Mbaye Babacar Diouf

Born in 1983, lives and works in Senegal

 

Mbaye Babacar Diouf is a young Senegalese painter whose graphic work plays with signs and questions human relationships more broadly.

 

Mbaye Babacar Diouf graduated from the National School of Arts of Senegal in 2007 and holds a Master 2 degree from the Higher Institute of Arts and Cultures of the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar. He is one of the most prominent young Senegalese artists of his generation. After receiving several national prizes, he has won silver medal at the last Francophonie games in Abidjan in 2017. His works have been presented at various international exhibitions and fairs, such as Art Paris Art Fair, 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair in London, or the DAK'ART International Biennale of Contemporary African Art.