Adji Dieye : finaliste du prix Maxxi Bvlgari : Adji Dieye

The Senegalese and Italian artist Adji Dieye is among the three finalists of the Maxxi Bvlgari Prize 2026.

Adji Dieye (Milan, 1991) is a multidisciplinary artist living and working between Milan and Dakar. Her research investigates how notions of representation and identity shape the socio-political structures of the contemporary world. Through the analysis of advertising, architecture, and national archives, Dieye explores the aesthetics that define ideas of self-determination and collective identity.
Photography occupies a central role in her practice, both as a versatile medium and as a critical tool to question processes of representation and othering between Western and non-Western societies.
According to the jury:

“Her work blurs the sharp lines between documentary and invention, inviting viewers to take an active and responsible approach to the history of her homeland, Senegal. On one hand, she addresses political issues such as decolonisation through layered whispers made up of events excluded or forgotten by history. On the other hand, photography serves as a tool within a broader network of practices that together articulate postcolonial landscapes, memories and silences.”