Djibril Dramé is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in the spiritual ethos of the Baye Fall Sufi brotherhood. His work weaves together poetic and politically charged approaches to cultural memory and contemporary African aesthetics.

Dramé began experimenting with graffiti at the age of nine, later turning to photography at fifteen. In his early twenties, he immersed himself in Dakar’s graffiti collectives, where he developed the most extensive archive of street art practice in Senegal through photography and interviews. His practice has since expanded into fine art photography and video, alongside acclaimed commercial work in fashion and corporate contexts. Across these diverse fields, he has developed a visual language that foregrounds Black experience and excellence, migration and diaspora, spirituality and gender identity—most often through photographic portraiture, using a Hasselblad 907X & CFV 100C medium format camera.

Since his first exhibition in 2012, he has presented his work in Africa, Europe, and beyond, developing a collaborative approach that brings together artists, researchers, and thinkers around Black and diasporic narratives. A member of the sixth cohort of residents at Black Rock Senegal, he is currently researching the legacy of Senegalese jazz singer and actress Aminata Fall during a Dekandoo residency in Gandiol, Saint-Louis (Senegal).