2023 — More True Than Fact, Mehari Sequar Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA, 20 July–30 August 2023.
2021 — Jesus Was Black, Galerie du Fleuve, Institut Français, Saint-Louis, Senegal, 9–31 October 2021. Touring presentation.
2021 — Jesus Was Black, Centre Culturel J. Ndiaye, Gorée Island, Dakar, Senegal, 1–30 June 2021. Supported by the Institut Français and the French Embassy in Senegal.
2019 — Les Jeunes Lutteurs de Barafaye, Key West Photography Festival, Florida, USA, 7–10 February 2019.
2014 — Ma Ville Colorée, Goethe-Institut, Dakar, Senegal, 23 October–22 November 2014.
2012 — Ma Ville Colorée, Haus der Jugend, Freiburg, Germany, 28 September–30 November 2012.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026–2027
2026–2027 — Refabulation(s), 15th Rencontres de Bamako, Bamako, Mali, 26 November 2026–26 January 2027. Official selection of the African Biennale of Photography.
2026 — Inheriting the Future, October Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 16 April–16 May 2026. With Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, Alexis Peskine and Zana Masombuka.
2026 — Seeing Otherwise, DADA Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, and Cape Town, South Africa, 28 February–26 April 2026. With Kelani Abass, Delali Ayivi, Nuits Balnéaires and Sharon Walters.
2025
2025 — The Print Room, Lines of Sight: Africa Now, Galerie Studer, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 27 November–14 December 2025. Presented within the 4th Africa Foto Fair, initiated by Aïda Muluneh.
2025 — Dooley Jiggeen, Suuf ak Ndox, Musée des Civilisations Noires, Dakar; MuPho Musée de la Photographie, Saint-Louis; and Espace Culturel Gérard Chenet, Toubab Dialaw, Senegal, 29 October–27 November 2025.
2025 — Fela Anikulapo-Kuti: Afrobeat Rebellion, Ecobank Pan African Centre, Lagos, Nigeria, 12 October–28 December 2025. Participating artist.
2025 — Xolu Dakar Bi, University of Cambridge / Cambridge ArtSpace, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 27–30 March 2025.
2024–2025
2024–2025 — Pays Bassari, Musée Dauphinois, Grenoble, France, 7 December 2024–8 September 2025.
2024–2025 — Transcendent Earth, Affinity Gallery, Lagos, Nigeria, 31 October 2024–18 January 2025.
2024 — Dem Dikk/Viavai, Italian Cultural Institute, Dakar, Senegal. Dak’Art OFF, 21 May–14 July 2024.
2024 — Kigali Triennial, Kigali, Rwanda, 16–25 February 2024.
2023–2024
2023–2024 — House of Reasoned Truths: Recent Video Art from Africa, touring exhibition presented at Tifawt Digital Arts Festival, Rabat, Morocco; Telematic Media Arts, San Francisco, USA; Södertälje Konsthall, Sweden; and Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom, 11 November 2023–10 March 2024.
2023–2024 — Sharjah Architecture Triennial, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 11 November 2023–10 March 2024. Collaboration with Bubu Ogisi on óré ì sé agbòn, a film and photography project.
2023 — KAFART: 4th Kaduna Fashion & Art Exhibition, Kaduna, Nigeria, 17–19 November 2023.
2023 — Chale Wote Street Art Festival, Accra, Ghana, 17–24 August 2023.
2022
2022 — Still I Rise, Google Headquarters, Paris, France, 18–25 October 2022.
2022 — Across Generations, Brookfield Properties Art & Culture, 99 Bishopsgate, London, United Kingdom, 3–31 October 2022. With Vanley Burke, Nuits Balnéaires and Denise Maxwell.
2022 — New African Narratives, Cairo Marriott Hotel, Cairo, Egypt, 21–22 June 2022. Presented alongside the 3rd Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development.
2021 — Imaging Blackness, Platform, Unit, London, United Kingdom, 12 October–22 November 2021. Curated by Aindrea Emelife.
2021 — Visage, Ancien Musée de Peintre, Grenoble, France, 7–28 October 2021.
2020
2020 — Salon Geew Bi, Institut Français, Dakar, Senegal, 26 October–15 December 2020.
2019
2019 — LifeArt Festival, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, USA, 5–10 November 2019.
2019 — Kigali Foto Fest, Kigali, Rwanda, 7–16 June 2019.
2019 — Reflecting Matter, Matter Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, 21 April–19 May 2019.
2018
2018 — Time Is Love.11, international touring video art exhibition curated by Kisito Assangni. Presented at Lily Agius Gallery, Malta; CCA Glasgow, Scotland; Casablanca International Video Art Festival, Morocco; and EX-NEW Contemporary Art Center, Milan, Italy, 17 February–8 May 2018.
2018 — Key West Photography Festival, Florida, USA, 8–11 February 2018.
2017
2017 — African-Print Fashion Now! A Story of Taste, Globalisation and Style, Fowler Museum, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, 26 March–30 July 2017.
2016
2016 — Addis Foto Fest, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 15–29 December 2016. Curated by Aïda Muluneh.
2016 — African Film Festival, Lincoln Film Center, New York, USA, 1–30 May 2016.
2013
2013 — Leer Lanu Gueum: Follow the Light, FGO-Barbara Center, Paris, France, 9 September–6 October 2013. Part of Tandem Dakar–Paris, organised by the Institut Français and the City of Paris.
2011
2011 — IV Photoafrica, Tarifa, Spain, 6–19 June 2011. Competition and outdoor exhibition organised by Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía and Al-Tarab as part of the 8th FCAT.
2009
2009 — Les Plus Beaux Moments du Sport au Sénégal, Goethe-Institut, Dakar, Senegal, 21 April–1 May 2009.
ART FAIRS
2026 — Africa Basel, Basel, Switzerland, 17–21 June 2026. Presented by October Gallery, alongside Sokari Douglas Camp, Eddy Kamuanga Ilunga, LR Vandy, Xanthe Somers and Zana Masombuka.
2022 — Photo London, presented by DADA Gallery, 11–29 May 2022.
2022 — 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Christie’s, Paris, France, presented by DADA Gallery, 7–10 April 2022.
2021 — Art X Lagos, Nigeria, presented by DADA Gallery, 3–21 November 2021.
2021 — 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Christie’s, Paris, France, presented by DADA Gallery, 20–31 January 2021.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2026 — The Over Gallery × Pol & Grace Artist Hotel, Barcelona, Spain, 29 June–17 July 2026. Artist residency accompanied by the exhibition YOON.
2026 — Finding Etherea, Grand-Popo, Benin, 12–20 January 2026. Group residency organised with Lọpọ Lọpọ Festival, initiated by Tobi Onabolu and Laetitia Walendom. Participants included n (Melissandre Varin), Bubu Ogisi and Moses Hamborg.
2025 — Dëkandoo Artist Residency, Hahatay, Gandiol, Senegal, 24 October–20 November 2025.
2025 — Black Rock Senegal, Dakar, Senegal, 10–30 September 2025. Cycle 6 artist residency; founded by Kehinde Wiley.
2024–2025 — Finding Etherea, Grand-Popo, Benin, 25 December 2024–13 January 2025. Residency founded by Tobi Onabolu.
2019 — MACAM Museum, Aït-Aalita, Lebanon, 3–19 September 2019. Wall of Contemplation project.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2023 — Xalé, directed by Moussa Sène Absa, received awards at the Africa Movie Academy Awards.
2020 — Juried selection, Salon Geew Bi, Institut Français, Dakar. Creation grant and group exhibition; one of 17 laureates.
2018 — First Place Winner, Portrait Photography, Key West Photography Festival, Florida, USA. Award included an equipment grant and solo presentation at the 2019 edition.
2011 — Finalist, 4th Photoafrica, Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía and Al-Tarab.
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2026 — Forthcoming — Yoonu Fann, Dakar OFF 2026, Dakar, Senegal, scheduled for 28–29 November 2026. Curatorial project presented across the ambassadorial residences of Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
2025–Present — President of the Jury, Salon International du Cinéma et de la Photographie de Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis, Senegal.
2025 — Fecc / Danza, MuPho Musée de la Photographie, Saint-Louis, Senegal, 27 June–31 August 2025. Co-curated with Sara Catalan in conjunction with the Duo Solo Danse Festival.
2022 — Associate Curator, CanAfrica NFT Exhibition 2022, NFT Canarias, online. Co-curated with Charlie Five; launched 2 October 2022.
2022 — Demb ak Tay, Henriette Bathily Museum, Dakar, Senegal.
2020 — You Are Beautiful the Way You Are, Médina and downtown Dakar, Senegal, 22 October–31 December 2020. Public-realm intervention co-curated with Modou Dieng, featuring artists including Hassan Hajjaj, Hank Willis Thomas, Jordan Casteel and Alun Be.
2017 — The Art Lounge, Afro Music Festival, The Union, Los Angeles, USA, 9 September 2017.
2013 — L’Émotion Écrite, Espace Medina, Dakar, Senegal. Solo presentation of work by photographer and activist Mandione Laye Kebe.
SELECTED COMMERCIAL AND CREATIVE PROJECTS
2024–2025 — All Day I Dream About Sport(s), adidas Originals commission by Gabriel Moses and Pharrell Williams. Movement Director. Chaired the panel for the Dakar premiere at Espace Trames on 13 December 2024; the official premiere took place at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA, on 15 February 2025.
2023 — A Journey Through Dakar, Senegal Guided by Nana Komatsu, Vogue Japan. Dakar-based fashion shoot featuring actress and Chanel ambassador Nana Komatsu.
2021 — Xalé, directed by Moussa Sène Absa. Production Director, Art Curator and Fashion Consultant. Senegal’s submission for the 2022 Academy Awards. The film received awards at the 2023 Africa Movie Academy Awards.
2021 — Creativity in Motion, Vogue USA. Selected as one of 21 photographers from 21 countries, alongside Paul Graham, Pieter Hugo, Jackie Nickerson and Nigel Shafran.
2024 — Pan-African Curatorial Studies Programme, Ségou’Art, Institut Kôré, Ségou, Mali, 29 January–2 February 2024. Facilitators included Simon Njami and Abdoulaye Konaté.
2016 — ICI Curatorial Intensive, Independent Curators International and Raw Material Company, Dakar, Senegal, 30 May–5 June 2016. Facilitators included Koyo Kouoh, Simon Njami and Franklin Sirmans.
2010–2014 — Bachelor’s studies in Journalism and Communication, with a minor in Public Relations, ISSIC, Dakar, Senegal.
COLLECTIONS
Universal Music Group – EMI Records UK
The Somewhere Collection
Majed Halawi Collection
Private collections across Africa, Europe, the United Arab Emirates and the United States
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
2024–Present — Kamoinge Black Photographers Collective.
2024–Present — IKT: International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art.
2016–Present — ACASA: Arts Council of the African Studies Association, USA.