Eva Diallo was born in 1996 in Lausanne, Switzerland. She lives and works in Dakar, Senegal.
In 2018, she graduated in photography from the Centre d’Enseignement Professionnel of Vevey in Switzerland and moved to Saint-Louis in Senegal where she dedicated herself to her artistic practice.
Since 2017, she assists the artist Samuel Gatacap in a photographic project around precarious refugee camps scattered in the region of Puglia, in the South of Italy.
When Eva Diallo moved to Senegal in 2018, she devoted her artistic research to the issue of illegal migration, drawing on her own family history and particularly that of two of her cousins who left Senegal for Italy and France. The numerous trips made by the artist to Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and all around West Africa in the footsteps of her relatives give shape to a series of photographs in progress divided by chapter: Bolol. At each stage, the artist immerses herself in the place to understand its functioning and to capture its atmosphere.
Selected exhibitions: Manifold, group show, 59 Greek St., London, United Kingdom (2022); About Now #2, group show, Galerie Cécile Fakhoury, Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (2022); Bolol, part I, II, III, IV, OFF Dak'Art Biennale, Galerie du fleuve, Saint-Louis, Senegal (2022); Act. e II, by the Seek collective, OFF Dak'Art Biennale 2022, Dakar, Senegal (2022); Bolol, part I, II, III, IV, Trames les Murs, Dakar, Senegal (2021); Adama au Studio in duo with Adama Sylla, Galerie Regard Sud, Lyon, France (2021); Bolol Part II, Club 44, La Chaux-de-fonds, Switzerland (2020); Bolol Part I, Galerie Strates, Lausanne (2020); I was here, I saw here, Galerie de la Filature, Mulhouse, France (2019); Autostrada, Le Château, St. Louis, Senegal (2018). Louis, Senegal (2018)