Alioune Diagne
The artist
Born in 1985 in Kaffrine, Senegal, Alioune Diagne lives and works between Senegal and France. Former Beaux-Arts student in Dakar, he immediately distinguished himself by founding in 2013 an unique mode of expression. Composed of a figurative created from an infinite number of tiny unique element, Diagne's work challenges by its complexity and the dynamism of its scenes which depict the daily life of the black community and the African diaspora through the world. At the age of 38 he thus lays the groundwork for deep reflection on current issues as the ecology, the place of women in society, the racism and the notion of transmission or heritage.
In April 2024, the artist will have the honor of representing his country on the Senegalese Pavilion at 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.
In April 2024, the artist will have the honor of representing his country on the Senegalese Pavilion at 60th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1985 in Kaffrine, Senegal |
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| Residence | Lives and work in Dakar, Senegal |
| Education | 2008 - École des Beaux-Arts, Dakar, Senegal |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2024 | Bokk – Bounds, Senegalese Pavilion, 60th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy Seede, Templon, Paris, France |
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| 2023 | Ndox-Glint, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France Tukki, Templon, Brussels, Belgium |
| 2022 | Ëttu Kër – Cour intérieure, Great National Theatre, Dakar, Senegal |
| 2020 | WONEMA - LET ME SEE, Dakar, Senegal |
| 2019 | PERCEPTIONS, We Art Partners, Paris, France |
| 2018 | Alioune Diagne, l’ArtAppart – We Art Partners, Paris, France |
| 2017 | Off-site exhibition, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland Un nouveau regard, Alliance Française, Aosta, Italy |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2023 | Africa Supernova, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands Norval Sovereign African Prize, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa (Winner of the Public Vote Prize) |
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| 2022 | Ĩ Ndaffa#/Forger/Out of the fire, 14th African Contemporary Art Biennale, Dakar’s old Courthouse, Dakar, Senegal |
| 2019 | Tribute to Fatma Charfi, Galerie Nationale, Dakar, Senegal |
| 2016 | Galerie Le Moulinage des Rivières, Pélussin, France Artbank Gallery, Shanghai, China Empreintes digitales, Arte Gallery, Dakar, Senegal Dak’Art Biennale 12th edition, Loman Art House, Dakar, Senegal |
| 2015 | Salon Africain Art Fair, Galerie Joseph Turenne, Paris, France |
| 2014 | Sink or Swim, 11th Dak’art Biennale, Villa Spivey, Dakar, Sénégal Figuro Abstro, Galerie rêves d’Afrique, Saint-Étienne, France |
| 2013 | 10th Edition exhibition, Lucien Hussel Hospital, Vienne, France Collabor’Action, Galerie Loman Art, Dakar, Senegal 10th Dak’Art Biennale, Dakar, Senegal |
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PERFORMANCES
| 2013 | International Jazz Festival, Cybèle’s public garden, Vienne, France Performance during Fête de la Musique (Music National day in France), Annonay, France |
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| 2012 | International Jazz Festival, Vienne, France International Jazz Festival, Musée Saint Pierre, Vienne, France |
BIBLIOGRAPHY
| 2023 | Ndox-Glint - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Paris, France |
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| 2022 | Ëttu Kër – Cour intérieure, We Art Partners, Paris, France |
| 2019 | Alioune Diagne, PERCEPTIONS, Éditions Internationales du Patrimoine, Paris, France |
Press
France 24 - January, 2024
Avec son style, Alioune Diagne expose le thème de l'immigration
Libération - November, 2023
A Rouen, la ronde rejoue la Seine
Le quotidien de l'art - November, 2023
Alioune Diagne au premier pavillon du Sénégal
Armelle Malvoisin
The Art Newspaper - October, 2022
La galerie templon accueille l'artiste Alioune Diagne
News
Alioune Diagne
60TH BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
Solo Show
Arsenale, Venice
From April 20 to November 24, 2024
For its first participation, Senegal has selected the artist Alioune Diagne to represent his country at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia from April 20 to November 24, 2024.
Alioune Diagne
SOLO SHOW – NDOX—GLINT
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rouen
From September 16, 2023 to March 5, 2024
Alioune Diagne’s solo show Ndox—Glint opens on September 16, 2023 at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen.
Alioune Diagne
GROUP SHOW – AFRICA SUPERNOVA
Kunsthal KAdE, Netherlands
From September 24, 2023 to January 7, 2024
On the occasion of the group show Africa Supernova at Kunsthal KAdE, Alioune Diagne will present his artwork Mame Mindiss – 2 (Génie Tutélaire de Fatick) Marché de Fatick from September 24, 2023.
Alioune Diagne
GALLERY TEMPLON ANNOUNCES THE INTERNATIONALE REPRESENTATION OF THE FRENCH-SENEGALESE ARTIST, ALIOUNE DIAGNE
TEMPLON announces the internationale representation of the French-Senegalese artiste, Alioune Diagne. Born in 1985 in Fatick, Senegal, Alioune Diagne lives and works between Dakar and Vienne in Isère, France. Graduated in 2008 from the Beau-Arts of Dakar, he immediatly distinguished himself by founding in 2013 a unique mode of expression : the “figuro-abstro”, a figurative image created from an infinite number of unique elements. Templon will present one of his works, “Modou Modou Dakarois”, 2019, in Paris+ and will dedicate a solo exhibition to him in January 2023 in its Brussels space. Since 2011, his work has been the subject of numerous personal and collective exhibitions in Europe, Africa and Asia, including “Sing or Swim”, 11th Biennale de Dakar, Senegal, 2014 ; “Itinerary on Colors”, Espace Jean Drevon, Saint-Jean-de-Bournay (France), 2014 ; the exhibition outside the walls of Art Basel, 2017, Basel ; “Un nouveau regard”, Aosta, Italy, 2017. His work has also been part of the national collection of Senegal since 2019. In 2022, Diagne’s work entered the national collection of Senegal and was presented in an exhibition of the Dakar 2022 biennal at the Grand Théâtre de Dakar.
