Born in 1954 in Karantaba in Senegal, Viyé Diba studied plastic arts at the National School of Fine Arts in Dakar (ENBA) and then completed a doctorate in urban studies in Nice. His plastic work is largely permeated by his geographic, environmental and ecological thinking. In parallel with his artistic practice, Viyé Diba is also a professor of visual arts at ENBA, and president of the National Association of Plastic Artists of Senegal and member of the scientific commission of the Dakar Biennale.Diba’s works incorporate elements of installation, painting and sculpture articulated around the valorization of local materials (traditional cotton fabric, scraps of printed fabric, etc). In 1998, he won first prize at the Dakar Biennale.