(b. 1970)

Cheikh Ndiaye

Cheikh Ndiaye (b. 1970 Dakar, Senegal) lives and works between Dakar and Prague.

Ndiaye graduated from Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts of Dakar and Lyon. He is particularly interested in architecture and urbanism. His work, made of paintings, photographs, films and installations, is driven by a singular look given to what is usually considered as ordinary or informal.

Selected exhibitions include: Busan Biennale (Corée du Sud, 2024) ; Senghor et les arts. Réinventer l’universel, Musée du Quai Branly (France, 2023) ; Cours du soir, Galerie le manège (Sénégal, 2023) ; Biennale de Dakar (Sénégal, 2022) ; Solo show, FIAC 2021, Grand Palais, Paris (France, 2021) ; Global(e) Resistance, Centre Pompidou (France, 2020) ; Vox Ouezzin, Galerie Cécile Fakhoury – Dakar (Senegal, 2019) ; Havana Biennal, 13th edition (Cuba, 2019) ; Dakar Biennal, 13th edition (Senegal, 2018) ; Figures, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France, 2016) ; All the World’s Future, Venice Biennal, 56th edition (Italy, 2015). 

Cheikh Ndiaye's Artworks