Viyé Diba

Viyé Diba (born 1954) is a Senegalese mixed-media, installation, and performance artist. He is known for using found, local, raw, and recycled materials in his work, reflecting his interest in environmental themes.

Education Diba received a baccalaureate degree in fine arts at the National School of Fine Arts in Dakar, Senegal in 1979, followed by an additional four-year degree in arts education at Senegal's National School of Art Education, also in Dakar. Diba also received a PhD in Urban Geography from the University of Nice in Nice, France, where his dissertation compared the impact of human activity on the natural environments of Dakar and Nice. Diba has served as a professor of visual arts at Senegal's National School of Fine Arts since 1986.