Alioune Diagne
The artist
Born in 1985 in Kaffrine, Senegal, Alioune Diagne lives and works in Senegal and France. After studying at the Dakar École des Beaux-Arts in 2008, Alioune Diagne developed an imaginary script as a universal language and intimate account of fragments of his life in Dakar and on his travels. A socially engaged artist, he opens the door to a deep-seated exploration of the major challenges facing the world today: ecology, the place of women in society, racism and the notions of transmission and heritage. His work has featured in a variety of solo and group exhibitions in Europe, Africa and Asia since 2011, including Sink or Swim at the 11th Dakar Biennale, Villa Spivey, Dakar, Senegal (2014), Itinéraire en Couleurs at Espace Jean Drevon, Saint-Jean-de-Bournay, France (2014), the
off-site show at Art Basel, Switzerland (2017), and Un nouveau regard, Aosta, Italy (2017). His work has also been part of the national art collection of Senegal since 2019 and featured in the 2022 Dakar biennale exhibition at the national theatre in Dakar. In 2023 he won the Norval Foundation Public Vote Prize and saw his work exhibited in the Netherlands as part of the group exhibition Africa Supernova and at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen with the solo exhibition Ndox-Glint. Galerie Templon in Paris held the Seede exhibition of his work in January 2024. And in April 2024 the artist had the honour of representing his country on the Senegalese pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale international art exhibition with the project Bokk - Bounds. He has been represented by Galerie
Templon since 2022.
off-site show at Art Basel, Switzerland (2017), and Un nouveau regard, Aosta, Italy (2017). His work has also been part of the national art collection of Senegal since 2019 and featured in the 2022 Dakar biennale exhibition at the national theatre in Dakar. In 2023 he won the Norval Foundation Public Vote Prize and saw his work exhibited in the Netherlands as part of the group exhibition Africa Supernova and at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen with the solo exhibition Ndox-Glint. Galerie Templon in Paris held the Seede exhibition of his work in January 2024. And in April 2024 the artist had the honour of representing his country on the Senegalese pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale international art exhibition with the project Bokk - Bounds. He has been represented by Galerie
Templon since 2022.
Biography
| Birth | Born in 1985 in Kaffrine, Senegal |
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| Residence | Lives and work in Dakar, Senegal |
| Education | 2008 - École nationale des Beaux-Arts, Dakar, Senegal |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2026 | Saytu, TEMPLON, Paris, France |
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| 2025 | Jokkoo, TEMPLON, New York, United States |
| 2024 | Bokk – Bounds, Senegalese Pavilion, 60th Venice Biennale, Venise, Italy Seede, Templon, Paris, France |
| 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 |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
| 2025 | Au-delà des apparences, Musée RATH, Geneva, Switzerland Amoca Dialogues: Black Voices from the Museum Collection, Temple of Peace, Cardiff, Wales |
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| 2024 | Biennale de Dakar, Senegal |
| 2023 | Africa Supernova, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands Norval Sovereign African Prize, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa (Winner of the Public Vote Prize) |
| 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 |
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COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
| National Collection of Senegal, Museum of Black Civilizations, Dakar, Senegal Denver Art Museum, Denver, USA Saudi Arabia Museum of Contemporary Art (SAMOCA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Schulting Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands The Artistic Museum of Contemporary Art (AMOCA), Cardiff, UK |
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| Denver Art Museum, United States | |
| Fondation François Schneider, Wattwiller, France | |
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
| 2025 | Bokk - Bounds, TEMPLON, Paris, France |
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| 2023 | Ndox-Glint - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Paris, France |
| 2022 | Ëttu Kër – Cour intérieure, We Art Partners, Paris, France |
Press
Arts In The City - Summer 2026
Saytu. Alioune Diagne
Connaissance des Arts - July-August 2026
Les rituels d'Alioune Diagne
Forbes Afrique - June 2026
Alioune Diagne : le figuro-abstro à la conquête du marché international
Transfuge - June 2026
Caroline Gueye à la Bienale de Venise : Déplacer le regard
Aude de Bourbon Parme
L'Œil - June 2026
Alioune Diagne
Afrique Chronique - May 2026
Alioune Diagne peint l'Afrique d'aujourd'hui, entre panneaux solaires et cérémonies d'initiation
Le Monde - May 2026
Alioune Diagne peint l'Afrique d'aujourd'hui, entre panneaux solaires et cérémonies d'initiation
Philippe Dagen
Le Suricate - May 2026
Avec "Saytu", Alioune Diagne préserve les mémoires invisibles
Christian Missia Dio
Le Journal des Arts - May 2026
Alioune Diagne: Saytu
Beaux Arts - May 2026
Le patrimoine d'Alioune Diagne à la galerie Templon
TV5 Monde - May 2026
L'exposition "Saytu" est à la galerie Templon jusqu'au 18 juillet
Observer - April 2025
Closing Soon: Alioune Diagne's Paintings Embracing the African Dream at Templon
Frieze - April 2025
Must-See: Alioune Diagne's Language of Abstraction
True Africa - April 2025
Alioune Diagne Bridges Dakar and NYC, Dreams and Identity
ARTFORUM - March 2025
MUST SEE
Le Soleil Weekend - April 2024
Au pavillon Sénégal, Alioune Diagne peint une nouvelle humanité
E.M. Faye
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
L'EVENTAIL - january 2023
Alioune Diagne - Tokki
The Art Newspaper - October 2022
La galerie templon accueille l'artiste Alioune Diagne
News
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.
