ANNA BINTA
DIALLO
Born in Dakar, Senegal, 1983
Lives and works in Canada
EDUCATION
2011-2013 MFA, Masters in Creative Practice, Transart Institute, Berlin, University of Plymouth, School of Art and Media, (UK), specializing in interactive media, video and installation
2007-2009 Graduate studies program at Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts, "Design and Computation Arts – Graduate Certificate in Digital Technologies in Design Art Practice" Majored in Graphic and textile design, specialized in interactive media and design
2002-2006 BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class Honours, University of Manitoba, Double major in painting and graphic design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 (Forthcoming) Topographies, Centre d'exposition du Vieux Presbytère de Saint-Bruno, October 20 - December 01, Sain-Bruno, Quebec
2023 (Forthcoming) Mural at the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal (MAC), Aug 23 - March 24 (24), Montreal, QC
2023 (Forthcoming) Topographies, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, June 10 - October 01, Oshawa, Ontario
2023 (Forthcoming) Wanderings: a return, Stride, Calgary Setember 28 - November 10, Calgary, QC
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, Ontario
2021 Wanderings, School of Art Gallery, University Of Manitoba, October 14 - December 4,Winnipeg, Manitoba
2021 Wanderings, Museum London, April 03-September 29, London, Ontario
2021 Errances/Wanderings, Galerie Monkland, Centre Culturel de Notre-Dame-De-Grâce, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, November 27- February 21, Montréal, QC
2020 Wanderings, Notions Of Place – From Belonging To Displacement Part I,Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition, Keuruu Museum, September 18, 2020-January 21, Keuruu, Finland
2020 Wanderings, Access Gallery, September 26 - 30, Vancouver, British Columbia
2019 Wanderings, TOWARDS, October 4- November 2, Toronto, Ontario
2016 palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), February 18 – March 19, Montreal, Quebec
2015 neither nor, Seagram Gallery, Centaur Theatre, September 22 – October 19 Invited artist at to accompany the play The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God written & directed by Djanet Sears, Montreal, Quebec
2010 Yobbaalema (Emmène-moi avec toi, Take me with you), April 29 - March 29, Invited artist at the Colloque international Les Discours littéraires, cinématographiques et artistiques de l’altérité et de la mémoire, La Galerie, Université de Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
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
2023 HOUSE OF REASONED TRUTHS: Recent Video Art from Africa, Curated by Kisito Assangni, Musée Mohammed VI in Rabat - Morocco, May 14 - 21
2023 Plural Contemporary Art Fair, presented by Towards, April 21-23, Montreal, QC.
2023 Réminiscence, , curated by Diane Gistal. Exhibition at Ernst and Young montreal, with Anna Binta Diallo, Mallory Lowe Mpoka, Moridja Kitenge Banza, Martine Chartrand and Karla Étienne for Black Hisotry Month, February 1-28, Montreal, QC.
2023 The Excess is Ritual, Dunlop Art Gallery, January 15- March 28, Regina, Saskatchewan.
2022 Bamako Encounters, Rencontres de Bamako, La Biennale Africaine de la Photographie, December 12 - February 08 2023 - Bamako, Mali.
2023 Art Toronto, presented by Towards, October 7 - November 13, Toronto.
2022 Shapeshifter, Nuit Blanche, The Space Between Us, Curated by Dr. Julie Nagam, October 02, Toronto Commissioned sculptural installation on Yonge Street, Toronto.
2022 Habiter le monde : esquisse d'une rencontre, La maison des cultures urbaines de Dakar, May 21- June 04, Dak'art Off, la Biennale de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
2022 Art Souterrain, Voies-Voix Résilientes (Resilient Voices-Pathways) Curated by Eddy Firmin, April 2 to June 30, Montreal, Quebec
2022 The Further Apart Things Seem, Contemporary Calgary, March 03 - 22 May, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, September 15- 02 December, curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson across Canada
2021 from the earth we grow Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Ontario. With Couzyn van Heuvelen, Anna Binta Diallo & Sandy Williams. October 12, 2021 - April 1, 2022
2021 MOMENTA - Sensing Nature | Biennale de l’image, Liquid Crystals - Group exhibition in Augmented Reality, September 08 to October 24, Montreal, QC
2021 HOST, Third Space, A Virtual Contemporary Art Project, June 17-Sept 17, Curated by Amy Ash, Saint-Johns, New-Brunswick
2021 Habiter le monde, Centre CLARK, artist Moridja Kitenge Banza guest curator, 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, (Dates TBC), Ontario
2020 Group exhibition, QUADrature: Quelque part, autrement Galerie de l’UQAM, Ariane De Blois guest curator with faye mullen, Mona Sharma, Anna Binta Diallo et Leila Zelli, October 23 – January 14 2021, Montreal, QC
2020 Wanderings, Notions Of Place – From Belonging To Displacement Part II, Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen /Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition : Jyväskylä Art Museum, September 18, 2020-January 21, 2021, Finland
2019 Salt Spring National Art Prize 2019/2020 Finalists' Exhibition, September 21 – October 21, Salt Spring Island, BC
2019 Geographies of Imagination / Dis-Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other labels - at Palais des beaux-arts de Bruxelles : BOZAR, June 13 – August 19, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Geographies of Imagination / Dis-Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other Labels September 13 - November 18, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2016 Synesthésias d'été | Anna Binta Diallo et Montag, Group exhibition, Les Escales Improbables de Montréal, Saturday May 28 - October 5th, 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, British Columbia
2015 Negotiations screens at the 'Trans-ideology: Nostalgia' at Museum of Contemporary Art : MOCA TAIPEI, November 9 - December 20, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Mini Moi, Group exhibition, Galerie YOUN, November 23 - December 22, Montreal, Quebec
2013 Lone Creator, Group exhibition Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (AGSM), September 26 – October 19, Brandon, Manitoba
2013 Funhouse, Refinery, Art Gallery of Alberta, (AGA), November 7, Edmonton, Alberta.2013 Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, July 19 – July 26, Transart Institute, Plymouth University, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, Berlin, Germany
2013 Trans-ideology: Nostalgia Short Film Festival, July 27 – August 9, Transartfest Biennial, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, Berlin, Germany
2008 Connect Group Exhibition April 30 - May 3, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
2006 À suivre... Duo exhibition with Nathalie Dupont, June 29 - August 29, curated by Louise Duguay, La Maison des Artistes, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2005 Have you seen Hear we are!, Group exhibition, December 8 -15, The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
ART FAIRS
2023 Foire Plural, presented by Towards Gallery, April 22-23, Montreal.
2022 Art Toronto, presented by Towards Gallery and Royal Bank of Canada, October 7 - November 13, Toronto.
PUBLIC ART, INSTALLATIONS & SPECIAL COMMISSIONS
2022 Creation of a work of art integrated into the architecture of the Verdun Auditorium, Montreal.
2021 Perspectives Excentrées – Zocalo, centre d'artistes en art imprimé, Carré Isidore-Hurteau, Longueuil, August - 5 Ausgust 29, Québec
2021The Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels) and the Société de développement commercial (SDC) Village Montreal presents a group exhibition at Serge-Garant Park - June 2021 - April 2022
2020 Not Cancelled A week long 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 20 September 2020, Vancouver, British Columbia
HONORS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
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 alumni
2021 Selected artist by invitation by the city of Montreal, for a public artwork in integreated to 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
2021 Centre SAGAMIE Research and Creation Artist Residency, Alma, Québec
2021 Barbara Spohr Memorial Awards. Awarded by the Walter Phillips Gallery to a recent Banff Centre Visual Arts residency alumni
2020 Selected as one of 150 Franco-Manitobans to be celebrated by DREF (Direction des resources éducatives françaises) (Dref.mb.ca)
2020 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 (POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19) Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo, (AARK) Korpo, Finland
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 Distributed Identities with Deanna Bowen, Brendan Fernandes & Tarah Aisha Willis, Thematic residency at The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta.
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, Manitoba.
2014 The Universe and Other Systems with Shary Boyle, July - August, Thematic residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
2014 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant to Professionals in the Visual Arts
2013 Banff Artist in Residence, September - October, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
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, Quebec.
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, Manitoba
2004 Recipient of the Francofonds academic study grant, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2004 SigPac, Academic travel and study grant, University of Manitoba’s Student Union Awards, Winnipeg, Manitoba
WORK EXPERIENCES INVOLVING ART OR DESIGN
2021 - Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba’s School of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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.
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 - 2021(Oct. – June) Designer, Digital Strategy and Web Specialist, David Suzuki Foundation, Montreal
2002-2018 (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, North West 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
COLLECTIONS
La Galerie, Université de Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
EQ Bank
RBC Royal Bank
Scotiabank
Private Collections
Théâtre Cercle Molière
ARTIST TALKS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & SYMPOSIUMS
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 04
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, Print Media Class.Concordia University, October 04
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 Artist presentation and invited speaker at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal and the Black Joy MTL collective, March 2021
2021 Artist presentation for “Wanderings” for C-MAG « Artist Projects » with 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 Errances/Wanderings, Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-De-Grâce. February 18, 2021
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 20202020 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
2019 Symposium: Dis-Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other Labels - at Palais des beaux-arts de Bruxelles : BOZAR, Presentation of: Creative working methodologies - Dis-Othering workshop, June, Brussels, Belgium
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
AUCTIONS AND ONLINE EVENTS
2020 À l'épreuve - Arprim
2020 Not Cancelled
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & PROFFESIONAL + ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT
2019 Attented AFROTECH : a groundbreaking, revolutionary experience for Black techies, designers, creators, founders, entrepreneurs and engineers in Oakland & San Fransisco, California.
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).''
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
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?
PRESS
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.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS, DESIGN AND ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS
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.
CONFERENCES, WORSHOPS & PROFFESIONAL 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.
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).''
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
DIALLO
Born in Dakar, Senegal, 1983
Lives and works in Canada
EDUCATION
2011-2013 MFA, Masters in Creative Practice, Transart Institute, Berlin, University of Plymouth, School of Art and Media, (UK), specializing in interactive media, video and installation
2007-2009 Graduate studies program at Concordia University, Faculty of Fine Arts, "Design and Computation Arts – Graduate Certificate in Digital Technologies in Design Art Practice" Majored in Graphic and textile design, specialized in interactive media and design
2002-2006 BFA, Bachelor of Fine Arts, First Class Honours, University of Manitoba, Double major in painting and graphic design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 (Forthcoming) Topographies, Centre d'exposition du Vieux Presbytère de Saint-Bruno, October 20 - December 01, Sain-Bruno, Quebec
2023 (Forthcoming) Mural at the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal (MAC), Aug 23 - March 24 (24), Montreal, QC
2023 (Forthcoming) Topographies, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, June 10 - October 01, Oshawa, Ontario
2023 (Forthcoming) Wanderings: a return, Stride, Calgary Setember 28 - November 10, Calgary, QC
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, Ontario
2021 Wanderings, School of Art Gallery, University Of Manitoba, October 14 - December 4,Winnipeg, Manitoba
2021 Wanderings, Museum London, April 03-September 29, London, Ontario
2021 Errances/Wanderings, Galerie Monkland, Centre Culturel de Notre-Dame-De-Grâce, Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, November 27- February 21, Montréal, QC
2020 Wanderings, Notions Of Place – From Belonging To Displacement Part I,Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition, Keuruu Museum, September 18, 2020-January 21, Keuruu, Finland
2020 Wanderings, Access Gallery, September 26 - 30, Vancouver, British Columbia
2019 Wanderings, TOWARDS, October 4- November 2, Toronto, Ontario
2016 palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), February 18 – March 19, Montreal, Quebec
2015 neither nor, Seagram Gallery, Centaur Theatre, September 22 – October 19 Invited artist at to accompany the play The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God written & directed by Djanet Sears, Montreal, Quebec
2010 Yobbaalema (Emmène-moi avec toi, Take me with you), April 29 - March 29, Invited artist at the Colloque international Les Discours littéraires, cinématographiques et artistiques de l’altérité et de la mémoire, La Galerie, Université de Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
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
2023 HOUSE OF REASONED TRUTHS: Recent Video Art from Africa, Curated by Kisito Assangni, Musée Mohammed VI in Rabat - Morocco, May 14 - 21
2023 Plural Contemporary Art Fair, presented by Towards, April 21-23, Montreal, QC.
2023 Réminiscence, , curated by Diane Gistal. Exhibition at Ernst and Young montreal, with Anna Binta Diallo, Mallory Lowe Mpoka, Moridja Kitenge Banza, Martine Chartrand and Karla Étienne for Black Hisotry Month, February 1-28, Montreal, QC.
2023 The Excess is Ritual, Dunlop Art Gallery, January 15- March 28, Regina, Saskatchewan.
2022 Bamako Encounters, Rencontres de Bamako, La Biennale Africaine de la Photographie, December 12 - February 08 2023 - Bamako, Mali.
2023 Art Toronto, presented by Towards, October 7 - November 13, Toronto.
2022 Shapeshifter, Nuit Blanche, The Space Between Us, Curated by Dr. Julie Nagam, October 02, Toronto Commissioned sculptural installation on Yonge Street, Toronto.
2022 Habiter le monde : esquisse d'une rencontre, La maison des cultures urbaines de Dakar, May 21- June 04, Dak'art Off, la Biennale de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
2022 Art Souterrain, Voies-Voix Résilientes (Resilient Voices-Pathways) Curated by Eddy Firmin, April 2 to June 30, Montreal, Quebec
2022 The Further Apart Things Seem, Contemporary Calgary, March 03 - 22 May, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, September 15- 02 December, curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson across Canada
2021 from the earth we grow Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Ontario. With Couzyn van Heuvelen, Anna Binta Diallo & Sandy Williams. October 12, 2021 - April 1, 2022
2021 MOMENTA - Sensing Nature | Biennale de l’image, Liquid Crystals - Group exhibition in Augmented Reality, September 08 to October 24, Montreal, QC
2021 HOST, Third Space, A Virtual Contemporary Art Project, June 17-Sept 17, Curated by Amy Ash, Saint-Johns, New-Brunswick
2021 Habiter le monde, Centre CLARK, artist Moridja Kitenge Banza guest curator, 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, (Dates TBC), Ontario
2020 Group exhibition, QUADrature: Quelque part, autrement Galerie de l’UQAM, Ariane De Blois guest curator with faye mullen, Mona Sharma, Anna Binta Diallo et Leila Zelli, October 23 – January 14 2021, Montreal, QC
2020 Wanderings, Notions Of Place – From Belonging To Displacement Part II, Matkalla maan keskipisteeseen /Journeys to the Heartland / Central Finland Exhibition : Jyväskylä Art Museum, September 18, 2020-January 21, 2021, Finland
2019 Salt Spring National Art Prize 2019/2020 Finalists' Exhibition, September 21 – October 21, Salt Spring Island, BC
2019 Geographies of Imagination / Dis-Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other labels - at Palais des beaux-arts de Bruxelles : BOZAR, June 13 – August 19, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Geographies of Imagination / Dis-Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other Labels September 13 - November 18, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
2016 Synesthésias d'été | Anna Binta Diallo et Montag, Group exhibition, Les Escales Improbables de Montréal, Saturday May 28 - October 5th, 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, British Columbia
2015 Negotiations screens at the 'Trans-ideology: Nostalgia' at Museum of Contemporary Art : MOCA TAIPEI, November 9 - December 20, Taipei, Taiwan
2013 Mini Moi, Group exhibition, Galerie YOUN, November 23 - December 22, Montreal, Quebec
2013 Lone Creator, Group exhibition Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (AGSM), September 26 – October 19, Brandon, Manitoba
2013 Funhouse, Refinery, Art Gallery of Alberta, (AGA), November 7, Edmonton, Alberta.2013 Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, July 19 – July 26, Transart Institute, Plymouth University, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, Berlin, Germany
2013 Trans-ideology: Nostalgia Short Film Festival, July 27 – August 9, Transartfest Biennial, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, Berlin, Germany
2008 Connect Group Exhibition April 30 - May 3, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
2006 À suivre... Duo exhibition with Nathalie Dupont, June 29 - August 29, curated by Louise Duguay, La Maison des Artistes, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2005 Have you seen Hear we are!, Group exhibition, December 8 -15, The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
ART FAIRS
2023 Foire Plural, presented by Towards Gallery, April 22-23, Montreal.
2022 Art Toronto, presented by Towards Gallery and Royal Bank of Canada, October 7 - November 13, Toronto.
PUBLIC ART, INSTALLATIONS & SPECIAL COMMISSIONS
2022 Creation of a work of art integrated into the architecture of the Verdun Auditorium, Montreal.
2021 Perspectives Excentrées – Zocalo, centre d'artistes en art imprimé, Carré Isidore-Hurteau, Longueuil, August - 5 Ausgust 29, Québec
2021The Ville-Marie borough of Montreal, MAI (Montreal, arts interculturels) and the Société de développement commercial (SDC) Village Montreal presents a group exhibition at Serge-Garant Park - June 2021 - April 2022
2020 Not Cancelled A week long 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 20 September 2020, Vancouver, British Columbia
HONORS, AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
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 alumni
2021 Selected artist by invitation by the city of Montreal, for a public artwork in integreated to 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
2021 Centre SAGAMIE Research and Creation Artist Residency, Alma, Québec
2021 Barbara Spohr Memorial Awards. Awarded by the Walter Phillips Gallery to a recent Banff Centre Visual Arts residency alumni
2020 Selected as one of 150 Franco-Manitobans to be celebrated by DREF (Direction des resources éducatives françaises) (Dref.mb.ca)
2020 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 (POSTPONED DUE TO COVID-19) Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo, (AARK) Korpo, Finland
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 Distributed Identities with Deanna Bowen, Brendan Fernandes & Tarah Aisha Willis, Thematic residency at The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta.
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, Manitoba.
2014 The Universe and Other Systems with Shary Boyle, July - August, Thematic residency at The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
2014 Canada Council for the Arts Travel Grant to Professionals in the Visual Arts
2013 Banff Artist in Residence, September - October, The Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta.
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, Quebec.
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, Manitoba
2004 Recipient of the Francofonds academic study grant, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2004 SigPac, Academic travel and study grant, University of Manitoba’s Student Union Awards, Winnipeg, Manitoba
WORK EXPERIENCES INVOLVING ART OR DESIGN
2021 - Assistant Professor at the University of Manitoba’s School of Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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.
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 - 2021(Oct. – June) Designer, Digital Strategy and Web Specialist, David Suzuki Foundation, Montreal
2002-2018 (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, North West 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
COLLECTIONS
La Galerie, Université de Saint-Boniface, Manitoba
EQ Bank
RBC Royal Bank
Scotiabank
Private Collections
Théâtre Cercle Molière
ARTIST TALKS, SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS & SYMPOSIUMS
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 04
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, Print Media Class.Concordia University, October 04
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 Artist presentation and invited speaker at the Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal and the Black Joy MTL collective, March 2021
2021 Artist presentation for “Wanderings” for C-MAG « Artist Projects » with 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 Errances/Wanderings, Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-De-Grâce. February 18, 2021
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 20202020 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
2019 Symposium: Dis-Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & Other Labels - at Palais des beaux-arts de Bruxelles : BOZAR, Presentation of: Creative working methodologies - Dis-Othering workshop, June, Brussels, Belgium
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
AUCTIONS AND ONLINE EVENTS
2020 À l'épreuve - Arprim
2020 Not Cancelled
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & PROFFESIONAL + ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT
2019 Attented AFROTECH : a groundbreaking, revolutionary experience for Black techies, designers, creators, founders, entrepreneurs and engineers in Oakland & San Fransisco, California.
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).''
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
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?
PRESS
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.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS, DESIGN AND ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTIONS
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.
CONFERENCES, WORSHOPS & PROFFESIONAL 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.
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).''
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
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ANNA BINTA
DIALLO
Née en 1983, Dakar, Sénégal
Vit et travaille au Canada
ÉDUCATION
2013 Maîtrise en Beaux-arts, « MFA in Creative Practice » Transart Institute, Berlin
Accrédité par University of Plymouth, School of Art and Media, Royaume Uni, Spécialisation en art médiatiques et vidéo.
2008 Études supérieures à l’Université Concordia, Faculté des Beaux-arts, « Design & Computation Arts- Graduate Certificate in Digital Technologies in Design Art Practice »
2006 Baccalauréat en Beaux- Arts, Université du Manitoba, liste d’honneur du doyen. Double spécialisation : peinture et graphisme.
EXPOSITIONS SOLO
2023 (À venir) Centre d'exposition du Vieux Presbytère de Saint-Bruno
2022 Errances: un retour, Maison de la Culture Claude-Léveillée, June 13 - August 22, Montréal, Q2022 Voyageur/Almanach, Solo exhibition, TOWARDS, 22 janvier au 4 mars, Toronto, Ontario
2021Wanderings, School of Art Gallery, University Of Manitoba, 14 octobre - 4 décembre, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2020 Wanderings, Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâces, 27 novembre 2020 - 10 janvier 2021, Montréal, Québec
2020 Wanderings, Access Gallery, 30 septembre au 14 novembre, Vancouver, Colombie Britannique.
2020 Wanderings Notions Of Space – From Belonging To Displacement, Central Finland Exhibition 2020 Keuruu Museum, 11 septembre au 21 novembre, 2020, Finlande.
2019 Wanderings, Solo exhibition, TOWARDS, October 4- November 2, Toronto, Ontario.
2016 palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), Montréal, Québec, 18 février au 19 mars 2016.
2016 intimate spaces forbidden places joue à la Nuit Blanche, Montréal en Lumière, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), Montéal, Quebec, 18 février au 5 mars 2016.
2015 neither nor, Seagram Gallery, Centaur Theatre, 22 septembre au 19 octobre 2015.
Artiste invitée pour accompagner la pièce The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God de Djanet Sears, Montreal,
2013 In Between, The Philosopher’s Knoll Gallery, The Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, 4 octobre 2013.
2010 Yobaalema (Emmène-moi avec toi), Artsiste invitée au Colloque international « Les Discours littéraires, cinématographiques et artistiques de l’altérité et de la mémoire, Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface, Manitoba, 29 avril au 29 mars 2010.
EXPOSITIONS EN DUO
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, Exposition duo avec Dana Neilson, Snap ! Salon, Montréal, Québec, 13 septembre au 20 septembre 2009.
2006 À suivre... Exposition duo avec Nathalie Dupont, Commissaire; Louise Duguay, La Maison des Artistes, Winnipeg, Manitoba, du 29 juin au 29 août 2006.
EXPOSITIONS EN GROUPE
2022 (à venir) Rencontres de Bamako, La Biennale Africaine de la Photographie, Bamako, Mali
2022 (à venir) Nuit Blanche, The Space Between Us, October, Toronto
2022 Habiter le monde : esquisse d'une rencontre, La maison des cultures urbaines de Dakar, 21 mai au 04 juin, Dak'art Off, la Biennale de Dakar, Dakar, Senegal
2022 Art Souterrain, Voies-Voix Résilientes (Resilient Voices-Pathways) Curated by Eddy Firmin, 2 avril au 30 juin, Montréal, Quebec.
2022 The Further Apart Things Seem, Contemporary Calgary, et the University of Waterloo Art Gallery. Avec Atanas Bozdarov, Anna Binta Diallo, Barbara Hobot, Adriana Kuiper et Ryan Suter, Brendan Lee Satish Tang, Couzyn van Heuvelen. Organisé par Shannon Anderson et Jay Wilson.
2021 from the earth we grow Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Ontario. Avec Couzyn van Heuvelen, Anna Binta Diallo et Sandy Williams. 12 octobre - 1 avril, 2022.
2021 MOMENTA - Quand la nature ressent | Biennale de l’image, Crystaux liquides - Exposition en réalité augmenté 24 septembre au 08 octobre, Montréal, QC
2021 Centre CLARK avec l'artiste Moridja Kitenge Banza comme commissaire invitée.
2020 QUADdrature - Quelque part, autrement - Galerie de L’UQAM - Commissaire Générale Louise Déry Écran 2 Commissaire Ariane De Blois
2020 Wanderings Notions Of Place – From Belonging To Displacement, Central Finland Exhibition
2020 Keuruu Museum, 19 septembre au 17 janvier, 2021, Keurrun, Finlande.
2018 Exposition des finalistes du Prix national d'art de Salt Spring 2019 2019/2020, 21 septembre - 21 octobre, Salt Spring Island, Colombie-Britannique.
2018 Géographies de l'imagination / désaltération. Beyond Afropolitan & other labels 13 septembre - 18 novembre, SAVVY Contemporary, en collaboration avec BOZAR, Berlin, Allemagne.
2017 Negotiations II, Maps, et Nostalgia joue au « Moving Images Showcase » au Metro Studio Theatre, le 23 Septembre; à Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp) Victoria, Colombie Britanique
2016 Synesthésias d'été | Anna Binta Diallo et Montag, Group exhibition, Les Escales Improbables de Montréal, Saturday May 28 - October 5th, Jardins Gamelin, Montréal, Qc.
2016 Escales Improbables de Montréal, Quartier des Spectacles, un évènement art visuel et musique qui allie la performance et l’exposition sur la place Emilie Gamelin, Exiles : Anna Binta Diallo / Montag, Duo de printemps, Montréal, Québec, 14 mai au 2 octobre 2016.
2015 Negotiations joue au «Trans-ideology: Nostalgia Film Festival» au Museum of Contemporary Art MOCA Tapei, Tapei, Taiwan, 9 novembre au 20 décembre 2015.
2013 Mini Moi, Galerie YOUN, Montréal, Québec, 23 novembre au 22 décembre 2013.
2013 Lone Creator, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (AGSM), Brandon, Manitoba, 26 septembre au 19 octobre 2013.
2013 FunHaus and Revery, Art Gallery of Alberta, (AGA), Edmonton, Alberta, le 7 novembre 2013
2013 Master of Fine Art Thesis Exhibition, Transart Institute, Plymouth University, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, Berlin, Allemagne, 19 au 26 juillet 2013.
2013 Trans-ideology: Nostalgia Short Film Festival, Transartfest Biennial, Supermarkt Creative Resource Center, Berlin, Allemagne, 27 juillet au 9 août 2013.
2008 Connect, Organisation et exposition de fin de programme Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, du 30 avril au 3 mai 2008.
2005 Have you seen Hear we are!, Group exhibition, The Edge Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, décembre 8 au 15 2005.
ART PUBLIC, INSTALLATIONS ET COMMISSIONS SPÉCIALES
2022 (à venir) Création d’une œuvre d’art intégrée à l’architecture de l’Auditorium de Verdun, Montréal.
2021 Perspectives Excentrées – Zocalo, centre d'artistes en art imprimé, Carré Isidore-Hurteau, Longueuil, August - 5 Ausgust 29, Québec
2021 L’arrondissement de Ville-Marie de Montréal le MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) et la Société de développement commercial (SDC) Village Montréal présente une exposition collective au parc Serge-Garant
2020 Wanderings, Capture Photography Festival, exposition en vedette, Canada Line, Waterfront Station, 02 avril au 02 septembre, Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique.
BOURSES, PRIX ET RÉSIDENCES
2022 Nominée finaliste à la 6e Édition du Gala Dynastie, Artiste visuel de l'année
2021Gagnante du concours pour la réalisation d’une œuvre d’art intégrée à l’architecture de l’Auditorium de Verdun, Montréal.
2021 Prix Barbara Spohr Memorial Awards. Décerné par la Walter Phillips Gallery à un récent diplômé de la résidence en arts visuels du Banff Centre
2021Récipiendaire du Prix Black Designers of Excellence Awards
2020 Sélectionné comme l'un des 150 Franco-Manitobains à être célébré par DREF (Direction des ressources éducatives françaises) (Dref.mb.ca)
2021 Centre SAGAMIE Résidence Arts et Création, Alma, Québec
2021 Centre SAGAMIE Résidence Arts et Création, Alma, Québec
2020 (annulé COVID-19) Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo (AARK), résidence artistique à Korpo, Finlande.
2020 Conseil des arts du Canada, Subvention de voyage aux professionnels des arts visuels
2019 Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec, Subvention de voyage aux professionnels des arts visuels.
2019 Conseil des arts du Canada – Subvention en arts visuels, Recherche et Création.
2019 Finaliste, Salt Spring National Art Prize, Salt Spring Island, Colombie Britannique.
2019 Distributed Identities with Brendan Fernandes, Deanna Bowen & Tara Aisha Willis, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta.
2019 Conseil des arts du Canada, Subvention de voyage aux professionnels des arts visuels
2019 Récipiendaire de la bourse The Brenda and Jamie Mackie Endowed Fellowships for Visual Artists
2019 Récipiendaire de la bourse The Liz Crockford Artist Fund
2018 Récipiendaire de la Bourse Francofonds subventions pour des projets créatifs en arts visuels qui favorisent la vitatilité de la culture francophone, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2014 The Universe and Other Systems with Shary Boyle, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta.
2014 Conseil des arts du Canada, Subvention de voyage aux professionnels des arts visuels
2013 BAIR Program: Banff Artist in Residence, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta.
2011 Récipiendaire de la Bourse d’excellence Transart Institute Achievement Scholarship - Transart Institute, Berlin, University of Plymouth (RU).
2007 Récipiendaire de la Bourse d’excellence J.A. de Sève Entrance Fellowship – bourse de 3 000$, Université Concordia.
2006 Récipiendaire du Premier prix- Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award pour les illustrations, le design et la mise en page du livre Poste Restante, (Éditions du Blé) dans la compétition Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards.
COLLECTIONS
EQ Bank
Scotiabank
Banque Royale du Canada
La Galerie, Université de Saint-Boniface
Collections privées
ALLOCUTION
2021Présentation d'artiste et conférencière invitée au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal avec le collectif JOIE NOIRE MTL, mars 2021
2021 Présentation d'artiste pour « Wanderings » pour C-MAG « Artist Projects » avec Noor Bhangu, 27 février
2021Symposium Curriculum and Pedagogy for Uncertain Futures avec le Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Curriculum as a Social Practice (ICRC). Western University
2021 Symposium Curriculum and Pedagogy for Uncertain Futures 2021
2021 Artiste invitée sur le panel d'artistes pour the cut, the tear and the remix: contemporary collage and black futures, avec The McMaster Museum of Art, en partenariat avec Nia Center for the Arts, 22 avril
2020 Paneliste invitée pour conférence sur les arts à la Fédération culturelle canadienne-française, (FCCF) 22 octobre, 2020
2020 In Conversation with Diyan Achjadi, conférence d'artiste présentée par Access Gallery et Capture Photography Festival 01 décembre
2018 Symposium « Dis-Othering. Beyond Afropolitan & other labels » - à SAVVY Contemporary, Présentation des Méthodologies de travail créatives - Atelier de désaltération, en collaboration avec BOZAR, Berlin, Allemagne.
2018 Artiste invitée pour le cours Writing about art le 22 juin; pour les étudiants du département des arts du studio, Université Concordia.
2017 Invitée à animer 2 conversations génératives et authentiques à Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires: "Comment raconter" avec Yves Sioui Durand et "Le langage de l'autre" avec Louis-Karl Sioui.
2017 Invité artiste invité pour la Processes in Digital Print Media 1 le 22 septembre; pour les étudiants du Département Studio Art de l'Université Concordia.
2016 Conférence et visite guidée de palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), le 15 mars, Montréal, Québec - pour les étudiants du cours universitaire du Département d’histoire de l’art, Cours : Studio ArtX - Studio Arts – Université Concordia.
2016 Conférence et visite guidée de palimpseste, MAI (Montréal Arts Interculturels), le 17 mars, Montréal, Québec: pour les étudiants du Département d’histoire de l’art, Intervention dans le cours universitaire Cours : Champ des arts visuels au Québec et au Canada – Université de Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
TEXTES ÉCRITS (SÉLECTION)
2018 Deux articles de réponse publiés sur Musagetes (ArsEverywhere), plateforme en ligne et organisation artistique internationale concernant Primary Colors / Couleurs primaires (PC / Cp) 2017
2014 Mémoire 2014, mémoire de matirise et catalogue visuel: Negotiations: On the dotted line: How does one negotiate with Differing and sometimes conflicting legacies?
PRESSE
2021 Artiste invitée CBC’s The Bridge with Natalie Indongo
2021 C Magazine Issue 148 - Winter 2021 avec texte de Noor Bhangu
2021 Canadian Art Winter Print Issue, «Preview section – Tangents Issue»
2020 Akimbo - QUADdrature - Revue d’exposition, Somewhere, Otherwise at Galerie de l’UQAM Galerie de L’UQAM, Texte de Eve Tagny
2020 Obieg - Centre d'art contemporain du château d'Ujazdowski, Géographies de l'imagination, n ° 13 / Dis-Othering
2019 Artiste en vedette dans la revue Canadian Art «Spotlight Print issue - Anti/matter”Antimatter»
2019 Artiste en vedette dans la revue Canadian Art Spotlight Print issue, “Anti/matter”Antimatter" "Bending the Light - A national survey of 10 artists who are reforming material practice"
2019 «Wanderings, Anna Binta Diallo at Towards» dans Art Viewer
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 «Geogtaphies of Imagniations» 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 de Chiara Marchini
2018 Lowdown Magazine - «Geographies of Imagination at Savvy Contemporary»
2017 Artiste invitée pour une table ronde sur Les samedis du monde de Radio-Canada, concernant Les samedis du monde, concernant le rassemblement Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp), le 27 septembre 2017
2017 Artiste invitée pour le 40e anniversaire du Forum de la Fédération culturelle canadienne-française (FCCF), pour filmer un segment pour la série intitulée 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 : entrevue d’artiste et article, Winnipeg, Manitoba
2012 Entrevue d’artiste et parution d’œuvres dans Branch Magazine, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2010 Émission de radio Carte blanche avec Vincent Dureault, Radio Canada Entrevue avec Anna Binta Diallo concernant l’exposition Yobaalema (Emmène-moi avec toi), Winnipeg, Manitoba.2010 La Liberté, page 17, Numéro 2 « Une première pour Anna Binta Diallo – entrevue d’artiste concernant l’exposition Yobaalema (Emmène-moi avec toi) » Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2007 Art le Sabord, Numéro spécial: l’Ouest Canadien, no. 78, 2007, p. 44, Biographie d’artiste et publication d’une sélection d’œuvres pour la revue, Trois-Rivières, Québec, Canada.
2006 Liaison: La revue des arts, no. 134, p. 20, « Le retour de la narrativité chez les artistes franco-manitobain émergents », Publication d’une œuvre, et article de fond rédigé par Roger Léveillé, Ottawa, Canada.
2006 Art Circuit, Radio-Canada et RDI, Entrevue avec Anna Binta Diallo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2006 Zig Zag Radio-Canada, Entrevue avec Anna Binta Diallo, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2006 Winnipeg Free Press, le 17 août 2006, page D8, Francophone Artists Worth Following : article sur l’exposition À suivre... Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 Winnipeg Free Press, le 30 avril 2006, page D5, article sur la remise de prix de Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2006 Radio-Canada, Nouvelles du soir, Spécial : 3 generations of artists, Entrevue sur la remise des prix Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards CBC News, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
EXPÉRIENCE DE TRAVAIL EN ART ET DESIGN
2021- présent Professeur au School of Art de l’Université du Manitoba
2020 Professeur de design, d'art et d'histoire de l'art, un B.A. spécialisé en collaboration Programme entre Sheridan et l'Université de Toronto Mississauga
2020 Professeur de design, d'art et d'histoire de l'art, un B.A. spécialisé en collaboration Programme entre Sheridan et l'Université de Toronto Mississauga
2019 Lancement de SAMA RAKK (samarakk.com) avec sa sœur Aisha Diallo. Boucles d'oreilles originales et de haute qualité en verre acrylique, laiton, argent et or
2013-2021 (octobre - juin) Spécialiste en Design, Web et stratégie numérique, Fondation David Suzuki, Montréal, Québec.
2002 (septembre - jusqu’à présent) Designer graphique autonome Multiples projet comme pigiste pour une multitude de clients dans des domaines variés: musique (disques compacts, posters), mode (t-shirts, rideaux en soie), sites web, publications, logos, brochures, emballage, posters, publicités pour revues, etc.
2009 (décembre) Invitation au Forum Multimédia avec Jeunesse-TNO, pour le Gouvernement du Canada, à Yellowknife, Territoires du Nord-Ouest, Poste : Animatrice d’ateliers d’arts, graphisme et design pour jeunes de 11-15 ans pendant une semaine.
2005 -2006 (septembre à avril) Mentorat au studio de design URBANINK, Winnipeg, Manitoba
CONFÉRENCES, ATELIERS ET DÉVELOPPEMENT PROFESIONEL
2019 Participe à AfroTech : une conférence révolutionnaire pour les techniciens, designers, créateurs, fondateurs, entrepreneurs et ingénieurs noirs à San Francisco, en Californie.
2017 Participante invitée de Primary Colours/Couleurs primaires (PC/Cp) un grand rassemblement multidisciplinaire, trilingue sur les territoires Lekwungen, près de Victoria conçue par Chris Creighton-Kelly et France Trépanier. C’est initiative cherche à placer les pratiques artistiques autochtones au centre du système canadien des arts. PC/Cp affirme également que les pratiques artistiques des personnes de couleur, qui ont des racines dans le monde entier, jouent un rôle essentiel dans toutes les discussions qui imaginent le (s) avenir (s) du Canada.
2016 Sélectionné pour assister à XOXO - un festival expérimental célébrant les artistes et graphistes indépendants qui travaillent avec l’internet et la technologie à Portland, Oregon.
2015 Participe à WEQ - Web à Québec - Le plus grand évènement numérique en langue française en Amérique du Nord.
2015 Designer invitée pour Adobe Creative Jams, une expérience créative unique en deux parties où les duos de design participent à un tournoi en utilisant Adobe Creative Cloud, Montréal, Québec.
PUBLICATIONS, PROJETS ET CONTRIBUTIONS ARTISTIQUES (SÉLECTION)
2018 Design et conception graphique pour couverture de livre – «The Problem With Nature in Hegel’s Final System», by Wes Furlotte, Edinburgh University Press
2017 Illustration originale pour couverture de livre - collaboration avec urbanink - empreintes - Lise Gaboury-Diallo - Éditions du blé
2016 Illustration originale pour couverture de livre - Rolihalhla Mandela - Daouda Dembélé - Étidions du blé
2015 Design de logo pour «Élan Global»
2015 Design de l’affiche cinéma pour le film « Le coeur de Madame Sabali », réalisateur : Ryan McKenna
2015 Design de l’affiche cinéma pour le film « Montréal, la blanche », réalisateur : Bachir Bensaddek
2014 Parution de l’œuvre « Through the Window » dans PaperWait la revue de Ace Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2014 Parution de l’œuvre «Du ciel» publiée sur la page couverture de Les voix de la mémoire et de l'altérité, Presse universitaires de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2014 Parution de l’œuvre « Diamond Thoughts » publiée sur la page couverture de Érudit, Revue de l'Université de Moncton: L’énigme du social dans le roman africain. Moncton, New Brunswick.
2012 Design et mise en page de Video At Risk : Strategies For Preserving Commercial Video Collections in Libraries, Section 108, New York University, New York.
2012 Parution d’une sélection d’œuvres dans Branch Magazine, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2010 Colloque International triennal «Français du Canada- Français de France» - Création et design des affiches et du programme.
2010 Colloque international « Les Discours littéraires, cinématographiques et artistiques de l’altérité et de la mémoire » Création et design des affiches et du programme.
2009 Illustration originale pour Sillons: hommage à Gabrielle Roy, Saint-Boniface, Éditions du blé.
2009 Design de publicité pour groupe de musique Valleys dans la revue The Big Takeover issue no.65, Brooklyn, New York.
2009 Parution d’une sélection de peintures originales, dont une à la page couverture de la revue Ellipse: textes littéraires canadiens en traduction, No. 82, Fredericton, Nouveau Brunswick.
2009 Design et concept de pochette de disque compact pour Valleys (Semprini Records, Montréal), Murder Ford Monument, (indépendant, Montréal) et The O’Darling (indépendant, Toronto.)
2009 Design et concept d’affiches, pamphlets et site web pour Premier Choix, Emplois Canada – gouvernement du Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
2008 Parution d’une sélection d’œuvres originales dans Le soleil est la première machine : improvisations d’auteurs et d’artistes de la francophonie canadienne, Saint-Boniface: Éditions du Blé.
2008 Design de la couverture du livre L’endroit et l’envers de Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Paris: L’Harmattan.
2008 Mise en page pour Parchemins croisés, de Monique Larouche, Lise Gaboury-Diallo, et Mark Stout.
Saint-Boniface: Éditions des Presses universitaires de Saint-Boniface.
2005 Design, mise en page et œuvres originales pour le livre Poste Restante: Cartes poétiques du Sénégal, de Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Saint-Boniface: Éditions du Blé.
2005 Œuvres originales et mise en page pour le livre Homestead: poèmes du coeur de l’Ouest de Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Régina: Éditions de la Nouvelle Plume.
