Viyé Diba (born 1954) is a Senegalese mixed-media, installation, and performance artist. [1] [2] [3] He is known for using found, local, raw, and recycled materials in his work, reflecting his interest in environmental themes. [4] [1] [5] [2] [6] Diba's work has been included in several international exhibitions, including Dak’Art, Johannesburg Biennale, and Biennale d’ Abidjan, and was featured in a solo exhibition at the National Gallery in Dakar, Senegal. [2] His work can be seen at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. [4] [6] [7]
Diba received a baccalaureate degree in fine arts at the National School of Fine Arts in Dakar, Senegal in 1979, followed by an additional four-year degree in arts education at Senegal's National School of Art Education, also in Dakar. [8] Diba also received a PhD in Urban Geography from the University of Nice in Nice, France, where his dissertation compared the impact of human activity on the natural environments of Dakar and Nice. [3] [8]
Diba's career as a working artist began in the 1980s. While his earliest works were figurative, Diba's later works take a conceptual approach to interpreting the visual forms of "traditional" African art and exploring the materiality of urban spaces. [9] [1] In 1998, he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Dak'Art Biennial in 1998 for Echappement, a mixed-media work on canvas. [10] Diba has served as a professor of visual arts at Senegal's National School of Fine Arts since 1986. [9]
Viyé Diba (born 1954) is a Senegalese mixed-media, installation, and performance artist. [1] [2] [3] He is known for using found, local, raw, and recycled materials in his work, reflecting his interest in environmental themes. [4] [1] [5] [2] [6] Diba's work has been included in several international exhibitions, including Dak’Art, Johannesburg Biennale, and Biennale d’ Abidjan, and was featured in a solo exhibition at the National Gallery in Dakar, Senegal. [2] His work can be seen at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum, and the National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. [4] [6] [7]
Diba received a baccalaureate degree in fine arts at the National School of Fine Arts in Dakar, Senegal in 1979, followed by an additional four-year degree in arts education at Senegal's National School of Art Education, also in Dakar. [8] Diba also received a PhD in Urban Geography from the University of Nice in Nice, France, where his dissertation compared the impact of human activity on the natural environments of Dakar and Nice. [3] [8]
Diba's career as a working artist began in the 1980s. While his earliest works were figurative, Diba's later works take a conceptual approach to interpreting the visual forms of "traditional" African art and exploring the materiality of urban spaces. [9] [1] In 1998, he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Dak'Art Biennial in 1998 for Echappement, a mixed-media work on canvas. [10] Diba has served as a professor of visual arts at Senegal's National School of Fine Arts since 1986. [9]