Delphine Diallo

Delphine Diallo, or Delphine Diaw Diallo (born 1977) is a French-born photographer of Senegalese descent. She has previously lived in Paris and Saint-Louis, Senegal, but is now in Brooklyn, New York.

Biography Delphine Diallo was born in 1977, in France. Diallo graduated from the Académie Charpentier School of Visual Art in Paris in 1999, before working in the music industry for seven years as a special-effects motion artist, video editor and graphic designer.

In 2008, she moved from Paris to New York to explore her own practice. Diallo was mentored by photographer and artist Peter Beard, who was impressed by her creativity and spontaneity before offering her to collaborate for the Pirelli calendar photo shoot in Botswana. Inspired by new environments on this trip, she decided to return to her father's home city of Saint-Louis in Senegal to start her own vision quest.

Seeking to challenge the norms of our society, Diallo immerses herself in the realm of anthropology, mythology, religion, science and martial arts to release her mind. Diallo combines artistry with activism, pushing the many possibilities of empowering women, youth, and cultural minorities through visual provocation. Diallo uses analog, digital photography and collages as she continues to explore new mediums. She is working towards creating new dimensions and a place where consciousness and art are a universal language by connecting artists, sharing ideas and learning.

Selected exhibitions and series

2023: Highness 2019: African Spirits, Yossi Milo Gallery / Fisheye Gallery 2019: MIA Photo fair – Italia / Fisheye Gallery 2019: Photo London / Somerset House / Fisheye Gallery 2018: Art Basel Miami No Commission 2018: Paris Photo / Fisheye Gallery 2018: Les rencontres d Arles / Fisheye Gallery Paris "Invisible Symbole" 2018: Cambridge - Resignification, The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery 2018: ''The Grace of Black Women, National Arts Club in New York 2017: No Commission, Berlin, Curated by Swizz Beats and the Dean Collection, Germany 2016: Unseen Photo Fair, Red Hook Lab Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 2016: No Commission NY. Curated by Swizz Beats and The Dean Collection, Bronx, New York 2015: Looking for America, Diffusion, Cardiff International Festival of Photography, Wales 2015: Photoquai, 5ème Biennale des images du monde, Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France 2014: Intangible Beauty, Part I & II, Kasher Potamkin Gallery, New York, New York 2014: Portraits by Delphine Diallo. Curated by Jamel Shabazz, Photoville, Brooklyn, New York 2014: Harlem Postcards, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York 2013: Emerging: Visual Art & Music in a Post-Hip-Hop Era, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art, Brooklyn, New York 2013: Freedom Ride, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York 2012: Highness / Magic Photo Studio, Addis Foto Fest, Ethiopia 2012: Africa, See You, See Me, Dak’Art OFF, Goethe-Institut, Dakar, Senegal 2012: The Great Vision, Mariane Ibrahim Abdi (M.I.A.) Gallery, Seattle, Washington 2012: Configured, Benrimon Contemporary, New York, New York 2012: Voice of Home, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, New York 2011: Curate NYC, online exhibitions and guest curated shows, New York 2011: Pixelating: Black image in the age of digital reproduction, Lambent Foundation, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Art, Brooklyn, New York 2011: The African Continuum, United Nations, New York, New York 2011: Selected mixed media works, Opera Gallery, New York, New York 2011: Are You a Hybrid?, Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York 2011: Africa, See You, See Me, Fondazione Studio Marangoni & Officine Fotografiche, Rome, Italy 2011: The Black Portrait. Curated by Hank Willis Thomas and Natasha L. Logan, RUSH Art Gallery, New York, New York 2010: Africa, See You, See Me, Museu da Cidade, Lisboa, Portugal