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.

Exhibitions

  • Saytu

    May 21 - July 23, 2026
    Paris - Grenier Saint Lazare

  • Jokkoo

    March 6 - May 1, 2025
    New York

  • Seede

    January 6 - February 24, 2024
    Paris - Beaubourg

  • Tukki

    January 14 - March 4, 2023
    Brussels

Biography

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Birth Born in 1985 in Kaffrine, Senegal
Residence Lives and work in Dakar, Senegal
Education 2008 - École nationale des Beaux-Arts, Dakar, Senegal

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2026 Saytu, TEMPLON, Paris, France
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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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
2014 Itinéraire en Couleurs, Jean Drevon artspace, Saint-Jean-de-Bournay, France
2012 Itinéraire en Couleurs, Galerie Test du Bailler, Vienne, France

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)

2026 Sénégal : paroles de lumière, Fondation Blachère, Bonnieux, France
AfricaLegacy - Berceau de l'art, Espace Vanderborght, Brussels, Belgium
(Dé)colonisations des artistes africains interrogent l’Histoire, Mémorial de Caen, Caen, France
TALKING HEADS. Portraits avec une histoire (1626–2026), Château d’Ursel, Bornem, Belgium
Talents Contemporains, Fondation François Schneider, Wattwiller, France
2026 Sénégal : paroles de lumière, Fondation Blachère, Bonnieux, France
(Dé)colonisations des artistes africains interrogent l’Histoire, Mémorial de Caen, Caen, France

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TALKING HEADS. Portraits with a story (1626–2026), Castle of Ursel, Bornem, Belgium
Talents Contemporains, Fondation François Schneider, Wattwiller, France
2025 Au-delà des apparences, Musée RATH, Geneva, Switzerland
Dialogues: Black Voices from the Museum Collection, Temple of Peace, Cardiff, Wales
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
2014 Sink or Swim, 11th Dak’art Biennale, Villa Spivey, Dakar, Sénégal
Figuro Abstro, Galerie rêves d’Afrique, Saint-Étienne, France

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
Art Collection of the Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique (CBH), Switzerland
Art Collection of the Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique (CBH), Switzerland

PERFORMANCES

2013 International Jazz Festival, Cybèle’s public garden, Vienne, France
Performance during Fête de la Musique (Music National day in France), Annonay, France
2012 International Jazz Festival, Vienne, France
International Jazz Festival, Musée Saint Pierre, Vienne, France

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2025 Bokk - Bounds, TEMPLON, Paris, France
2023 Ndox-Glint - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Paris, France
2022 Ëttu Kër – Cour intérieure, We Art Partners, Paris, France

Press

Timeout - July 2026

Les 10 expos gratuites à ne pas manquer cet été dans les galeries d'art de Paris

Romy Mangez

Artshebdomédias - July 2026

Saytu ou le manifeste Figuro-abstro d'Alioune Diagne

Hafida Jemni Di Folco

Connaissance des Arts - July 2026

7 expositions gratuites à Paris à découvrir cet été dans les galeries d'art

Marie Maertens, Timothée Chaillou, Valérie de Maulmin

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

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News

Alioune Diagne
NDOX—GLINT

Solo Show

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.

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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.

Alioune Diagne in front of is painting Les initiés 2 (2025).

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