CHERYL KORALIK - Masque Senoufo

CHERYL KORALIK

Cheryl Koralik began her career in 1985 as a fashion photographer while living in Milano, Italy shooting editorial for publications such as Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.  She soon segued into advertising, establishing clients such as Bloomingdales, Saks Fifth Avenue and Barneys and later on to major productions of award winning ad campaigns for BMW, Martell Cognac Worldwide, MasterCard and British Airways, to name a few. Her portraiture of well-known personage include John Lee Hooker, Wilem Dafoe and Sting have appeared in ad campaigns as well as magazines such as Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair. In 1991, while on a humanitarian assignment with the non-governmental organization, Action on Disability and Development in India and Burkina Faso, Cheryl explored a more photojournalistic path. This is when she discovered the West African Masques, the mediums of the spirit world. For the past two decades, Koralik has been dedicated to documenting and researching the rituals and ceremonies of the various West African tribes. The masque photographs have been exhibited internationally in galleries and museums including the Musée de L'Elysée in Lausanne, the Center of Photography in Woodstock, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art in Santa Fe and the George Eastman House in Rochester. A selection of the masque series resides in the permanent collection of the Musée de L'Eysée as well as other private collections. These photographs have been featured in publications including The Sunday Times magazine, Blind Spot, Good Weekend Magazine/The Sydney Morning Herald and in The Unseen Eye, Aperture, as part of William M. Hunt's photographic collection. The masque photographs have been exhibited internationally in galleries and museums including the Musée de L'Elysée in Lausanne, the Center of Photography in Woodstock, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art in Santa Fe and the George Eastman House in Rochester. A selection of the masque series resides in the permanent collection of the Musée de L'Eysée as well as other private collections. These photographs have been featured in publications including The Sunday Times magazine, Blind Spot, Good Weekend Magazine/The Sydney Morning Herald and in The Unseen Eye, Aperture, as part of William M. Hunt's photographic collection.