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Anna Binta Diallo born in 1983 in Senegal, is a Canadian multidisciplinary visual artist, ,.

Biography
Anna Binta Diallo was born in Dakar, Senegal in 1983, daughter of Ibrahima Diallo and Lise Gaboury-Diallo, both teachers, and granddaughter of Etienne Gaboury, architect and Claire Breton Gaboury, ceramist.

She completed her BFA at the University of Manitoba School of Fine Arts in 2006 and received her MFA from the Transart Institue in Berlin in 2013. Her work has been shown nationally including exhibitions in Brandon, Winnipeg, Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Central and internationally in Finland, Taiwan and Germany. Anna Binta Diallo has been the recipient of several grants and awards including the Canada Council for the Arts, the Quebec Arts and letters council, in 2019 Diallo's work was selected as a finalist for the Salt Spring National Art Prize and in 2021 he was awarded the Barbara Sphor Memorial Prize from the Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre and received the Black Designers of Canada Awards of Excellence.

Collections
His works are in the collections of the Royal Bank of Canada, Equity Bank, Scotiabank and private collections.

In August 2022, Anna Binta shows her telent in images in the borough of Verdun in Montreal in Occupying the entire main wall of the Espace Denis Savard, at the Verdun Auditorium, the mural Errances à Verdun stages significant moments of the past and present through a gallery of characters. Colorful and animated fresco made of mosaic and steel, the work reflects the history of Verdun, its population, its identity, its sports, cultural and social activities, its nature, its historical reality and its folklore,.

Diallo's work is often exhibited in Canada and elsewhere such as at Towards Gallery.

Awards and Recognition

 * 2006 : Recipient of the First Prize - Manuela Dias Book Design of the Year Award for the illustrations, design and layout of the book Poste Restante, (Éditions du Blé) in the competition Brave New Words: The Manitoba Writing and Publishing Awards.


 * 2007 : Recipient of the J.A. de Sève Entrance Fellowship - $3,000, Concordia University..


 * 2011 : Recipient of the Transart Institute Achievement Scholarship - Transart Institute, Berlin, University of Plymouth (UK).


 * 2013 : Programme BAIR : Artiste en résidence à Banff, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta.


 * 2014 : Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grants to Professionals in the Visual Arts


 * 2014 : The Universe and Other Systems with Shary Boyle, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta.


 * 2018 : Recipient of the Francofonds Grant for creative projects in visual arts that promote the vitality of Francophone culture, Winnipeg, Manitoba.


 * 2019 : Recipient of The Liz Crockford Artist Fund


 * 2019 : Finalist, Salt Spring National Art Prize, Salt Spring Island, Colombie Britannique.


 * 2019 : Recipient of The Brenda and Jamie Mackie Endowed Fellowships for Visual Artists


 * 2019 : Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grants to Professionals in the Visual Arts


 * 2019 : Distributed Identities with Brendan Fernandes, Deanna Bowen & Tara Aisha Willis, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, Alberta.


 * 2019 : Canada Council for the Arts - Visual Arts Grant, Research and Creation


 * 2019 : Quebec Council for the Arts and Letters, Travel Grant to Visual Arts Professionals..


 * 2020 : Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grants to Professionals in the Visual Arts


 * 2021 : Center SAGAMIE Arts and Creation Residence, Alma, Quebec


 * 2021 : Center SAGAMIE Arts and Creation Residence, Alma, Québec


 * 2020 : Selected as one of 150 Franco-Manitobans to be celebrated by DREF (Direction des ressources éducatives françaises)


 * 2021 : Recipient of the Black Designers of Excellence Award


 * 2021 : Barbara Spohr Memorial Awards. Awarded by the Walter Phillips Gallery to a recent graduate of the Banff Centre Visual Arts Residency


 * 2021 : Winner of the competition for the creation of a work of art integrated into the architecture of the Verdun Auditorium, Montreal, , ,.

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Anna Binta Diallo is the granddaughter of three children including Aisha and Jean Bocar.