Penda Diakité

**Penda Diakité** ( bɛ dɔɣɔ la yuuni  1992) o nyɛla ŋun nyɛ Malian-American visual artist ka bɛ mi o ka o mali mixed-media collages mini  film work. Bɛ dɔɣɔ la tiŋyuli booni Portland, din be Oregon, o nyɛla ŋun zoogi na  United States mini Mali tingbana ni, West Africa. 

## O biɛhigu mini o shikuru chandi
Diakité nyɛla bɛ ni dɔɣi so yuuni 1992 tiŋyuli booni Portland, n be  Oregon ka o laambi nyɛ  Baba Wagué Diakité (ceramicist mini sasabira ) mini Ronna Neuenschwander (sculptor). 

## O Exhibition nima
### O konko Exhibition nima
* Mousso-Ya (Womanhood), Band Of Vices Gallery, Los Angeles, CA ( silimiingoli November ni, 2021 yuuni)
* Diary of a White Black Girl, Nych Gallery, Chicago, IL ( silimiingoli May ni, Yuuni  2021)
* The Cutting Edge, Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR (silimiingoli September ni, yuuni 2021)
* Made In America, Substrate Gallery, (Sponsored by The Dean Collection), Los Angeles, CA ( yuuni 2018)
* Adama-den: Humankind, Guardino Gallery; Portland, OR ( yuuni 2018)
* Reflection: Hakili Jagabo, Organic Modernism; Los Angeles, CA (Yuuni 2018)

## O Film screening nima
* Words From A Silence, film gallery Schräge; Kassel, Germany (yuuni 2017)
* Words From A Silence and Diary of Reflection, RACC’s Night Life: Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest; Portland, OR ( yuuni 2016)
* Words From A Silence and Diary of Reflection, 22nd Annual African American Marketplace Festival; Los Angeles, CA ( yuuni 2016)
* Words From A Silence, San Diego Underground Film Festival; San Diego, CA ( yuuni 2016) 
* Words From A Silence, ‘Video Guerrilha Campinas’; São Paulo, Brazil (yuuni 2015)
* Diary of Reflection, Afro Punk Fest; Brooklyn, NY (yuuni 2015)
* Words From A Silence, Diary of Reflection, Striped, Un Monde de Femmes, Bombs are Toys, in ‘Attaquer Le Visible’ at La Mutinerie; Paris, France ( yuuni 2015)
* Words From A Silence, Positivus Festival; N Latvia, Salacgriva (yuuni 2015)
* Words From A Silence, Ann Arbor Film Festival Expanding Frames Panel Series; Ann Arbor, MI ( yuuni 2015)
* Words From A Silence, 25th Cascade Festival of African Films; Portland, OR ( yuuni 2015)
* Words From A Silence, Roy and Edna Disney RedCat Theater; Los Angeles, CA ( yuuni 2015)
* Tanti’s Winter Vacation, Roy and Edna Disney RedCat Theater; Los Angeles, CA (yuuni 2013)
* Diary of Reflection, Riverside International Film Festival; Riverside, CA (yuuni 2013)
* Un Monde de Femmes, Riverside International Film Festival; Riverside, CA (yuuni 2013)
* Tanti’s Winter Vacation, 23rd Cascade Festival of African Films; Portland, OR (yuuni 2013)
* Diary of Reflection, Roy and Edna Disney RedCat Theater; Los Angeles, CA (yuuni 2012)
* Welcome to Mali, 16th Cascade Festival of African Films; Portland, OR (yuuni 2008)

## O kpaŋmaŋ pina
* The Dean Collection 20 Artists Award, (The Dean Collection, founded by Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean and Alicia Keys)
* BETAir Artist in Residency, Black Entertainment Television
* Children’s Africana Book Award, Best Book for Young Children
* Best Book for Young Children ALA Notable Children’s Book
* The Monarch Award; Illinois K-3 Children’s Choice Award
* Notable Book in Language Arts, National Council of Teachers of English Conference in Nashville, TN
* Featured Book of the Month; Read On Wisconsin 2006 New York Public Library list of
* New York Public Library list of “100 Titles for Reading and Sharing”

## O Publication nima
### O Art nima
* Yuuni 2020 Powerhouse Lena Waithe and Rishi Rajani Take AD inside their Los Angeles Office, Architectural Digest
* yuuni 2020 An Interview With Penda Diakité, Arts Help
* Yuuni 2019 BETAir, Black Entertainment Television
* Yuuni 2019 Scholastic Magazine, Story Works featuring I Lost my Tooth In Africa by Penda Diakite
* Yuuni 2019 Art Reveal Magazine, cover and featured artist
* Yuuni 2019 Agbowo Magazine, cover and featured artist
* Yuuni 2019 Plastiq Magazine Penda Diakite Art
* Yuuni 2018 Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Launch New Art Grant…, Hyperallergic
* Yuuni 2018 The Culture Hub, Swizz Beatz, Alicia Keys and the Dean Collection bless 20 diverse artists
* Yuuni 2018 LA Sentinel Penda Diakité Showcases Her Art at the Substrate Gallery
* Yuuni 2018 Penda Diakité Awarded art grant, The Skanner
* Yuuni 2018 Interview with artist Penda Diakité, Artfriconn
* Yuuni 2018 Penda Diakité’s Art Explores POC in America, Afropunk
* Yuuni 2018 African Digital Art, Art by Penda Diakité
* Yuuni 2017 Interview with artist Penda Diakité, Professional Artist Magazine
* Yuuni 2017 Art by Penda Diakité, CAYLX A Journal of Art and Literature by Women
* Yuuni 2017 Art by Penda Diakité, OOB Magazine
* Yuuni 2017 Interview with artist Penda Diakité, BLKTICKETCONCEPT
* yuuni 2017 Interview with artist Penda Diakité, Akatasia ‘All Things African
* Yuuni 2015 Interview with contemporary artist and filmmaker Penda Diakité, Akatasia ‘All Things African

### O Fashion nima
* Yuuni 2017 Interview with artist Penda Diakité, The Network Journal
* Yuuni 2016 ‘Rad Creative of the day: Penda Diakité,’ Afropunk
* Yuuni 2016 PendaWear, Artistic Swimwear, Miss Zeee ‘All Things Bright & African’

### O sinii nima
* Yuuni 2013 Interview KBOO Radio The Film Show, interview on film ‘Tanti and the Neighbourhood Kids’
* Yuuni 2013 Skanner Newspaper Interview, ‘Tanti and the Neighbourhood Kids’ filmmaker interview
* Yuuni 2013 Cascade Festival of African Films interview for filmmakers archive
* Yuuni 2005 Festival Honours Women , The Portland Skanner Newspaper for ‘Welcome to Mali,’ directed by Penda Diakité

### O sabbu nima
* Yuuni 2006 I Lost My Tooth in Africa, by Penda Diakité, Scholastic Press
* Yuuni 2006 PBS Reading Rainbow featured: I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakite, Scholastic Press
* Yuuni 2006 Newsweek magazine, Tip Sheet: Required Reading for I Lost My Tooth in Africa, by Penda Diakité, Nov Issue
* Yuuni 2006 Black History Month Can Help Kids Dream, by Sarah Miller, St. Louis Post- Dispatch
* Yuuni 2006 Artists in Residence, by Gabrielle Glaser, The Oregonian
* Yuuni 2006 Miami Herald Review: I Lost My Tooth in Africa
* Yuuni 2006 Review in Children’s Corner, by Mary Russell, Chicago Tribune

## Kundivihira

## External links
* Artist's website