“Thread is a way of drawing that does not lie about time.”
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Exhibitions
Upcoming
Threads of the Atlantic
Musée Théodore Monod · Dakar · Senegal · Solo
Jan 2027 — Apr 2027
Recent
Soft Structures
Palais de Tokyo · Paris · France · Group
Sep 2025 — Nov 2025
Biography
Amara Diallo works with cloth as a painter works with canvas: dyeing, unravelling and re-stitching until the weave carries a coastline. Indigo from the dye pits of her grandmother's quarter in Dakar, rust gathered from the Atlantic shipyards and raw pigment are layered into hanging fields that move when a visitor walks past.
The journey
From costume design for Dakar's dance companies to room-scale textile installation, shown in Dakar, Paris and Lagos, and now held in private collections in three continents.
Artistic vision
Thread is a way of drawing that does not lie about time.
School & language
Textile installation · Post-colonial abstraction
- Born
- Dakar, 1989
- Education
- École nationale des arts, Dakar
- Based in
- Dakar, Senegal
Awards & recognition
- Grand Prix, Dakar Biennale, 2024
- Residency, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2023