Senegal: The Dakar Biennale Has Announced the 75 Artists for Its 2026 Edition

Highly anticipated following all sorts of speculation, the official selection for the 2026 Dakar Biennale includes 54 artists for the Official International Exhibition and 21 artists for the Design Section. Among these selected artists are individual artists, collaborative duos, and collectives, with a strong focus on artists from regions that have been largely underrepresented at the Biennale in recent years, such as Sudan and Suriname.

The complete list of the 75 participating artists is as follows:

International Exhibition:

1. Georges Adéagbo (Benin)
2. Victor Adewale (Nigeria)
3. Fatiha Zemmouri (Morocco)
4. Nia Hampton (United States)
5. Dela Anyah (Ghana)
6. Joey Aresoa (Madagascar)
7. Kolawolé Atcho (Benin)
8. Ismail Bahri (Tunisia)
9. Nu Barreto (Guinea-Bissau)
10. Hady Barry (Guinea/United States)
11. M’Barek Bouhchichi (Morocco)
12. Catherine Boyer (France)
13. Ernest Breleur (France)
14. Ibrahima Cissé, known as Déb’s (Senegal)
15. Kelechi Agwuncha & KESSWA, born Kesiena Wanogho (United States/Nigeria)
16. Neve Insular Collective (Cape Verde)
17. Studio Dialogues Collective (Ghana)
18. Sabrina Da Silva Medeiros (Brazil/France)
19. Caroline Déodat (France/Mauritius)
20. Rashid Diab (Sudan)
21. Aliou Diack (Senegal)
22. Serigne Ibrahima Dieye (Senegal)
23. Pape Diop, nominated by Mamadou Boye Diallo (Senegal)
24. Mbaye Babacar Diouf (Senegal)
25. Beau Disundi Nzazi (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
26. Safaa Erruas (Morocco)
27. Stéphane Foucaud (France)
28. Eva Diallo (Senegal/Switzerland)
29. Lungiswa Gqunta (South Africa)
30. Carla Gueye (Senegal/France)
31. Ola Hassanain (Sudan)
32. Clémence Lollia Hilaire (France)
33. Miriam Hillawi Abraham (Ethiopia)
34. Melinda Fourn-Houngbo (Benin/France)
35. Onyeka Igwe (Nigeria/United Kingdom)
36. Hamedine Kane (Mauritania/Senegal/Belgium)
37. Alexandra Karakashian (South Africa)
38. Linda Lamignan (Nigeria/Norway)
39. Mohamed Laouli (Morocco/France)
40. Renée Akitelek Mboya (Kenya)
41. Wezile Harmans (South Africa)
42. Bitibiza Muongo (Democratic Republic of the Congo/Belgium)
43. Cheikh Ndiaye (Senegal)
44. Ivy Brandie Chemutai Ng’ok (Kenya)
45. Ibrahima Niang, known as Piniang (Senegal)
46. Jean-David Nkot (Cameroon)
47. Vanessa Amoah Opoku & Joy Weinberger (Ghana/Germany)
48. Marcel Pinas (Suriname)
49. Tabita Rezaire (France/French Guiana)
50. Kevin Rouillard (Cape Verde/France)
51. Mona Okulla Obua (Uganda/Germany)
52. Souad Abdelrassoul (Egypt)
53. El Hadji Sy, known as El Sy (Senegal)
54. Dominique Zinkpè (Benin).

Design Exhibition

1. Anne-Lise Agossa (Ivory Coast)
2. Altin Studio Collective / ALTIN (Tunisia)
3. Yemi Awosile (United Kingdom)
4. Rym Beydoun (Ivory Coast/Lebanon)
5. Omar Chakil (Egypt)
6. Couleurs Indigo Collective (Benin/Burkina Faso)
7. Dach & Zéphir Collective / dach&zephir (France)
8. Aïssa Dione (Senegal)
9. Zoe Chinonso Ene (Nigeria/United Kingdom)
10. Aboubakar Fofana (Mali/France)
11. Hilali Hiba (Morocco/France)
12. Dozie Kanu (Nigeria)
13. Peter Mabeo (Botswana)
14. Nifemi Marcus-Bello (Nigeria)
15. Ndomo Collective (Mali)
16. Balla Niang (Senegal)
17. Mauro Petroni (Senegal/Italy)
18. Larry Tchogninou (Benin)
19. Michael Tetteh (Ghana)
20. Paul Yakubu (Nigeria/United Kingdom)
21. Estelle Yomeda (Togo).

In addition, the “Grand Témoin” of the 2026 Dakar Biennale is the Moroccan artist Faouzi Laatiris, while the Senegalese artists Serigne Mbaye Camara and Abdoulaye Niokhor Bob, known as Ngor, are this edition’s “Carte Blanche ” and the “Honored Artist” of this edition, respectively. So mark your calendars for November 19 to discover the various artistic presentations.