Senayt S.

Senayt is an American photographer born in Asmara, Eritrea raised in Ethiopia and America. She studied Art History and Fine Arts at Paier College of Art and Southern Connecticut State University. She has earned her MA in Photographic Studies from the University of Westminster, in London. She began her photography career as an intern photojournalist at the New Have Register in Connecticut. While in the United States, she worked in Connecticut and New York for clients such as The Source Magazine, Savoy Magazine, AmeriCares and the Yale University Art Gallery. Prior to relocating to Geneva, Switzerland, Senayt lived in London, UK and worked as a freelance photographer and picture archivist at Autograph ABP. She has undertaken a number of photographic projects and exhibited widely including in venues such as Tate Britain and Hayward Gallery.

Solo exhibitions
2024 The Power of Water, Espace_L- Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2019 Rooted & Uprooted, Fentre sur Cadre, Carouge, Switzerland
2014 Nature, Heritage Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2004 Between Worlds, Terry Duffy Gallery, London
1999 Faces and Places, Yale Afro American Center, New Haven, Connecticut

Group exhibitions
2024 Silent Motion, Ecolint Art Center, Geneva, Switzerland
2016 Fall for Art, La Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2011-2013 Reflection on the self, Hayward Touring exhibition Southbank Centre, UK 2010 Between Worlds, Addis Foto Festival, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2008 Rooted, Imagine Art After, Tate Britain London, UK
2005 Oh! Art Center, Outskirts, Spit-Lit Festival, London, UK
2004 Embedded, MA Final Exhibition, Studio 95, Truman Gallery, London
2004 Id, Sino-foreign Photographic Communication Fair, Nanjing, China
2004 Id, University of Westminster, London Gallery West, Harrow
2003 So Far, Century Gallery, London
2001 Faces and Places, Open Studios, Untitled Space, New Haven, CT
2000 Images 2000, Guilford, Connecticut
2000 Open Studios, Lo Rico Tower, New Haven, CT