Adji Dieye
Presentation
Adji Dieye is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works between Milan and Dakar. Her practice investigates the construction of national epistemologies by examining public and institutional spaces through archival materials, architecture, and advertising. A key focus in her work is the relationship between a national collective imaginary rooted in the notion of progress and its influence on the understanding of individual and collective identity. Exhibitions Her work has been showcased in prestigious venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw (2024), Fotomuseum Winterthur (solo show, 2023), Fondation H (solo show, 2023), C/O Berlin (solo show, 2021), the Biennale of Contemporary Art in Lyon (2022), the Dakar Biennale (2022), Rencontres de Bamako (2022), Foam Museum (2020), and Kunsthalle Wien (2020). Education 2020: MFA in Fine Arts, ZHDK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste), Zurich, CH 2018: The October School, Shiv Nadar University, New Delhi, IN 2017: BA in New Technologies for Art, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, IT Selected Solo Shows 2024: Untitled, UNA Gallery, Piacenza, IT 2023: A Vendre, Fondation H, Paris, FR 2023: Aphasia, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, CH 2022: Fais-nous confiance, Cécile Fakhoury Gallery, Abidjan, CI 2021: Culture Lost and Learned by Heart, C/O Berlin, Berlin, DE Selected Group Shows 2024: Afrotropes, IFAN Museum of African Arts, Dakar, SN 2024: The Norval Sovereign African Art Prize, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, SA 2023: Femme Noir, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, USA 2022: Dakar Biennale, Dakar, SN 2022: Lyon Biennale, Lyon, FR 2020: Foam Talent, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, NL Awards 2024: Nominee, Norval Sovereign African Art Prize 2023: Winner, Ducato Contemporary Award 2021: Winner, C/O Berlin Talent Award 2019: Winner, Foam Talent Award Collections Vontobel Collection, Zurich, CH C/O Berlin, Berlin, DE Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw, PL Selected Publications 2023: Aphasia, monograph published by Fotomuseum Winterthur and Christoph Merian Verlag 2021: Culture Lost and Learned by Heart, monograph published by C/O Berlin and Spectorbooks 2023: Eyes That Commit / Through A Different Lens, Prestel Adji Dieye is establishing herself as a prominent figure in contemporary art, exploring the intersections of collective memory, public space, and national identity.
