Born in 1989 Conakry, Guinea
Education
2017 University of California Berkeley-Haas, Master of Business Administration.
2011 Georgetown University, Washington DC, Bachelor of Science. Major in International Economics and Certificate in African Studies.
Solo Exhibition
2022 “En Attendant Kemet”, Villa 76, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Group Exhibitions
2023 OD Photo Prize Winter Exhibition, Photo Book Cafe, London, UK
2022 “Vantage Point Sharjah (VPS) 10”, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2022 “Our City”, AYA Editions and Showroom L’R, Grand-Bassam, Côte d’Ivoire
2022 “Gynocentrisme”, Institut Français de Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2021 Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2021, Cromwell Place (hosted by the National Portrait Gallery), London, UK
2021 Humble Arts Foundation "Embracing Stillness" Group Show 67 (online)
residencies
2025 Pocoapoco, Oaxaca City, Mexico
2024 Penumbra Foundation Risograph Residency, New York, USA
2024 1949 Books Writing Residency, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Awards
2024 Nominated, Ralph and Muriel Saltzman Prize for Emerging Photographer of the Year, inaugurated by CPW
2023 Runner-up, 2024 PhotoWork Fellowship, PhotoWork Foundation
2023 Shortlisted, Immersion – a photography commission by the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès, the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and the International Center for Photography
2023 Finalist, Black Rock Senegal Residency (2024 - 2025)
2022 Juror’s Pick, LensCulture Black & White Awards
2022 Finalist, Vantage Point Sharjah Award, Sharjah Art Foundation
2022 Honourable Mention, Hariban Award, Benrido Atelier
2022 Shortlisted (physical print judging round), Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize
2021 Winner, Against All Odds Commission, Malala Fund x British Journal of Photography
Press & Publications
2024 PHOTOFAIRS: 2024 SALTZMAN PRIZE SHORTLIST – CPW and PHOTOFAIRS New York
2024 ARTSY: Saltzman Prize announces inaugural shortlist of emerging photographers by Maxwell Rabb
2024 PHOTOVOGUE: The Saltzman Family Foundation and the Center for Photography at Woodstock (CPW) announce the 10 nominees for the Saltzman Prize
2024 CPW: The 2024 Saltzman Prize Shortlist
2022 NATAAL: The photographer on exploring friendship, motherhood and identity in Abidjan by Bayo Hassan Belo
2022 Contemporary And (C&): Hady Barry and Her Intimate Gaze on Friendship and Motherhood by Bayo Hassan Belo
2022 British Journal of Photography: Hady Barry meets Aissatou, a young woman in pursuit of an education against all odds by Zoe Harrison,
2021 British Journal of Photography: The intimate and introspective photography of Hady Barry by Flossie Skelton
2021. MILKED, Issue No. 3: Body and Form. MILKED is a new publication that examines the undertones of the maternal figure, bringing motherhood to the foreground of contemporary culture.
2020 Quaranzine Issue 1 and Issue 8. A digital zine curated by artist Ashley Johnson which ran between April and May 2020.