was canceled and only took place in September 2017.

Her work was shown at the reopening of Kettle's Yard in Cambridge on February 10, 2018.

She and her mother died in the fire at Grenfell Tower. After her death, the Tate Britain Museum announced that a screen print of one of her works from the Dwellings series would be displayed in memory.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ London fire: Who are the victims? (en-GB) , BBC News . June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2017. 
  2. ^ Diane Smyth: Obituary: Khadija Saye, fast-rising artist tragically killed young in Grenfell Tower . June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ Among the victims, my kind, funny friend Khadija Saye, and her mum . In: The Observer , June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017. 
  4. ^ Katie Berrington: Remembering Artist Khadija Saye . June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Khadija Saye (St 08-10) . Retrieved on July 17, 2017.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / rugbeians.rugbyschool.net  
  6. ↑ Alexandra Topping: Khadija Saye: artist on cusp of recognition when she died in Grenfell . In: The Guardian , June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017. 
  7. ↑ " Artist Khadija Saye confirmed as victim of Grenfell Tower fire " AN, June 16, 2017. Accessed June 23, 2017
  8. ↑ Jack Sommers: David Lammy Fights Back Tears Describing Khadija Saye, Who Died In Grenfell Tower Fire . In: The Huffington Post , June 16, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017. 
  9. ↑ Annie Shaw: In pictures: the 'remarkable, powerful' works of Khadija Saye who died in Grenfell Tower blaze . June 19, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ Charlie Brink Hurst Cuff: Celebrating the art of Khadija Saye, a Grenfell fire victim . June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  11. ↑ " Venice Biennale: Sink or Swim ( Memento of the original from June 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. “ BBC Two . Accessed 29 June 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bbc.co.uk
  12. ^ Patrick Grafton-Green: BBC pulls documentary featuring Grenfell Tower fire victim . In: London Evening Standard , June 17, 2017. 
  13. ↑ Mark Brown: Works by artist who died in Grenfell fire to be shown at Cambridge gallery . In: The Guardian , December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017. 
  14. ^ Andrew Woodcock: Grenfell Tower fire: 24-year-old artist Khadija Saye named as victim . In: The Independent , June 17, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017. 
  15. ^ Five-year-old Grenfell fire victim died after his hand slipped from his neighbors' grasp as they tried to escape . In: Daily Telegraph , June 26, 2017. 
  16. ↑ Roslyn Sulcas: Art of a Grenfell Tower Fire Victim Is Shown by the Tate . In: The New York Times , June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2017. 
personal data
SURNAME Saye, Khadija
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saye, Ya-Haddy Sisi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian-British photographer
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2017
Place of death London