France, 1559
French with African roots originally from Cape Verde, Benin and Senegal. Anastasie Akibode’s exposure to different cultures and interest in experiencing the uniqueness from each is the driving force behind her search for a common universal framework that unifies her art style.
As an electrical engineer for 13 years, Anastasie later moved to and settled in Dubai, where she converted her career prospect to a full-time artist in 2008. She furthered her art education at Dubai Art Centre and was awarded the Merit Award for Painting in 2013. She continued her education and attended the summer school of Beaux-Arts in Paris from 2016 to 2019. She attended the watercolour symposium at Fabriano, Italy during that period as well as the watercolour portraiture workshop at the Art Center Manatee in Florida.
In Dubai, Anastasie exhibited along with many others at the watercolour symposium in 2018. Her paintings were also shown in a group exhibition at Art Dubai in Tashkeel and at the Dubai Art Centre.
In April 2021 , She held her first Solo Exhibition titled ‘Artistic Wired Energies’ at the Alliance Française Dubai . In 2022 , she was selected to represent her country in the Cabo-Verde and Angola Pavillon at EXPO 2020.
She participated several times to group exhibitions with DIAC and Damna Art Galerie at World Art Dubai
In 2024, she was a Moderator of a panel discussion at World Art Dubai and at the same time exhibited her paintings.