[1] Seydou Barry was born in 1943, in Thilogne in the Matam Region of Senegal.
[1] He attended the École Nationale des Beaux Arts in Dakar to study painting, and worked under artist Papa Ibra Tall.
Barry worked at the National Tapestry Manufacturers in Thiès (French: Manufacture Nationale de Tapisserie de Thiès) as a painter and cartoonist, from 1961 to 1965.
[1] His works and those of his co-workers were made into tapestries in 1975, entitled N'Danaane.
[2] His work is part of the art collection of the Senegal government.