Dior Thiam

2021 – 2024
Fine Arts, graduated in the Class of Jimmy Robert, University of Fine Arts Berlin

2019 – 2021
Guest student at Institut for Art in Context, University of Fine Arts Berlin

2015 – 2019
Painting and Graphics, University of Fine Arts Leipzig

2012 – 2015
Philosophy / Social Sciences, Humboldt University Berlin

lives and works in Berlin

 

Grants (Selection)

2025
STRABAG Art Award
Stipendiatin der Stiftung Kunstfonds
Ifitry Residency, Morocco

2024
Honorary Mention, Bamako Encounters; the African Biennal of Photography
ECOWAS Integration Prize for the Best Artistic Creator in West Africa, Artist Prize
Haus am Kleistpark Kunstpreis, Haus am Kleistpark, Nomination
Schulz-Stübner-Foundation Prize for Painting

2023
AWU, Archive Sites, Awu Feminist Library Dakar, Artist/Writer’s Residency
ACCESS ART X PRIZE, Finalist, Art X Lagos, Artist Prize, Artist Residency
BAAR ART, Artist Residency

2020
Akademie Schloss Solitude, Shortlist, Residency, Colonial Heritage, Shared Futures
Salon GEEW BI, Galérie Le Manège Dakar, Jury Prize

2019
SAVVY Contemporary Berlin, Residency, Decolonizing Bauhaus

Solo Exhibitions

2025

SEXAUER Showroom
on lower frequencies

STRABAG Art, Wien
Before Ruins


Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2026

Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Tiralleurs: Trials and Tribulations

2025

STRABAG Art Vienna
Art Prize Winner´s Exhibition

2024

The African Biennale of Photography
14th edition Bamako Encounters, National Museum of Mali

15th edition DAK’ART Biennale
International Exhibition, Ancien Palais de Justice Dakar

Galerie Kellerman, Düsseldorf
Human Encounters

2023

Habitat Contemporary, Kansas City
Berlin Files Unapologetic

Spoiler Zone Berlin, curated by Interspace Collective
Are there two of me

Gämsberg Keller Basel
Art Basel Reflection, curated by Baar Art / Residency Journey / Kollektiv Ansichtssache

Contemporary Showrom (CSR.ART) Berlin
Zeitenwende, Kunst und Gesellschaft

African Diaspora Art Museum Atlanta
We need Love, curated by Nydia Blas

Galeria by Lastcrit, Barcelona
Berlin Files Unapologetic

2022

Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, curated by Bonaventure Son Bejeng Ndikung
A different now is close enough to exhale on you

Galérie Cécile Fakhoury Abidjan, Ivory Coast
About Now

DAK’ART Biennale, 14th edition, Residency of France Dakar
Tant que les arbres s´enracineront dans la terre

Galérie Mémoires Africaines, Saly
Chaos

2021

Archive Sites & Savvy Contemporary Berlin
This bridge can get us there

Gorée regards sur Cours, Festival, Senegal
Gorée Autrement

Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IfA)
Areyouforreal

Dekoloniale Festival
direction of a performance by BlackArtActionBerlin (BAAB)

2020

Galerie Le Manège, Institut Français Dakar
Grand Jury Prize Winner´s Exhibition

2019

Savvy Contemporary Berlin
Spinning Triangles