Aliou Diack was born in 1987 in Sidi Bougou, in the region of Mbour, in Dakar, Senegal.
A curious child, Aliou sets out to discover nature, the worlds of fauna and flora. He observes the proportions, colours, textures and records all of this in sketchbooks, which serve as his training ground. To continue his studies, he left his village at age 10 to settle in the heart of Dakar. He does not find the same nature or the same freedom and compensates by drawing “everywhere” around him, so as to recreate his universe. He embarks on art studies at the National School of Arts in Dakar, where he will have to handle multiple mediums and tools that will allow him to increase his artistic field and to master techniques other than drawing.
Major of his promotion, Aliou stands out from the others by the visual power of his works, sober, but from which emanates a primitive and instinctive natural universe. Aliou Diack currently lives and works in Dakar, Senegal. He is represented by Oh Gallery.