ANNA BINTA
DIALLO
b. Dakar, Senegal, 1983
Lives and works in Canada
EDUCATION
2013 MFA – Transart Institute (Berlin), Masters in Creative Practice.
2008 PGCert – Concordia University, "Design and Computation Arts – Graduate Certificate in Digital Technologies in Design Art Practice".
2006 BFA – School of Art, University of Manitoba, First Class Honours, Double major in painting and graphic design.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 (Forthcoming) Voyageur/Almanac, Curated by Elliot Ramsey, Polygon Gallery, August 01 - October 01, Vancouver, BC
2025 (Forthcoming) Heliophile, curated by hannah_g, Galerie Buhler Gallery, June 04 - August 22, Winnipeg, MB
2024 Topographies, Centre d'exposition du Vieux Presbytère de Saint-Bruno, October 20 - December 01, Saint-Bruno, QC
2024 Shapeshifter, University of Winnipeg, aabijijiwan New Media Lab, July 10 - September 24, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Fluid Fossils, curated by Lelsley Johnstone, Mural at the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal (MAC), August 23 - March 24 (24), Montreal, QC
2023 Topographies, curated by Laila Timmins, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, June 10 - October 01, Oshawa, ON
2022 Errances: un retour, Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée, June 13 - August 22, Montréal, QC
2022 Voyageur/Almanac, Towards, January 21 - March 5, Toronto, ON
2021 Wanderings, curated by Blair Fornwald, School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba, October 14 - December 4, Winnipeg, MB
2021 Wanderings, Museum London, April 03 - August 29, London, ON
2020 Wanderings, Galerie Monkland, November 27 - February 10 (21), Montréal, QC
2020 Wanderings, Notions of Place - From Belonging to Displacement Part I, Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition, curated by Rickard Borgström, Keuruu Museum, September 18 - January 21 (21) Keuruu, Finland
2020 Wanderings, Access Gallery, curated by Katie Belcher, September 26 - 30, Vancouver, BC
2019 Wanderings, Towards, October 4 - November 2, Toronto, ON
2016 palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), February 18 - March 19, Montreal, QC
2015 neither nor, Seagram Gallery, Centaur Theatre, September 22 - October 19, QC Invited artist at to accompany the play The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God written & directed by Djanet Sears, Montreal, QC
2010 Yobbaalema (Emmène-moi avec toi, Take me with you), La Galerie, Université de Saint - Boniface, April 29 - March 29, MB
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Jeux de mirroirs: la création féminine d’une génération à l’autre, Lise Gaboury-Diallo et Anna Binta Diallo, La Galerie d'Art du CCFM, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2009 Designing Dreams, Duo exhibition with Dana Neilson, September 13 September – September 20, Snap! Salon, Montreal, Quebec
2006 À suivre... Duo exhibition with Nathalie Dupont, June 29 - August 29, curated by Louise Duguay, La Maison des Artistes, Winnipeg, Manitoba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 (Forthcoming) COLLAGE! Curated by Arin Fay, Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History, Nelson, BC
2025 Afrotopos, Curated by Diane Gistal, January 25 - March 30, Gallery Stewart Hall, Pointe-Claire, QC
2024 FAUX PLIS PAR HYPOHTHÈSE, Curated by Louise Déry & Marie-Hélène Leblanc, Galerie de l’UQAM, Galerie de L’UCO, Foreman Art Gallery, September 5 - October 26, QC, ON
2025 Black Prairies, curated by Alyssa Fearon, Dunlop Art Gallery, January 25 - April 5l, Regina, SK
2024 Black Prairies, curated by Alyssa Fearon, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, September 30 - November 30, Brandon, MB
2024 Rewilding, Canadian Museum of Nature, October 11 - December, Ottawa, ON
2024 HOUSE OF REASONED TRUTHS: Recent Video Art from Africa, V-F-X Ljubljana - Festival of Experimental AV Practices, SCCA - Centre for Contemporary Arts, May 5 - 18, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024 The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize Exhibition, 14 February - 15 May 2024. Cape Town, South Africa
2024 Afflux Biennale Transnationale Noire, Art Mûr, November 11 - December 22, Montréal, QC
2023 Black-Space-Time: Anna Binta Diallo, Preston Pavlis & Braxton Garneau, curated by Nura Ali, Bows and Stride Gallery, September 28 - November 17, Calgary, AB
2023 Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalists' Exhibition, September 23 - October 23, Salt Spring Island, BC
2023 Habiter, une poignée de terre à la fois. La Maison des artistes visuels francophones, curated by Laura Demers, July 06 - September 02, Winnipeg, MB
2023 HOUSE OF REASONED TRUTHS: Recent Video Art from Africa, curated by Kisito Assangni, Musée Mohammed VI, May 14 - 21, Rabat, Morocco
2024 HOUSE OF REASONED TRUTHS: Recent Video Art from Africa, V-F-X Ljubljana - Festival of Experimental AV Practices, May 5 - 18, SCCA-Centre for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2023 Plural Contemporary Art Fair, presented by Towards, April 21 - 23, Montreal, QC
2023 Réminiscence, curated by Diane Gistal. Exhibition at Ernst and Young, February 1 - 28, Montreal, QC
2023 The Further Apart Things Seem, Art Gallery of Mississauga, co - curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson, February 07 - April 06, Mississauga, ON
2023 The Excess is Ritual, curated by Noor Banghu, Dunlop Art Gallery, January 15 - March 28, Regina, SK
2022 Bamako Encounters, La Biennale Africaine de la Photographie, December 12 - February 08, Bamako, Mali
2023 Art Toronto, presented by Towards, October 27 - November 13, Toronto, ON
2022 Shapeshifter, Nuit Blanche, The Space Between Us, curated by Dr. Julie Nagam. Commissioned sculptural installation on Yonge Street, October 02, Toronto, ON
2022 Habiter le monde: esquisse d'une rencontre, La maison des cultures urbaines de Dakar, Dak'art Off, la Biennale de Dakar, May 21 - June 04, Dakar, Senegal
2022 Art Souterrain, Voies-Voix Résiliantes (Resilient Voices - Pathways), curated by Eddy Firmin, April 2 - June 30, Montreal, QC
2022 The Further Apart Things Seem, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, co-curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson, September 15 - 02 December, Waterloo, ON
2022 The Further Apart Things Seem, Contemporary Calgary, co- curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson, March 03 - 22 May, Calgary, AB
2021 from the earth we grow, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, October 12 - April 1 (22), Bowmanville, ON
2021 MOMENTA –Biennale de l’image, Sensing Nature | Liquid Crystals - curated by Stephanie Hessler, in augmented reality, September 08 to October 24, Montreal, QC
2021 HOST, Third Space, A Virtual Contemporary Art Project, curated by Amy Ash, June 17 - Sept 17, Saint- Johns, N.B.
2021 Habiter le monde, Centre CLARK, curated by Moridja Kitenge Banza, May 20 - June 19, Montreal, QC
2021 the cut, the tear, and the remix: contemporary collage and black futures, The McMaster Museum of Art, in partnership with Nia Centre for the Arts, April 21 - June 21, Hamilton, ON
2021 Mission Dakar, Centre CLARK, curated by Moridja Kitenge Banza, May 19 - July 20, Montreal, QC
2021 Perspectives Excentrées - Zocalo, Centre d'artistes en art imprimé, Isidore-Hurteau Square, August 5 - 29, Longueuil, QC
2020 QUADrature: Quelque part, autrement, Galerie de l’UQAM, curated by Ariane De Blois, October 23 - January 14 (21), Montreal, QC
2020 Wanderings, Notions of Place - From Belonging to Displacement Part II, Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen /Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition, curated by Rickard Borgström, Jyväskylä Art Museum, September 18 - January 21 (21), Finland.
2019 Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalists' Exhibition, September 21 - October 21, Salt Spring Island, BC.
2018 Geographies of Imagination / Dis- Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other Labels, curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and Antonia Alampi, September 13 - November 18, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2016 Synesthésias d'été | Anna Binta Diallo et Montag, Les Escales Improbables de Montréal, May 28 - October 5, Jardins Gamelin, Montréal, QC
2017 Negotiations II, Maps, and Nostalgia Diaorama screen at the 'Moving Images Showcase' at the Metro Studio Theatre, September 23; at the Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp) gathering in Victoria, BC
2015 Negotiations screens at the 'Trans-ideology: Nostalgia' at Museum of Contemporary Art: MOCA TAIPEI, November 9 - December 20, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Mini Moi, Galerie YOUN, November 23 - December 22, Montreal, QC
2013 Lone Creator, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (AGSM), September 26 - October 19, Brandon, MB
2013 Funhouse, Refinery, Art Gallery of Alberta, (AGA), curated by Kristine Nutting, November 7, Edmonton, AB
2013 Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, Transart Institute, Plymouth University, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, July 19 - July 26, Berlin, Germany
2013 Trans-ideology: Nostalgia Short Film Festival, Transartfest Biennial, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, July 27 - August 9, Berlin, Germany
2008 Connect, Concordia University, April 30 - May 3, Montreal, QC
2005 Have you seen Hear we are! December 8 - 15, The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
PUBLIC ART, INSTALLATIONS & SPECIAL COMMISSIONS
2024 Spectra. Commissioned artist by the Winnipeg Arts Council to propose artwork for moonGarden, in collaboration with Lucion, Wireframe, and Nuit Blanche Winnipeg, Old Market Square, September 20-28, Winnipeg, MB
2024 Fleurs Fanées, collaboration with Berrirouche Feddal published in La Vie des Arts, Montreal, QC
2024 Railside at the Forks. Shortlisted artist to propose a public artwork at the Forks, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Fossiles fluides, curated by Lesley Jonhstone, Mural presented at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, August 25 - March 31(24), Montreal, QC
2023 FLOTSAM : Anna Binta Diallo and Moridja Kitenge Banza. An interactive artwork research development with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)'s Interactive studio.
2022 Selected artist for Lanterns in the Exchange Festival, presented the Winnipeg Arts Council and The Exchange District BIZ, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Commissioned work included in Projet Kerouac, from Nouveau Théâtre Experimental, in multiple galleries across Canada.
2022 Landscapes. Artwork mural installation commissioned for The Royal Bank of Canada’s Main Branch, Union Station, Toronto, ON
2022 Errances à Verdun, Creation of a work of art integrated into the architecture of the Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, QC
2021 The Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels) and the Société de développement commercial (SDC) Village Montreal, Serge-Garant Park, June 2021 - April 2022, Montreal, QC
2020 Not Cancelled A weeklong digital event featuring galleries form Toronto.
2020 À L’épreuve, online printed art auction for ARPRIM
2020 Wanderings, Capture Photography Festival, Featured Exhibition Program, Canada Line, Waterfront Station, April 02 to September 20, Vancouver, BC
HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 Finalist, The Normal Sovereign Art Prize, Capetown, South Africa
2023 Public Art Errances à Verdun by Anna Binta Diallo selected for inclusion in the Public Art Year in Review by the Public Art Network Council
2023 Finalist, Salt Spring National Art Prize, Salt Spring Island, BC
2023 Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant - Concept to Realization
2023 One of 5 shortlisted artists from Canada, New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2023 Nominated finalist Visual Artist of the Year, 7th Edition of the Dynasty Gala
2022 Sobey Art Award - Long list
2022 Nominated finalist Visual Artist of the Year, 6th Edition of the Dynasty Gala
2021 Barbara Spohr Memorial Awards. Awarded by the Walter Phillips Gallery to a recent Banff Centre Visual Arts residency alumnus.
2021 One of three shortlisted artists by invitation by the city of Montreal, for a public artwork in the atrium of Verdun Auditorium
2021 Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant - Concept to Realization
2021 Black Designers of Canada Excellence Award - work as a visual artist and designer 2021 Black Designers of Canada Excellence Award - for design work in SAMA RAKK
2020 Selected as one of 150 Franco - Manitobans to be celebrated by DREF (Direction des resources éducatives françaises) (Dref.mb.ca)
2020 (POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19) Selected artist for the Mission Dakar Biennale 2020, Conseil des arts de Montréal and Centre CLARK with artist Moridja Kitenge Banza as guest curator
2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Across Canada
2019 Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, Travel Grant for Visual Artists
2019 Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant - Concept to Realization
2019 Finalist, Salt Spring National Art Prize, Salt Spring Island, BC
2019 Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Across Canada
2019 Recipient of the The Brenda and Jamie Mackie Endowed Fellowships for Visual Artists
2019 Recipient of the The Liz Crockford Artist Fund
2018 Recipient of a Francofonds grant for visual arts projects that promote the vitality of Francophone culture, Winnipeg, MB
2014 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant to Professionals in the Visual Arts
2011 Recipient of the Transart Institute Achievement Scholarship, Academic scholarship, Transat Institute, Berlin, University of Plymouth (UK)
2007 Recipient of the J.A. de Sève Entrance Fellowship for entrance graphic design portfolio, Academic scholarship, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2006 Recipient of the prize - Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award for designs and illustrations in Poste Restante, (Éditions du Blé) in the competition Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards
2005 Recipient of the Francofonds academic study grant, Winnipeg, MB
2004 Recipient of the Francofonds academic study grant, Winnipeg, MB
2004 SigPac, Academic travel and study grant, University of Manitoba’s Student Union Awards, Winnipeg, MB
RESIDENCIES
2021 Centre SAGAMIE, Research and Creation Artist Residency, Alma, QC
2020 (CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19) Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo, (AARK) Korpo, Finland
2019 Distributed Identities with Deanna Bowen, Brendan Fernandes & Tarah Aisha Willis, Thematic residency at The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
2014 The Universe and Other Systems with Shary Boyle, July - August, Thematic residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2013 Banff Artist in Residence, September - October, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
COLLECTIONS
BLG
La Galerie, Université de Saint- Boniface
Google
Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art
EQ Bank
RBC Royal Bank
Scotiabank
Théâtre Cercle Molière
Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Centre
Private and corporate collections
ART FAIRS
2024 Foire Plural, presented by Towards Gallery, April 12 - 14, Montreal, QC
2023 Art Toronto, presented by Towards, Towards Gallery, October 26 - 29, Toronto, ON
2022 Art Toronto, presented by Towards Gallery and Royal Bank of Canada, October 7 - November 13, Toronto, ON
2023 Foire Plural, presented by Towards Gallery, April 22 - 23, Montreal, QC
AUCTIONS FUNDRAISERS & ART DONATIONS
2024 Artists for Water Fundraiser, Swim Drink Fish, Invitational artwork donation, Toronto, ON
2024 The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize Exhibition, Capetown, South Africa
2022 Invitational artwork donation for the Prix Margaret- Teresa- McDonell, Santé en Français, Winnipeg, MB
2022 Invitational artwork donation for the 8X10 Art Auction, PLATFORM Centre for Photographic and Digital Art, Winnipeg, MB
2021 Invitational artwork donation. C Magazine Contemporary Art Auction, Online art auction
2021 Esse-Vendu/Solde, Invitational artwork donation. Montreal, QC
2020 Not Cancelled A weeklong digital event featuring galleries form Toronto
2020 Invitational artwork donation for Arprim - À L’épreuve - Online printed art auction
WORK EXPERIENCES INVOLVING ART OR DESIGN
2021 - present Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba’s School of Art, Winnipeg, MB
2020 - 21 Part- time Professor of Design Art, in the Design, Art and Art History program, a collaborative Honours B.A. program between Sheridan and the University of Toronto Mississauga, ON
2019 Launch of SAMA RAKK (samarakk.com) with sister Aisha Diallo. Original and high - quality earrings made of acrylic glass, brass, silver, and gold.
2013 - 21 Senior Design, Digital Strategy and Web Specialist, David Suzuki Foundation, Montreal, QC
2006 - 2020 (Sept. - present) Freelance Designer, Involved in multiple freelance design projects for clients in various fields: music, (compact discs, posters), fashion, (T- shirts, curtains), web sites, publications, logos, brochures, packaging, magazine advertisements etc.
2009 (December) Forum Multimédia, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories for Jeunesse TNO, Position: Hosted and organized a one - week workshop in art and design for youth aged 11 to 15.
2005 - 2006 (Sept. - April) Mentoring program at design studio Urbanink, Winnipeg, Manitoba, acquired skills: worked with large - scale printer, worked with photography, illustration, conception and gained experience in book publishing.
2005 - 2006 (June - August) La Maison Gabrielle Roy - Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba Position: Interpretive and tourist guide for museum.
CONFERENCES, ARTIST TALKS, SYMPOSIUMS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2024 Speaker, Identity in Layers: Public Art as a Catalyst for Transformation, UAAC Conference, for Public Art in Canada: (Re)storying the Landscape as Sites of Contemporary Insurgence/Resurgence
2024 Conférence Matrimoines Noir, for Af-Flux La Biennale Transnationale Noire, March 8, 2024
2023 Invited Speaker at Bows gallery, Black- Space- Time: Anna Binta Diallo, Preston Pavlis & Braxton Garneau, September 28, Calgary, AB
2023 Invited Speaker at Musée d’art Contemporain, Fossiles fluides: Anna Binta Diallo, September 07, Montréal, QC
2023 Invited Speaker at the University of Regina, Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, March 17, 2023
2023 Invited Speaker at Telefilm, Black History Month, Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, February 23, 2023
2023 Invited Speaker at panel - Nuit Blanche Symposium, The Space Between Us, A Home for Our Migrations, September 2 - October 3
2023 Invited Speaker at the University of Winnipeg, aabijijiwan New Media Lab, invitation by Dr. Julie Nagam’ Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, May 12, 2022
2022 Participated in round table discussion, artist, and curator talk, for The Further Apart Things Seem, co- curated by Shannon Anderson Jay Wilson, with artists Anna Binta Diallo, Atanas Bozdarov, Barbara Hobot, Adriana Kuiper & Ryan Suter, Brendan Lee Satish Tang, and Couzyn Van Heuvelen, Contemporary Calgary, Wednesday, May 07
2022 Invited Speaker at MacEwan University, Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, February 22, 2022
2022 Invited Speaker at Women’s Art Society of Montreal (WASM) Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, February 22, 2022
2022 Guest panelist for Fondu au Noir Festival in partnership with Negra Iuventa - Funding and recognition of racialized people in the visual arts, February 17 to 20, 2022
2021 Round Table for MOMENTA Biennale de l’image, MOMENTA, Augmented Reality, with artists Kama La Mackerel and Anna Binta Diallo
2021 Artist talk, Wanderings, Thursday, October 14, University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery
2021 Invited Speaker, Concordia University, October 04, Print Media Class
2021Artist presentation and guest speaker at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with the collective BLACK JOY MTL, February 07
2021 Guest artist on artist panel for the cut, the tear, and the remix: contemporary collage and black futures, with The McMaster Museum of Art, in partnership with Nia Centre for the Arts, April 22
2021 Curriculum and Pedagogy for Uncertain Futures Symposium within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Curriculum as a Social Practice (ICRC). Western University
2021 University of Guelph MFA Program's End of Semester virtual critiques - Guest artist for MFA students’ final critiques
2021 Artist presentation and invited speaker at the Musée des beaux- arts de Montréal and the Black Joy MTL collective, February 07, Montreal, QC
2017 Invited participant to Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp) a major, multidisciplinary, trilingual gathering on Lekwungen territories, near Victoria, British Columbia designed by Chris Creighton - Kelly and France Trépanier. ''PC/Cp seeks to place Indigenous art practices at the centre of the Canadian art system. PC/Cp also asserts that art practices by people of colour, that have roots around the world, play a critical role in any discussion that imagines Canada’s future(s)’'
2021 Artist presentation for Wanderings for C - MAG Artist Projects with curator and writer, Noor Bhangu
2021 Invited Guest for animation of a virtual workshop on History and heritage of French - speaking artistic representation of diversity in Canada with the RAFA (Fédération culturelle canadienne - française), FJA (Francophonie Jeunesse de l’Alberta) and CFQO (le comité FrancoQueer de l’Ouest), March 19, 2021
2021 Guest artist for Art and Art History Online Speaker Series, February 2021, Presented by University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College
2021 - Artist presentation for Wanderings, Notions of Place - From Belonging to Displacement Part II, Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen /Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition: Jyväskylä Art Museum, January 15, 2021
2020 Invited as guest moderator for conference “Un paysage en mutation” with France Trépanier and Chris Chreigton - Kelly, December 9 - 10, 2021
2020 Invited Panellist for a conference on the arts at the Fédération culturelle canadienne - française, (FCCF) October 22, 2020
2020 Wanderings, In Conversation with Diyan Achjadi, Artist talk presented by Access Gallery and Capture Photography Festival, Access Gallery, October 2020
2020 Artist in Residence program and virtual artist talk offered by Artists for Kids & Gordon Smith Gallery and the North Vancouver School District, in North Vancouver, October - November 2020
2020 Virtual Forum with the Fédération culturelle - française (FCCF), Ce que l’on sème, Creatives Round Table, October 22, 2020
2018 Symposium: Dis-Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other Labels - at SAVVY Contemporary, Presentation of: Creative working methodologies - Dis- Othering workshop, September, Berlin, Germany
2018 Invited guest artist for the Writing about your Art class on June 22, for the students of the Studio ArtsDepartment, Concordia University
2017 Invited to lead 2 generative and authentic conversations at Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp): "Comment raconter" with Yves Sioui Durand and "The Language of the Other" with Louis- Karl Sioui
2017 Invited guest artist for the Processes in Digital Print Media 1 class on September 22, for the students of the Studio Arts Department, Concordia University
2016 Artist talk and guided tour of palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), March 17, Montréal, Québec - for students of the Art History Department, Course: Champ des arts visuels au Québec et au Canada - Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
2016 Artist talk and guided tour of palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), March 15, Montréal, Québec - for students of the Fine Arts Department Course: Studio ArtX - Studio Arts - Concordia University
WRITING (SELECTION)
2020 Canadian Art “Instagram Take-Over” – 5 posts created for their account, week of September 21 - 25
2018 Two response articles published on Musagetes (ArsEverywhere), online platform and international arts organization concerning Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp) 2017
2014 Memoire, MFA thesis and visual catalogue: Negotiations. On the dotted line: How does one negotiate with Differing and sometimes conflicting legacies?
PUBLICATIONS, DESIGN AND ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS
2024 Original illustrations for La société franco-maniobaine (SFM) to be used on promotional items
2024 Original illustration for L’ACFAS L’évolution identitaire des Noons au Sénégal : le projet d’ethnomusicologie d’Anthony Grégoire, from Simone Caron, February 14, 2024
2023 Original illustration of Mbougar Sarr for a collaboration between La Liberté and L’ACFAS
2022 Original illustrations for Mettre la mort à l’agenda : Récits de fin de vie, Antoine Bédard, Atelier 10, 2022
2022 Invited Artist by the Against The Grain Theatre (Toronto) to illustrate the play Identity A Song Cycle
2021 Invited Artist by the Théâtre Cèrcle Molière (Saint-Boniface) to illustrate Theatre Season 2021-2022
2021 Invited artist to design exhibition catalogue for Gallery 44 Toronto
2020 Colouring Book illustration for the Government of Canada, Canadian Embassy in Peru
2019 Original illustration and design for musical project digital single – Fall Again, by Fragile Feet
2017 Original illustration and design for book cover – The Problem With Nature in Hegel’s Final System, by Wes Furlotte, Edinburgh University Press
2019 Launch of SAMA RAKK with sister Aisha Diallo. Original and high quality earrings made of acrylic glass, brass, silver and gold.
2018 Original illustration and design for book cover – The Problem With Nature in Hegel’s Final System, by Wes Furlotte, Edinburgh University Press
2017 Original illustration for book cover - collaboration with urbanink - empreintes - Lise Gaboury-Diallo - Éditions du blé
2016 Original illustration for book cover - Rolihalhla Mandela - Daouda Dembélé - Étidions du blé
2015 Logo design for “Élan Global”
2015 Artwork and design for poster for the film "Le Coeur de Madame Sabali"
2015 Artwork and design for poster for the film "Montréal, la blanche"
2015 Website design for Kaveh Nabatian www.kavehnabatian.com
2015 Artwork, posters and social media designs to promote musician French Press
2014 Artwork "Through the Window" is selected to appear in Ace Art's PaperWait edition about Dreams, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November/December.
2014 Artwork “Diamond Thoughts” published on front page of Érudit, Revue de l'Université de Moncton : L’énigme du social dans le roman africain. Moncton, New Brunswick.
2014 Artwork "Du ciel" featured on Les voix de la mémoire et de l'altérité, Presse universitaires de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2012 Booklet design for Video At Risk: Strategies For Preserving Commercial Video Collections in Libraries, Section 108, New York University, New York.
2012 Design and concept of pamphlet and poster for GPES Inc. Geo-Power Energy Solutions, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2012 Poster and promotion design for German Idealism: Legacies and Controversies de Philosophia Graduate Student Conference, University of Ottawa, Canada.
2012 Selection of works published in Branch Magazine, National Online Magazine, Canada.
2012 Booklet layout and design for exhibit New Horizons: Landscape and the Contemporary Landscape, Berlin, Germany.
2011 Selection of works published in Surprise Magazine, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2010 Colloque International triennal «Français du Canada- Français de France» - Creation and design of program and poster for Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2010 Logo and packaging design for wine importation company Ô vents d’Anges, Montreal, Quebec.
2010 Colloque international « Les Discours littéraires, cinématographiques et artistiques de l’altérité et de la mémoire » Creation and design of program and poster for Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2009 Original illustrations in Sillons: hommage à Gabrielle Roy, Éditions du blé, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
2009 Promotion design for Valleys in music publication The Big Takeover issue no.65, Brooklyn, New York.
2009 Original paintings, including front cover, published in Ellipse: textes littéraires canadiens en traduction, No. 82, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
2009 Design and concept for compact disc album for Valleys, Semprini Records, Montreal, Quebec.
2009 Design and concept for compact disc album for Murder Ford Monument, Independent Label, Montreal, Quebec.
2009 Design and concept for compact disc album for The O’Darling Independent Label, Toronto, Ontario.
2009 Design et concept for brochures, pamphlets and web site for Premier Choix, Emplois Canada – gouvernement du Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2008 Selection of works published in Le soleil est la première machine : improvisations d’auteurs et d’artistes de la francophonie canadienne, Éditions du blé, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
2008 Cover design for novel L’endroit et l’envers by Lise Gaboury-Diallo, L’Harmattan, Paris, France.
2008 Cover and layout design for Parchemins croisés, by Monique Larouche, Lise Gaboury-Diallo, and Mark Stout, Éditions des Presses universitaires de Saint-Boniface, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
2005 Design, layout and original illustrations for poetry book Poste Restante: Cartes poétiques du Sénégal, de Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Éditions du Blé, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
2005 Design, layout and original illustrations for poetry book Homestead: poèmes du coeur de l’Ouest by Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Éditions de la Nouvelle Plume: Regina, Saskatchewan.
WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2020 - 2022 Elected as board member for ARPRIM, Centre d’essais et arts imprimés, Montréal, QC
2019 Attended AFROTECH: a ground - breaking, revolutionary experience for Black techies, artists, designers, creators, founders, entrepreneurs, and engineers in Oakland & San Francisco, California
2016 Selected to attend XOXO - an experimental festival celebrating independent artists who work on the internet in Portland, Oregon
2015 Attends WEQ - Web à Québec - The largest French - language digital event in North America
2015 Invited artist for the Adobe Creative Jams, a unique two - part creative experience where design duos compete in a tournament utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud; a group of creative leaders detail their own creative process, Montreal
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 Radio-Canada, Culture et confiture - Redonner des couleurs aux hôpitaux
2025 Rocky Mountain Outlook, Facing Photographs exhibit launches Banff Cenre's Walter Phillips Gallery reopening
2025 Akimbo, Anna Binta Diallo featured on Akimbo’s Hit List
2025 UMToday, University of Manitoba, Exploring Identity and Representation: Anna Binta Diallo Showcased in Three Major Winter Exhibitions
2025 NHL- Montreal Canadiens - Canadiens celebrate Black excellence, Interdisciplinary artist Anna Binta Diallo created a custom team logo to celebrate the vibrant culture of the African diaspora during Black History Month
2025 Winnipeg Free Press, Interest develops for Black artist’s century-old photographs
2025 L’actuel, Radio-Canada Les oeuvres d’Anna Binta Diallo dans 3 expositions à Regina, Banff et au Québec
2025 The Uniter, The Ties That Bond: MAWA mentees make their Seamless Transitions into the art world
2025 Le Devoir, Réinvestir maintenant les imaginaires, (Afrotopos)
2025 Art Canada Institute, BLACK PRAIRIES ART AND ARTISTS THE LANDMARK EXHIBITION NOW ON IN REGINA,
2024 Creative Manitoba - Artist Boot Camp: Applying for Exhibitions with Anna Binta Diallo and Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk
2024 Featured on Norfolk & Tillsonburg News - Rewilding through art: Prize-winning creations début in new exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature
2024 The Manitoban - Winnipeg lights up the night
2024 Create a Stir - Gordon Smith Gallery unveils comic-inspired exhibition Playhouse, September 20, 2024 to February 27, 2025
2024 Winnipeg Free Press - What’s up: Free Press staff recommends things to do this week
2024 Winnipeg Free Press - Tale of the tape takes on personal meaning
2024 Radio-Canada - Anna Binta Diallo lance Spectra
2024 Global Morning Talk Live – Spectra/MoonGarden
2024 She Does the City - Get Inspired at Venus Fest with 3 Days of Live Music, Art & Community
2024 Actual Art Exchange - University and College Art Galleries, Fall Exchanges
2024 Winnipeg Sun - Nuit Blanche lighting up Winnipeg for a ‘sleepless night’
2024 University of Manitoba UMToday- Announcing the Merit Award Recipients of 2023
2024 Exclaim! - Toronto's Venus Fest Gets Claire Rousay, Isabella Lovestory, Evicshen for 2024 Edition
2024 Featured on Medium - Exploring “Fossiles fluides” by Anna Binta Diallo: My Journey of Reflection and Connection by Joanne Dorcé
2024 Actual News Magazine - The sleepless night of all… creative fantasies: Fossiles Fluides
2024 Actual News Magazine - Creative vacation at the museum: Fossiles Fluides
2024 MTL Blog - Nuit Blanche in Montreal Will Have 100+ Free Things To Do From Dusk to Dawn
2023 IN/TENSION : Anna Binta Diallo & Berirouche Feddal. Podcast presented by The Power Plant, Contemporary Art Gallery.
2023 Akimbo Women to Watch 2024 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2023 Galleries West A Plural Affair
2023 Esse Anna Binta Diallo - un retour
2023 Art Africa House Of Reasoned Truths Recent Video Art from Africa
2023 ArtDependece House Of Reasoned Truths Recent Video Art from Africa
2023 No Ducks - publication through Mount Alison University The Further Apart Things Seem
2023 Artnet African Photography Biennale Makes a Case for Mali as a Creative Hub—But the Global Art World’s Bad Habits May Hold It Back
2022 Akimbo Nuit Blanche Returns
2022 Cision Inauguration de l’oeuvre d’art Errances à Verdun de l’artiste Anna Binta Diallo
2022 Nouvelles d'ici Nouvelle oeuvre d’art public de l’Auditorium de Verdun : balade visuelle à travers l’histoire des gens d’ici
2022 La ville de Montréal Inauguration de l’oeuvre d’art Errances à Verdun de l’artiste Anna Binta Diallo
2022 Journal Métro Une murale animée par l’histoire à l’auditorium de Verdun
2022 Explore Verdun Île des soeurs Errances à Verdun, d’Anna Binta Diallo, à l’Auditorium
2022 Radio-Canada L'actuel
2022 Radio-Canada Le téléjournal Thursday, May 5
2022 Radio-Canada Ici Manitoba Une artiste franco-manitobaine en lice pour le prestigieux prix Sobey pour les arts
2022 Championing Canadian Visual Arts for 20 Years, the Sobey Art Award Announces Longlist of 25 Nominated Artists
2022 Curiosity Contemporary Calgary has three cool immersive art exhibitions happening right now
2022 Radio-Canada L’écrivaine Gabrielle Roy est à l’honneur au Manitoba cette semaine
2022 Radio-Canada La famille Breton-Gaboury-Diallo, artiste de mère en fille
2022 Radio-Canada Le génie craétif au féminin
2022 La Liberté La créativité en héritage, April 20 - 26
2022 The Art Souterrain Festival unveils an impressive program for its 14th edition
2022 Ton Petit Look Voici les finalistes pour le Gala Dynastie qui souligne l’œuvre des communautés noires
2022 Calgary Herald The quiet resistance: Multi-artist exhibition at Contemporary Calgary explores resolution and understanding in our divisive age
2022 Art Viewer Anna Binta Diallo at Towards
2022 Art Toronto Anna Binta Diallo at Towards Gallery
2022 Art Public Ville Montréal Anna Binta Diallo réalisera l’œuvre d’art intégrée à l’architecture de l’Auditorium de Verdun
2022 La Fabrique Culturelle Dans les ateliers: Anna Binta Diallo: redécouper le monde
2021 Le Devoir «Habiter le monde, esquisse d’une rencontre»: chacun sa couleur
2021 Art Forum RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO REVEALS PARTICIPATING ARTISTS FOR 2022 EDITION
2021 E-Flux Momenta Biennale de l'image Announcements Sensing Nature
2021 UM Today School of Art Gallery launches a new season of exhibitions and virtual events
2021 Radio-Canada L’artiste visuelle Anna Binta Diallo de retour au Manitoba
2021 La Liberté L'art, le moyen pour aborder les sujets difficiles
2022 The Banff Centre Barbara Spohr Award Recipients Announced
2021 La Liberté L'art, le moyen pour aborder les sujets difficiles par Laëtia Kermarerrec 30 June
2021 Radio-Canada - L'actuel L'artiste visuelle manitobaine Anna Binta Diallo rentre au bercail après 15 ans
2021 Akimbo the cut, the tear & the remix at the McMaster Museum of Art & Nia Centre for the Arts, online By Stephanie Vegh
2021 Akimbo Somewhere, Otherwise at Galerie de l’UQAM by Eve Tagny
2021 Invited artist for episode of CBC’s The Bridge with Natalie Indongo
2021 Featured featured in the Artist Project pages of C Magazine Issue 148 - Winter 2021 with text by Noor Bhangu Issue
2021 Featured artist in Canadian Art Winter Print Issue, “Preview section – Tangents Issue”
2020 Akimbo - QUADdrature - Exhibition review, Somewhere, Otherwise at Galerie de l’UQAM Galerie de L’UQAM, Text by Eve Tagny
2020 Wanderings at Access Gallery - Galleries West, exhibition review by John Thomson (online press)
2020 February - The Georgia Straight - Arts Feature - Spring Arts Preview 2020 visual arts critics' picks: Drink in the diversity at the season's exhibits - Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings
2020 Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in Suur-Keuruu (online press)
2020 ANNA BINTA DIALLO – ERRANCES / WANDERINGS Le réseau de diffusion culturelle de la Ville de Montréal - Galerie Monkland - Centre culturel de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (online press)
2020 Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in Tapahtain info (online press)
2020 Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in Menot (online press)
2020 Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in KESKISUOMALAINEN (online press)
2020 September Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in Museot.fi (online press)
2020 Feature in Obieg - Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Geographies of Imagination, No. 13/ Dis-Othering
2019 Feature in Canadian Art Spotlight Print issue, “Anti/matter”Antimatter" "Bending the Light - A national survey of 10 artists who are reforming material practice"
2019 Wanderings Featured on Art Viewer Anna Binta Diallo at Towards
2019 Canadian Art Finalists Announced for Salt Spring National Art Prize
2019 OCULA - Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung in Conversation discusses ‘Geographies of Imagination’ at Savvy Contemporary
2019 Jadliyya The Year in Art - Review of Geographies of Imagination, Curated by Antonia Alampi and Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
2018 Frieze - ‘Geographies of Imagination’ Argues for a Different Way to Decolonize
2018 Mousse Magazine - “GEOGRAPHIES OF IMAGINATION” at SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin
2018 E-flux - DIS-OTHERING - Beyond Afropolitan & other labels
2018 E-flux BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts announces DIS-OTHERING - Beyond Afropolitan & other labels
2018 Empathy as Tool for Dis-Othering: ‘Geographies of Imagination’ at Savvy Contemporary, Berlin Art Link, Article by Chiara Marchini
Lowdown Magazine 2018 - Geographies of Imagination' at Savvy Contemporary
2017 Invited artist for round table discussion on Radio Canada's Les samedis du monde, concernign the Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp), Gathering September 27.
2017 Invited artist for the 40th anniversary of the Forum de la Fédération culturelle canadienne-française (FCCF), to shoot a segmeent for the series entitled Fenêtres ouvertes sur les arts et la culture de la francophonie canadienne, Canada.
2015 La Liberté, page 9, Vol.102 issue no.16, C’est une fierté de raconter d’où je viens : artist interview and article, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2012 Artist interview in Surprise Magazine, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2012 Artist interview in Branch Magazine, Canada.
2010 La Liberté, page 17, Vol.97 issue no.2, Une première pour Anna Binta Diallo artist interview and article on exhibit Yobbaalema (Emmène-moi avec toi, Take me with you), Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2007 Art Le Sabord, no. 78, 2007, p. 44. Artist biography and publication of work in magazine, Special Issue: Canadian West, Trois Rivières, Quebec, Canada.
2006 Liaison: La revue des arts, no. 134 p. 20, Le retour de la narrativité chez les artistes franco-manitobain émergents. Essay presented by Roger Léveillé, and publication of work in magazine, Ottawa, Canada.
2006 Art Circuit, Radio Canada (CBC) and RDI, Television interview with artist Anna Binta Diallo, Canada.
2006 Zig Zag, Radio Canada (CBC), Television interview and artist feature with artist Anna Binta Diallo, Canada.
2007 Winnipeg Free Press, August 17, page D8, Francophone artists worth following, Article on the À suivre... exhibit, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 La Liberté, August 16, page 9, Artistes en devenir, Article on the À suivre... exhibit, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 Uptown Magazine, July 27, page 20, Parallel lives, Article on the À suivre... exhibit, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 Winnipeg Free Press, April 30, page D5, Article on the prizes for Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 Biosphère: Le Manitoba, Canalévasion, Gave a tour of historical Museum Maison Gabrielle Roy for television series. Montreal, Quebec,
2006 CBC Evening News, 3 Generations of Artists, Interview and special feature on Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
MENTORSHIP
2023-2024 Invited guest artist as mentor for Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art’s (MAWA) foundation membership program, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Invited guest artist for PLATFORM Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts's Studio Visit Program, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Invited guest artist to The University of Winnipeg's Field Study Course in France - Nuit Blanche Paris and Other Ruptures, Paris.
2023 Invited guest artist for Soirée critiques, La Maison des artistes francophones, Winnipeg, MB
ARTIST REPRESENTATION
Anna Binta Diallo is represented by Towards Gallery in Toronto, Canada.
DIALLO
b. Dakar, Senegal, 1983
Lives and works in Canada
EDUCATION
2013 MFA – Transart Institute (Berlin), Masters in Creative Practice.
2008 PGCert – Concordia University, "Design and Computation Arts – Graduate Certificate in Digital Technologies in Design Art Practice".
2006 BFA – School of Art, University of Manitoba, First Class Honours, Double major in painting and graphic design.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 (Forthcoming) Voyageur/Almanac, Curated by Elliot Ramsey, Polygon Gallery, August 01 - October 01, Vancouver, BC
2025 (Forthcoming) Heliophile, curated by hannah_g, Galerie Buhler Gallery, June 04 - August 22, Winnipeg, MB
2024 Topographies, Centre d'exposition du Vieux Presbytère de Saint-Bruno, October 20 - December 01, Saint-Bruno, QC
2024 Shapeshifter, University of Winnipeg, aabijijiwan New Media Lab, July 10 - September 24, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Fluid Fossils, curated by Lelsley Johnstone, Mural at the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal (MAC), August 23 - March 24 (24), Montreal, QC
2023 Topographies, curated by Laila Timmins, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, June 10 - October 01, Oshawa, ON
2022 Errances: un retour, Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée, June 13 - August 22, Montréal, QC
2022 Voyageur/Almanac, Towards, January 21 - March 5, Toronto, ON
2021 Wanderings, curated by Blair Fornwald, School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba, October 14 - December 4, Winnipeg, MB
2021 Wanderings, Museum London, April 03 - August 29, London, ON
2020 Wanderings, Galerie Monkland, November 27 - February 10 (21), Montréal, QC
2020 Wanderings, Notions of Place - From Belonging to Displacement Part I, Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition, curated by Rickard Borgström, Keuruu Museum, September 18 - January 21 (21) Keuruu, Finland
2020 Wanderings, Access Gallery, curated by Katie Belcher, September 26 - 30, Vancouver, BC
2019 Wanderings, Towards, October 4 - November 2, Toronto, ON
2016 palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), February 18 - March 19, Montreal, QC
2015 neither nor, Seagram Gallery, Centaur Theatre, September 22 - October 19, QC Invited artist at to accompany the play The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God written & directed by Djanet Sears, Montreal, QC
2010 Yobbaalema (Emmène-moi avec toi, Take me with you), La Galerie, Université de Saint - Boniface, April 29 - March 29, MB
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 Jeux de mirroirs: la création féminine d’une génération à l’autre, Lise Gaboury-Diallo et Anna Binta Diallo, La Galerie d'Art du CCFM, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2009 Designing Dreams, Duo exhibition with Dana Neilson, September 13 September – September 20, Snap! Salon, Montreal, Quebec
2006 À suivre... Duo exhibition with Nathalie Dupont, June 29 - August 29, curated by Louise Duguay, La Maison des Artistes, Winnipeg, Manitoba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 (Forthcoming) COLLAGE! Curated by Arin Fay, Touchstones Nelson: Museum of Art and History, Nelson, BC
2025 Afrotopos, Curated by Diane Gistal, January 25 - March 30, Gallery Stewart Hall, Pointe-Claire, QC
2024 FAUX PLIS PAR HYPOHTHÈSE, Curated by Louise Déry & Marie-Hélène Leblanc, Galerie de l’UQAM, Galerie de L’UCO, Foreman Art Gallery, September 5 - October 26, QC, ON
2025 Black Prairies, curated by Alyssa Fearon, Dunlop Art Gallery, January 25 - April 5l, Regina, SK
2024 Black Prairies, curated by Alyssa Fearon, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, September 30 - November 30, Brandon, MB
2024 Rewilding, Canadian Museum of Nature, October 11 - December, Ottawa, ON
2024 HOUSE OF REASONED TRUTHS: Recent Video Art from Africa, V-F-X Ljubljana - Festival of Experimental AV Practices, SCCA - Centre for Contemporary Arts, May 5 - 18, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2024 The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize Exhibition, 14 February - 15 May 2024. Cape Town, South Africa
2024 Afflux Biennale Transnationale Noire, Art Mûr, November 11 - December 22, Montréal, QC
2023 Black-Space-Time: Anna Binta Diallo, Preston Pavlis & Braxton Garneau, curated by Nura Ali, Bows and Stride Gallery, September 28 - November 17, Calgary, AB
2023 Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalists' Exhibition, September 23 - October 23, Salt Spring Island, BC
2023 Habiter, une poignée de terre à la fois. La Maison des artistes visuels francophones, curated by Laura Demers, July 06 - September 02, Winnipeg, MB
2023 HOUSE OF REASONED TRUTHS: Recent Video Art from Africa, curated by Kisito Assangni, Musée Mohammed VI, May 14 - 21, Rabat, Morocco
2024 HOUSE OF REASONED TRUTHS: Recent Video Art from Africa, V-F-X Ljubljana - Festival of Experimental AV Practices, May 5 - 18, SCCA-Centre for Contemporary Arts, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2023 Plural Contemporary Art Fair, presented by Towards, April 21 - 23, Montreal, QC
2023 Réminiscence, curated by Diane Gistal. Exhibition at Ernst and Young, February 1 - 28, Montreal, QC
2023 The Further Apart Things Seem, Art Gallery of Mississauga, co - curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson, February 07 - April 06, Mississauga, ON
2023 The Excess is Ritual, curated by Noor Banghu, Dunlop Art Gallery, January 15 - March 28, Regina, SK
2022 Bamako Encounters, La Biennale Africaine de la Photographie, December 12 - February 08, Bamako, Mali
2023 Art Toronto, presented by Towards, October 27 - November 13, Toronto, ON
2022 Shapeshifter, Nuit Blanche, The Space Between Us, curated by Dr. Julie Nagam. Commissioned sculptural installation on Yonge Street, October 02, Toronto, ON
2022 Habiter le monde: esquisse d'une rencontre, La maison des cultures urbaines de Dakar, Dak'art Off, la Biennale de Dakar, May 21 - June 04, Dakar, Senegal
2022 Art Souterrain, Voies-Voix Résiliantes (Resilient Voices - Pathways), curated by Eddy Firmin, April 2 - June 30, Montreal, QC
2022 The Further Apart Things Seem, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, co-curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson, September 15 - 02 December, Waterloo, ON
2022 The Further Apart Things Seem, Contemporary Calgary, co- curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson, March 03 - 22 May, Calgary, AB
2021 from the earth we grow, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, October 12 - April 1 (22), Bowmanville, ON
2021 MOMENTA –Biennale de l’image, Sensing Nature | Liquid Crystals - curated by Stephanie Hessler, in augmented reality, September 08 to October 24, Montreal, QC
2021 HOST, Third Space, A Virtual Contemporary Art Project, curated by Amy Ash, June 17 - Sept 17, Saint- Johns, N.B.
2021 Habiter le monde, Centre CLARK, curated by Moridja Kitenge Banza, May 20 - June 19, Montreal, QC
2021 the cut, the tear, and the remix: contemporary collage and black futures, The McMaster Museum of Art, in partnership with Nia Centre for the Arts, April 21 - June 21, Hamilton, ON
2021 Mission Dakar, Centre CLARK, curated by Moridja Kitenge Banza, May 19 - July 20, Montreal, QC
2021 Perspectives Excentrées - Zocalo, Centre d'artistes en art imprimé, Isidore-Hurteau Square, August 5 - 29, Longueuil, QC
2020 QUADrature: Quelque part, autrement, Galerie de l’UQAM, curated by Ariane De Blois, October 23 - January 14 (21), Montreal, QC
2020 Wanderings, Notions of Place - From Belonging to Displacement Part II, Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen /Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition, curated by Rickard Borgström, Jyväskylä Art Museum, September 18 - January 21 (21), Finland.
2019 Salt Spring National Art Prize Finalists' Exhibition, September 21 - October 21, Salt Spring Island, BC.
2018 Geographies of Imagination / Dis- Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other Labels, curated by Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung and Antonia Alampi, September 13 - November 18, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2016 Synesthésias d'été | Anna Binta Diallo et Montag, Les Escales Improbables de Montréal, May 28 - October 5, Jardins Gamelin, Montréal, QC
2017 Negotiations II, Maps, and Nostalgia Diaorama screen at the 'Moving Images Showcase' at the Metro Studio Theatre, September 23; at the Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp) gathering in Victoria, BC
2015 Negotiations screens at the 'Trans-ideology: Nostalgia' at Museum of Contemporary Art: MOCA TAIPEI, November 9 - December 20, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Mini Moi, Galerie YOUN, November 23 - December 22, Montreal, QC
2013 Lone Creator, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (AGSM), September 26 - October 19, Brandon, MB
2013 Funhouse, Refinery, Art Gallery of Alberta, (AGA), curated by Kristine Nutting, November 7, Edmonton, AB
2013 Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, Transart Institute, Plymouth University, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, July 19 - July 26, Berlin, Germany
2013 Trans-ideology: Nostalgia Short Film Festival, Transartfest Biennial, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, July 27 - August 9, Berlin, Germany
2008 Connect, Concordia University, April 30 - May 3, Montreal, QC
2005 Have you seen Hear we are! December 8 - 15, The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
PUBLIC ART, INSTALLATIONS & SPECIAL COMMISSIONS
2024 Spectra. Commissioned artist by the Winnipeg Arts Council to propose artwork for moonGarden, in collaboration with Lucion, Wireframe, and Nuit Blanche Winnipeg, Old Market Square, September 20-28, Winnipeg, MB
2024 Fleurs Fanées, collaboration with Berrirouche Feddal published in La Vie des Arts, Montreal, QC
2024 Railside at the Forks. Shortlisted artist to propose a public artwork at the Forks, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Fossiles fluides, curated by Lesley Jonhstone, Mural presented at Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, August 25 - March 31(24), Montreal, QC
2023 FLOTSAM : Anna Binta Diallo and Moridja Kitenge Banza. An interactive artwork research development with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)'s Interactive studio.
2022 Selected artist for Lanterns in the Exchange Festival, presented the Winnipeg Arts Council and The Exchange District BIZ, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Commissioned work included in Projet Kerouac, from Nouveau Théâtre Experimental, in multiple galleries across Canada.
2022 Landscapes. Artwork mural installation commissioned for The Royal Bank of Canada’s Main Branch, Union Station, Toronto, ON
2022 Errances à Verdun, Creation of a work of art integrated into the architecture of the Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, QC
2021 The Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels) and the Société de développement commercial (SDC) Village Montreal, Serge-Garant Park, June 2021 - April 2022, Montreal, QC
2020 Not Cancelled A weeklong digital event featuring galleries form Toronto.
2020 À L’épreuve, online printed art auction for ARPRIM
2020 Wanderings, Capture Photography Festival, Featured Exhibition Program, Canada Line, Waterfront Station, April 02 to September 20, Vancouver, BC
HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 Finalist, The Normal Sovereign Art Prize, Capetown, South Africa
2023 Public Art Errances à Verdun by Anna Binta Diallo selected for inclusion in the Public Art Year in Review by the Public Art Network Council
2023 Finalist, Salt Spring National Art Prize, Salt Spring Island, BC
2023 Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant - Concept to Realization
2023 One of 5 shortlisted artists from Canada, New Worlds: Women to Watch 2024 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2023 Nominated finalist Visual Artist of the Year, 7th Edition of the Dynasty Gala
2022 Sobey Art Award - Long list
2022 Nominated finalist Visual Artist of the Year, 6th Edition of the Dynasty Gala
2021 Barbara Spohr Memorial Awards. Awarded by the Walter Phillips Gallery to a recent Banff Centre Visual Arts residency alumnus.
2021 One of three shortlisted artists by invitation by the city of Montreal, for a public artwork in the atrium of Verdun Auditorium
2021 Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant - Concept to Realization
2021 Black Designers of Canada Excellence Award - work as a visual artist and designer 2021 Black Designers of Canada Excellence Award - for design work in SAMA RAKK
2020 Selected as one of 150 Franco - Manitobans to be celebrated by DREF (Direction des resources éducatives françaises) (Dref.mb.ca)
2020 (POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19) Selected artist for the Mission Dakar Biennale 2020, Conseil des arts de Montréal and Centre CLARK with artist Moridja Kitenge Banza as guest curator
2020 Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Across Canada
2019 Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, Travel Grant for Visual Artists
2019 Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create - Research and Creation Grant - Concept to Realization
2019 Finalist, Salt Spring National Art Prize, Salt Spring Island, BC
2019 Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Across Canada
2019 Recipient of the The Brenda and Jamie Mackie Endowed Fellowships for Visual Artists
2019 Recipient of the The Liz Crockford Artist Fund
2018 Recipient of a Francofonds grant for visual arts projects that promote the vitality of Francophone culture, Winnipeg, MB
2014 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant to Professionals in the Visual Arts
2011 Recipient of the Transart Institute Achievement Scholarship, Academic scholarship, Transat Institute, Berlin, University of Plymouth (UK)
2007 Recipient of the J.A. de Sève Entrance Fellowship for entrance graphic design portfolio, Academic scholarship, Concordia University, Montreal, QC
2006 Recipient of the prize - Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award for designs and illustrations in Poste Restante, (Éditions du Blé) in the competition Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards
2005 Recipient of the Francofonds academic study grant, Winnipeg, MB
2004 Recipient of the Francofonds academic study grant, Winnipeg, MB
2004 SigPac, Academic travel and study grant, University of Manitoba’s Student Union Awards, Winnipeg, MB
RESIDENCIES
2021 Centre SAGAMIE, Research and Creation Artist Residency, Alma, QC
2020 (CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19) Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo, (AARK) Korpo, Finland
2019 Distributed Identities with Deanna Bowen, Brendan Fernandes & Tarah Aisha Willis, Thematic residency at The Banff Centre, Banff, AB
2014 The Universe and Other Systems with Shary Boyle, July - August, Thematic residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
2013 Banff Artist in Residence, September - October, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
COLLECTIONS
BLG
La Galerie, Université de Saint- Boniface
Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art
EQ Bank
RBC Royal Bank
Scotiabank
Théâtre Cercle Molière
Walter Philips Gallery, Banff Centre
Private and corporate collections
ART FAIRS
2024 Foire Plural, presented by Towards Gallery, April 12 - 14, Montreal, QC
2023 Art Toronto, presented by Towards, Towards Gallery, October 26 - 29, Toronto, ON
2022 Art Toronto, presented by Towards Gallery and Royal Bank of Canada, October 7 - November 13, Toronto, ON
2023 Foire Plural, presented by Towards Gallery, April 22 - 23, Montreal, QC
AUCTIONS FUNDRAISERS & ART DONATIONS
2024 Artists for Water Fundraiser, Swim Drink Fish, Invitational artwork donation, Toronto, ON
2024 The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize Exhibition, Capetown, South Africa
2022 Invitational artwork donation for the Prix Margaret- Teresa- McDonell, Santé en Français, Winnipeg, MB
2022 Invitational artwork donation for the 8X10 Art Auction, PLATFORM Centre for Photographic and Digital Art, Winnipeg, MB
2021 Invitational artwork donation. C Magazine Contemporary Art Auction, Online art auction
2021 Esse-Vendu/Solde, Invitational artwork donation. Montreal, QC
2020 Not Cancelled A weeklong digital event featuring galleries form Toronto
2020 Invitational artwork donation for Arprim - À L’épreuve - Online printed art auction
WORK EXPERIENCES INVOLVING ART OR DESIGN
2021 - present Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba’s School of Art, Winnipeg, MB
2020 - 21 Part- time Professor of Design Art, in the Design, Art and Art History program, a collaborative Honours B.A. program between Sheridan and the University of Toronto Mississauga, ON
2019 Launch of SAMA RAKK (samarakk.com) with sister Aisha Diallo. Original and high - quality earrings made of acrylic glass, brass, silver, and gold.
2013 - 21 Senior Design, Digital Strategy and Web Specialist, David Suzuki Foundation, Montreal, QC
2006 - 2020 (Sept. - present) Freelance Designer, Involved in multiple freelance design projects for clients in various fields: music, (compact discs, posters), fashion, (T- shirts, curtains), web sites, publications, logos, brochures, packaging, magazine advertisements etc.
2009 (December) Forum Multimédia, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories for Jeunesse TNO, Position: Hosted and organized a one - week workshop in art and design for youth aged 11 to 15.
2005 - 2006 (Sept. - April) Mentoring program at design studio Urbanink, Winnipeg, Manitoba, acquired skills: worked with large - scale printer, worked with photography, illustration, conception and gained experience in book publishing.
2005 - 2006 (June - August) La Maison Gabrielle Roy - Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba Position: Interpretive and tourist guide for museum.
CONFERENCES, ARTIST TALKS, SYMPOSIUMS & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2024 Speaker, Identity in Layers: Public Art as a Catalyst for Transformation, UAAC Conference, for Public Art in Canada: (Re)storying the Landscape as Sites of Contemporary Insurgence/Resurgence
2024 Conférence Matrimoines Noir, for Af-Flux La Biennale Transnationale Noire, March 8, 2024
2023 Invited Speaker at Bows gallery, Black- Space- Time: Anna Binta Diallo, Preston Pavlis & Braxton Garneau, September 28, Calgary, AB
2023 Invited Speaker at Musée d’art Contemporain, Fossiles fluides: Anna Binta Diallo, September 07, Montréal, QC
2023 Invited Speaker at the University of Regina, Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, March 17, 2023
2023 Invited Speaker at Telefilm, Black History Month, Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, February 23, 2023
2023 Invited Speaker at panel - Nuit Blanche Symposium, The Space Between Us, A Home for Our Migrations, September 2 - October 3
2023 Invited Speaker at the University of Winnipeg, aabijijiwan New Media Lab, invitation by Dr. Julie Nagam’ Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, May 12, 2022
2022 Participated in round table discussion, artist, and curator talk, for The Further Apart Things Seem, co- curated by Shannon Anderson Jay Wilson, with artists Anna Binta Diallo, Atanas Bozdarov, Barbara Hobot, Adriana Kuiper & Ryan Suter, Brendan Lee Satish Tang, and Couzyn Van Heuvelen, Contemporary Calgary, Wednesday, May 07
2022 Invited Speaker at MacEwan University, Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, February 22, 2022
2022 Invited Speaker at Women’s Art Society of Montreal (WASM) Imaginative Storytelling, Personal Mythologies, & Creative Practice, February 22, 2022
2022 Guest panelist for Fondu au Noir Festival in partnership with Negra Iuventa - Funding and recognition of racialized people in the visual arts, February 17 to 20, 2022
2021 Round Table for MOMENTA Biennale de l’image, MOMENTA, Augmented Reality, with artists Kama La Mackerel and Anna Binta Diallo
2021 Artist talk, Wanderings, Thursday, October 14, University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery
2021 Invited Speaker, Concordia University, October 04, Print Media Class
2021Artist presentation and guest speaker at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts with the collective BLACK JOY MTL, February 07
2021 Guest artist on artist panel for the cut, the tear, and the remix: contemporary collage and black futures, with The McMaster Museum of Art, in partnership with Nia Centre for the Arts, April 22
2021 Curriculum and Pedagogy for Uncertain Futures Symposium within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Curriculum as a Social Practice (ICRC). Western University
2021 University of Guelph MFA Program's End of Semester virtual critiques - Guest artist for MFA students’ final critiques
2021 Artist presentation and invited speaker at the Musée des beaux- arts de Montréal and the Black Joy MTL collective, February 07, Montreal, QC
2017 Invited participant to Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp) a major, multidisciplinary, trilingual gathering on Lekwungen territories, near Victoria, British Columbia designed by Chris Creighton - Kelly and France Trépanier. ''PC/Cp seeks to place Indigenous art practices at the centre of the Canadian art system. PC/Cp also asserts that art practices by people of colour, that have roots around the world, play a critical role in any discussion that imagines Canada’s future(s)’'
2021 Artist presentation for Wanderings for C - MAG Artist Projects with curator and writer, Noor Bhangu
2021 Invited Guest for animation of a virtual workshop on History and heritage of French - speaking artistic representation of diversity in Canada with the RAFA (Fédération culturelle canadienne - française), FJA (Francophonie Jeunesse de l’Alberta) and CFQO (le comité FrancoQueer de l’Ouest), March 19, 2021
2021 Guest artist for Art and Art History Online Speaker Series, February 2021, Presented by University of Toronto Mississauga and Sheridan College
2021 - Artist presentation for Wanderings, Notions of Place - From Belonging to Displacement Part II, Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen /Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition: Jyväskylä Art Museum, January 15, 2021
2020 Invited as guest moderator for conference “Un paysage en mutation” with France Trépanier and Chris Chreigton - Kelly, December 9 - 10, 2021
2020 Invited Panellist for a conference on the arts at the Fédération culturelle canadienne - française, (FCCF) October 22, 2020
2020 Wanderings, In Conversation with Diyan Achjadi, Artist talk presented by Access Gallery and Capture Photography Festival, Access Gallery, October 2020
2020 Artist in Residence program and virtual artist talk offered by Artists for Kids & Gordon Smith Gallery and the North Vancouver School District, in North Vancouver, October - November 2020
2020 Virtual Forum with the Fédération culturelle - française (FCCF), Ce que l’on sème, Creatives Round Table, October 22, 2020
2018 Symposium: Dis-Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other Labels - at SAVVY Contemporary, Presentation of: Creative working methodologies - Dis- Othering workshop, September, Berlin, Germany
2018 Invited guest artist for the Writing about your Art class on June 22, for the students of the Studio ArtsDepartment, Concordia University
2017 Invited to lead 2 generative and authentic conversations at Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp): "Comment raconter" with Yves Sioui Durand and "The Language of the Other" with Louis- Karl Sioui
2017 Invited guest artist for the Processes in Digital Print Media 1 class on September 22, for the students of the Studio Arts Department, Concordia University
2016 Artist talk and guided tour of palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), March 17, Montréal, Québec - for students of the Art History Department, Course: Champ des arts visuels au Québec et au Canada - Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
2016 Artist talk and guided tour of palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), March 15, Montréal, Québec - for students of the Fine Arts Department Course: Studio ArtX - Studio Arts - Concordia University
WRITING (SELECTION)
2020 Canadian Art “Instagram Take-Over” – 5 posts created for their account, week of September 21 - 25
2018 Two response articles published on Musagetes (ArsEverywhere), online platform and international arts organization concerning Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp) 2017
2014 Memoire, MFA thesis and visual catalogue: Negotiations. On the dotted line: How does one negotiate with Differing and sometimes conflicting legacies?
PUBLICATIONS, DESIGN AND ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS
2024 Original illustrations for La société franco-maniobaine (SFM) to be used on promotional items
2024 Original illustration for L’ACFAS L’évolution identitaire des Noons au Sénégal : le projet d’ethnomusicologie d’Anthony Grégoire, from Simone Caron, February 14, 2024
2023 Original illustration of Mbougar Sarr for a collaboration between La Liberté and L’ACFAS
2022 Original illustrations for Mettre la mort à l’agenda : Récits de fin de vie, Antoine Bédard, Atelier 10, 2022
2022 Invited Artist by the Against The Grain Theatre (Toronto) to illustrate the play Identity A Song Cycle
2021 Invited Artist by the Théâtre Cèrcle Molière (Saint-Boniface) to illustrate Theatre Season 2021-2022
2021 Invited artist to design exhibition catalogue for Gallery 44 Toronto
2020 Colouring Book illustration for the Government of Canada, Canadian Embassy in Peru
2019 Original illustration and design for musical project digital single – Fall Again, by Fragile Feet
2017 Original illustration and design for book cover – The Problem With Nature in Hegel’s Final System, by Wes Furlotte, Edinburgh University Press
2019 Launch of SAMA RAKK with sister Aisha Diallo. Original and high quality earrings made of acrylic glass, brass, silver and gold.
2018 Original illustration and design for book cover – The Problem With Nature in Hegel’s Final System, by Wes Furlotte, Edinburgh University Press
2017 Original illustration for book cover - collaboration with urbanink - empreintes - Lise Gaboury-Diallo - Éditions du blé
2016 Original illustration for book cover - Rolihalhla Mandela - Daouda Dembélé - Étidions du blé
2015 Logo design for “Élan Global”
2015 Artwork and design for poster for the film "Le Coeur de Madame Sabali"
2015 Artwork and design for poster for the film "Montréal, la blanche"
2015 Website design for Kaveh Nabatian www.kavehnabatian.com
2015 Artwork, posters and social media designs to promote musician French Press
2014 Artwork "Through the Window" is selected to appear in Ace Art's PaperWait edition about Dreams, Winnipeg, Manitoba, November/December.
2014 Artwork “Diamond Thoughts” published on front page of Érudit, Revue de l'Université de Moncton : L’énigme du social dans le roman africain. Moncton, New Brunswick.
2014 Artwork "Du ciel" featured on Les voix de la mémoire et de l'altérité, Presse universitaires de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2012 Booklet design for Video At Risk: Strategies For Preserving Commercial Video Collections in Libraries, Section 108, New York University, New York.
2012 Design and concept of pamphlet and poster for GPES Inc. Geo-Power Energy Solutions, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2012 Poster and promotion design for German Idealism: Legacies and Controversies de Philosophia Graduate Student Conference, University of Ottawa, Canada.
2012 Selection of works published in Branch Magazine, National Online Magazine, Canada.
2012 Booklet layout and design for exhibit New Horizons: Landscape and the Contemporary Landscape, Berlin, Germany.
2011 Selection of works published in Surprise Magazine, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2010 Colloque International triennal «Français du Canada- Français de France» - Creation and design of program and poster for Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2010 Logo and packaging design for wine importation company Ô vents d’Anges, Montreal, Quebec.
2010 Colloque international « Les Discours littéraires, cinématographiques et artistiques de l’altérité et de la mémoire » Creation and design of program and poster for Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2009 Original illustrations in Sillons: hommage à Gabrielle Roy, Éditions du blé, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
2009 Promotion design for Valleys in music publication The Big Takeover issue no.65, Brooklyn, New York.
2009 Original paintings, including front cover, published in Ellipse: textes littéraires canadiens en traduction, No. 82, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
2009 Design and concept for compact disc album for Valleys, Semprini Records, Montreal, Quebec.
2009 Design and concept for compact disc album for Murder Ford Monument, Independent Label, Montreal, Quebec.
2009 Design and concept for compact disc album for The O’Darling Independent Label, Toronto, Ontario.
2009 Design et concept for brochures, pamphlets and web site for Premier Choix, Emplois Canada – gouvernement du Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2008 Selection of works published in Le soleil est la première machine : improvisations d’auteurs et d’artistes de la francophonie canadienne, Éditions du blé, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
2008 Cover design for novel L’endroit et l’envers by Lise Gaboury-Diallo, L’Harmattan, Paris, France.
2008 Cover and layout design for Parchemins croisés, by Monique Larouche, Lise Gaboury-Diallo, and Mark Stout, Éditions des Presses universitaires de Saint-Boniface, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
2005 Design, layout and original illustrations for poetry book Poste Restante: Cartes poétiques du Sénégal, de Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Éditions du Blé, Saint-Boniface, Manitoba.
2005 Design, layout and original illustrations for poetry book Homestead: poèmes du coeur de l’Ouest by Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Éditions de la Nouvelle Plume: Regina, Saskatchewan.
WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2020 - 2022 Elected as board member for ARPRIM, Centre d’essais et arts imprimés, Montréal, QC
2019 Attended AFROTECH: a ground - breaking, revolutionary experience for Black techies, artists, designers, creators, founders, entrepreneurs, and engineers in Oakland & San Francisco, California
2016 Selected to attend XOXO - an experimental festival celebrating independent artists who work on the internet in Portland, Oregon
2015 Attends WEQ - Web à Québec - The largest French - language digital event in North America
2015 Invited artist for the Adobe Creative Jams, a unique two - part creative experience where design duos compete in a tournament utilizing Adobe Creative Cloud; a group of creative leaders detail their own creative process, Montreal
PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2025 Radio-Canada, Culture et confiture - Redonner des couleurs aux hôpitaux
2025 Rocky Mountain Outlook, Facing Photographs exhibit launches Banff Cenre's Walter Phillips Gallery reopening
2025 Akimbo, Anna Binta Diallo featured on Akimbo’s Hit List
2025 UMToday, University of Manitoba, Exploring Identity and Representation: Anna Binta Diallo Showcased in Three Major Winter Exhibitions
2025 NHL- Montreal Canadiens - Canadiens celebrate Black excellence, Interdisciplinary artist Anna Binta Diallo created a custom team logo to celebrate the vibrant culture of the African diaspora during Black History Month
2025 Winnipeg Free Press, Interest develops for Black artist’s century-old photographs
2025 L’actuel, Radio-Canada Les oeuvres d’Anna Binta Diallo dans 3 expositions à Regina, Banff et au Québec
2025 The Uniter, The Ties That Bond: MAWA mentees make their Seamless Transitions into the art world
2025 Le Devoir, Réinvestir maintenant les imaginaires, (Afrotopos)
2025 Art Canada Institute, BLACK PRAIRIES ART AND ARTISTS THE LANDMARK EXHIBITION NOW ON IN REGINA,
2024 Creative Manitoba - Artist Boot Camp: Applying for Exhibitions with Anna Binta Diallo and Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk
2024 Featured on Norfolk & Tillsonburg News - Rewilding through art: Prize-winning creations début in new exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Nature
2024 The Manitoban - Winnipeg lights up the night
2024 Create a Stir - Gordon Smith Gallery unveils comic-inspired exhibition Playhouse, September 20, 2024 to February 27, 2025
2024 Winnipeg Free Press - What’s up: Free Press staff recommends things to do this week
2024 Winnipeg Free Press - Tale of the tape takes on personal meaning
2024 Radio-Canada - Anna Binta Diallo lance Spectra
2024 Global Morning Talk Live – Spectra/MoonGarden
2024 She Does the City - Get Inspired at Venus Fest with 3 Days of Live Music, Art & Community
2024 Actual Art Exchange - University and College Art Galleries, Fall Exchanges
2024 Winnipeg Sun - Nuit Blanche lighting up Winnipeg for a ‘sleepless night’
2024 University of Manitoba UMToday- Announcing the Merit Award Recipients of 2023
2024 Exclaim! - Toronto's Venus Fest Gets Claire Rousay, Isabella Lovestory, Evicshen for 2024 Edition
2024 Featured on Medium - Exploring “Fossiles fluides” by Anna Binta Diallo: My Journey of Reflection and Connection by Joanne Dorcé
2024 Actual News Magazine - The sleepless night of all… creative fantasies: Fossiles Fluides
2024 Actual News Magazine - Creative vacation at the museum: Fossiles Fluides
2024 MTL Blog - Nuit Blanche in Montreal Will Have 100+ Free Things To Do From Dusk to Dawn
2023 IN/TENSION : Anna Binta Diallo & Berirouche Feddal. Podcast presented by The Power Plant, Contemporary Art Gallery.
2023 Akimbo Women to Watch 2024 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
2023 Galleries West A Plural Affair
2023 Esse Anna Binta Diallo - un retour
2023 Art Africa House Of Reasoned Truths Recent Video Art from Africa
2023 ArtDependece House Of Reasoned Truths Recent Video Art from Africa
2023 No Ducks - publication through Mount Alison University The Further Apart Things Seem
2023 Artnet African Photography Biennale Makes a Case for Mali as a Creative Hub—But the Global Art World’s Bad Habits May Hold It Back
2022 Akimbo Nuit Blanche Returns
2022 Cision Inauguration de l’oeuvre d’art Errances à Verdun de l’artiste Anna Binta Diallo
2022 Nouvelles d'ici Nouvelle oeuvre d’art public de l’Auditorium de Verdun : balade visuelle à travers l’histoire des gens d’ici
2022 La ville de Montréal Inauguration de l’oeuvre d’art Errances à Verdun de l’artiste Anna Binta Diallo
2022 Journal Métro Une murale animée par l’histoire à l’auditorium de Verdun
2022 Explore Verdun Île des soeurs Errances à Verdun, d’Anna Binta Diallo, à l’Auditorium
2022 Radio-Canada L'actuel
2022 Radio-Canada Le téléjournal Thursday, May 5
2022 Radio-Canada Ici Manitoba Une artiste franco-manitobaine en lice pour le prestigieux prix Sobey pour les arts
2022 Championing Canadian Visual Arts for 20 Years, the Sobey Art Award Announces Longlist of 25 Nominated Artists
2022 Curiosity Contemporary Calgary has three cool immersive art exhibitions happening right now
2022 Radio-Canada L’écrivaine Gabrielle Roy est à l’honneur au Manitoba cette semaine
2022 Radio-Canada La famille Breton-Gaboury-Diallo, artiste de mère en fille
2022 Radio-Canada Le génie craétif au féminin
2022 La Liberté La créativité en héritage, April 20 - 26
2022 The Art Souterrain Festival unveils an impressive program for its 14th edition
2022 Ton Petit Look Voici les finalistes pour le Gala Dynastie qui souligne l’œuvre des communautés noires
2022 Calgary Herald The quiet resistance: Multi-artist exhibition at Contemporary Calgary explores resolution and understanding in our divisive age
2022 Art Viewer Anna Binta Diallo at Towards
2022 Art Toronto Anna Binta Diallo at Towards Gallery
2022 Art Public Ville Montréal Anna Binta Diallo réalisera l’œuvre d’art intégrée à l’architecture de l’Auditorium de Verdun
2022 La Fabrique Culturelle Dans les ateliers: Anna Binta Diallo: redécouper le monde
2021 Le Devoir «Habiter le monde, esquisse d’une rencontre»: chacun sa couleur
2021 Art Forum RENCONTRES DE BAMAKO REVEALS PARTICIPATING ARTISTS FOR 2022 EDITION
2021 E-Flux Momenta Biennale de l'image Announcements Sensing Nature
2021 UM Today School of Art Gallery launches a new season of exhibitions and virtual events
2021 Radio-Canada L’artiste visuelle Anna Binta Diallo de retour au Manitoba
2021 La Liberté L'art, le moyen pour aborder les sujets difficiles
2022 The Banff Centre Barbara Spohr Award Recipients Announced
2021 La Liberté L'art, le moyen pour aborder les sujets difficiles par Laëtia Kermarerrec 30 June
2021 Radio-Canada - L'actuel L'artiste visuelle manitobaine Anna Binta Diallo rentre au bercail après 15 ans
2021 Akimbo the cut, the tear & the remix at the McMaster Museum of Art & Nia Centre for the Arts, online By Stephanie Vegh
2021 Akimbo Somewhere, Otherwise at Galerie de l’UQAM by Eve Tagny
2021 Invited artist for episode of CBC’s The Bridge with Natalie Indongo
2021 Featured featured in the Artist Project pages of C Magazine Issue 148 - Winter 2021 with text by Noor Bhangu Issue
2021 Featured artist in Canadian Art Winter Print Issue, “Preview section – Tangents Issue”
2020 Akimbo - QUADdrature - Exhibition review, Somewhere, Otherwise at Galerie de l’UQAM Galerie de L’UQAM, Text by Eve Tagny
2020 Wanderings at Access Gallery - Galleries West, exhibition review by John Thomson (online press)
2020 February - The Georgia Straight - Arts Feature - Spring Arts Preview 2020 visual arts critics' picks: Drink in the diversity at the season's exhibits - Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings
2020 Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in Suur-Keuruu (online press)
2020 ANNA BINTA DIALLO – ERRANCES / WANDERINGS Le réseau de diffusion culturelle de la Ville de Montréal - Galerie Monkland - Centre culturel de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (online press)
2020 Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in Tapahtain info (online press)
2020 Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in Menot (online press)
2020 Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in KESKISUOMALAINEN (online press)
2020 September Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen 2020: Anna Binta Diallo Anna Binta Diallo: Wanderings Journey to the Heartlands in Museot.fi (online press)
2020 Feature in Obieg - Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, Geographies of Imagination, No. 13/ Dis-Othering
2019 Feature in Canadian Art Spotlight Print issue, “Anti/matter”Antimatter" "Bending the Light - A national survey of 10 artists who are reforming material practice"
2019 Wanderings Featured on Art Viewer Anna Binta Diallo at Towards
2019 Canadian Art Finalists Announced for Salt Spring National Art Prize
2019 OCULA - Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung in Conversation discusses ‘Geographies of Imagination’ at Savvy Contemporary
2019 Jadliyya The Year in Art - Review of Geographies of Imagination, Curated by Antonia Alampi and Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung
2018 Frieze - ‘Geographies of Imagination’ Argues for a Different Way to Decolonize
2018 Mousse Magazine - “GEOGRAPHIES OF IMAGINATION” at SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin
2018 E-flux - DIS-OTHERING - Beyond Afropolitan & other labels
2018 E-flux BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts announces DIS-OTHERING - Beyond Afropolitan & other labels
2018 Empathy as Tool for Dis-Othering: ‘Geographies of Imagination’ at Savvy Contemporary, Berlin Art Link, Article by Chiara Marchini
Lowdown Magazine 2018 - Geographies of Imagination' at Savvy Contemporary
2017 Invited artist for round table discussion on Radio Canada's Les samedis du monde, concernign the Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp), Gathering September 27.
2017 Invited artist for the 40th anniversary of the Forum de la Fédération culturelle canadienne-française (FCCF), to shoot a segmeent for the series entitled Fenêtres ouvertes sur les arts et la culture de la francophonie canadienne, Canada.
2015 La Liberté, page 9, Vol.102 issue no.16, C’est une fierté de raconter d’où je viens : artist interview and article, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2012 Artist interview in Surprise Magazine, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2012 Artist interview in Branch Magazine, Canada.
2010 La Liberté, page 17, Vol.97 issue no.2, Une première pour Anna Binta Diallo artist interview and article on exhibit Yobbaalema (Emmène-moi avec toi, Take me with you), Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2007 Art Le Sabord, no. 78, 2007, p. 44. Artist biography and publication of work in magazine, Special Issue: Canadian West, Trois Rivières, Quebec, Canada.
2006 Liaison: La revue des arts, no. 134 p. 20, Le retour de la narrativité chez les artistes franco-manitobain émergents. Essay presented by Roger Léveillé, and publication of work in magazine, Ottawa, Canada.
2006 Art Circuit, Radio Canada (CBC) and RDI, Television interview with artist Anna Binta Diallo, Canada.
2006 Zig Zag, Radio Canada (CBC), Television interview and artist feature with artist Anna Binta Diallo, Canada.
2007 Winnipeg Free Press, August 17, page D8, Francophone artists worth following, Article on the À suivre... exhibit, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 La Liberté, August 16, page 9, Artistes en devenir, Article on the À suivre... exhibit, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 Uptown Magazine, July 27, page 20, Parallel lives, Article on the À suivre... exhibit, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 Winnipeg Free Press, April 30, page D5, Article on the prizes for Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 Biosphère: Le Manitoba, Canalévasion, Gave a tour of historical Museum Maison Gabrielle Roy for television series. Montreal, Quebec,
2006 CBC Evening News, 3 Generations of Artists, Interview and special feature on Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
MENTORSHIP
2023-2024 Invited guest artist as mentor for Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art’s (MAWA) foundation membership program, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Invited guest artist for PLATFORM Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts's Studio Visit Program, Winnipeg, MB
2023 Invited guest artist to The University of Winnipeg's Field Study Course in France - Nuit Blanche Paris and Other Ruptures, Paris.
2023 Invited guest artist for Soirée critiques, La Maison des artistes francophones, Winnipeg, MB
ARTIST REPRESENTATION
Anna Binta Diallo is represented by Towards Gallery in Toronto, Canada.
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