Omar Victor Diop

**Omar Victor Diop** (born 1980) be a Senegalese photographer wey ein conceptually-rich work be exhibited around de world. He dey live den dey work insyd Dakar den Paris, France.   

## Early life den education
Na dem born Omar Victor Diop insyd Dakar, Senegal. He be de youngest of six kiddies, wey na ein parents value education as a means to pursue opportunity. He den ein siblings attend optimal schooling from a young age, wich result in a career insyd finance den corporate communications. He study for de ESCE International Business School insyd Paris before he work for Ernst & Young as an analyst, den then plus British American Tobacco insyd de African international relations department.  

## Series
Diop release chaw series, wey dey include:

* *Re-mixing Hollywood* (2013) - a collaboration with the French-born American photographer Antoine Tempé. Dey consist of 20 photographs, de series dey based on iconic moments of popular American den French movies while dem dey replace dema subjects plus individuals from Senegal den Côte d'Ivoire.
* *Project Diaspora* (2015) - a self-portrait series insyd wich Diop dey recreate 15th den 16th century European paintings of educated, stylish, den confident historical figures of de African diaspora. Diop dey plan make he widen *Project Diaspora* ein scope to Asia, de Americas den de Middle East.
* *Hopeful Blues* (2015) - a series wich dey explore hope den resilience thru portraits of refugees of de UN Refugee Agency. (Part of ein exhibit he title *REFUGEE.)*
* *Liberty* (2016) - a photographic series wich dey recount, dey interpret den dey juxtapose historically defining moments of black history.

## Exhibitions
Diop participate insyd chaw exhibitions internationally, wey dey include:

### Group exhibitions

**Untitled Miami Beach,* Miami, Florida (2016)
**African Folk Art?: Contemporary Creations in Sub-Saharian Africa,* FRAC, Aquitaine, France (2016)
**Paris Photo,* Grand Palais, Paris, France (2017)
**Festival Photo,* La Gacilly*,* Brittany, France (2017)
**Art/ Afrique, le nouvel atelier,* Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France (2017)
**African Passions,* Cadaval Palace, Evora, Portugal (2018)
**Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design,* Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany (2019)

**1.54* Contemporary African Art Fair, Avenue Bad Jdid, Marrakech (2019)
**Radical Revisionists: Contemporary African Artists Confronting Past and Present*, Moody Center for the Arts, Houston, Texas (2020)

### Solo exhibitions

* *Liberty/ Diaspora, Autograph, London, [[United Kingdom|England]] (2018)*
* *Visual Arts Biennal of Mercosul, Santander Cultural, Porto Alegre, Brazil (2018)*
* *Africa Africa, Palazzo Litta, Milan, Italy (2018)*
* *A Queen Within Adorned Archetypes,* Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle, Washington (2019)
* *The Luminous Worlds of Omar Victor Diop*, Mariposa Museum & World Culture Center (2022)

## Collections
Diop ein work dem hold insyd chaw public collections, wey dey include:

* Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris, France

* Brooklyn Museum, New York, US
* Tang Museum at Skidmore College, New York, US
* Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, Illinois, US

## Art market
Omar Victor Diop be represented by de MAGNIN-A gallery insyd Paris, den by Elaine Harris plus AfricaLive Productions.
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