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]
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| Born | 1954 Senegal |
| Education | Undergraduate degree in Fine Arts, Ecole Nationale des Beaux-arts, Dakar, Senegal; PhD in Urban Geography, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, professor of art education |
| Employer(s) | Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Education Artistique (ENSEA), Dakar, Senegal |
Education
editDiba 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]
Career
editDiba'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]
References
edit- ^ a b c Grabski, J. (2015-01-01). "Viye Diba's Tout Se Sait: The Affective Experience of Urban Life". Nka Journal of Contemporary African Art. 2015 (36): 94–107. doi:10.1215/10757163-2914361. ISSN 1075-7163. S2CID 145098850.
- ^ a b c U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies. "Viye Diba". Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ a b Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona. "Viyé Diba". CCCB. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ a b "Red Escape II". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ Harney, Elizabeth (2000). "Review of Viyé Diba: Profound Beauty". African Arts. 33 (2): 80–81. doi:10.2307/3337779. ISSN 0001-9933. JSTOR 3337779.
- ^ a b "Viye Diba". National Museum of African Art. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
- ^ "Escape I". North Carolina Museum of Art. 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ^ a b Nooter Robers, Mary (Polly) (2011-01-01), Akyeampong, Emmanuel K; Gates, Henry Louis (eds.), "Diba, Viyé", Dictionary of African Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/acref/9780195382075.001.0001, ISBN 978-0-19-538207-5, retrieved 2021-10-08
- ^ a b Harney, Elizabeth (1996-01-01). "'Les Chers Enfants' sans Papa". Oxford Art Journal. 19 (1): 42–52. doi:10.1093/oxartj/19.1.42. ISSN 0142-6540.
- ^ García‐Antón, Katya (1998). "Dak'art 98". Third Text. 12 (44): 87–92. doi:10.1080/09528829808576754. ISSN 0952-8822.
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