Colección: Badara Ndiaye
Badara Ndiaye (b. 1984, Kaolack, Senegal) is a multidisciplinary artist whose trajectory bridges sport, fashion, and contemporary art. After a career in Division I basketball in the U.S., cut short by injury, he turned to fashion as a model and creative director, collaborating with brands such as Givenchy, Tom Ford, and Puma. His distinctive style has been featured in international outlets including Vogue, GQ, Elle, and Harper’s Bazaar, and he has contributed to academic programs at Parsons School of Design and Istituto Marangoni in Paris and New York.
As a polyglot and cultural ambassador of Senegal, Ndiaye draws on his diverse experiences to explore themes of resilience, identity, transformation, and cultural dialogue through painting, sculpture, film, and upcycling practices. Inspired by the red and ochre earth of Africa, his works celebrate color as an essential life force, transforming everyday objects and materials into new forms. His art, deeply rooted in sociology, anthropology, and lived experience, questions inequality and celebrates difference while narrating his own story of perseverance and reinvention.
His recent exhibition, XIPPI, at the August Wilson Museum in Pittsburgh, reflects his philosophy of art as a medium of transformation and connection across cultures.
AKKA (Also Known as Africa)
Art & design fair
Paris – October 24-26, 2025
Booth 12
Obras
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SYNCHRONICITY II
2025
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
132 x 93 cm
52 x 34 inches
A combination of different elements in our lives that come together and coexist.
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IN MY THOUGHTS
2025
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
132 x 93 cm
52 x 34 inches
In full reflection of life.
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SELF-PORTRAIT
2025
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
132 x 93 cm
52 x 34 inches
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THE DANCING WARRIOR
2025
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
132 x 93 cm
52 x 34 inches
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TWO IN ONE
2025
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
136 x 97 cm
53.5 x 38.5 inches
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THE BEAUTY OF AGEING
2025
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
132 x 93 cm
52 x 34 inches
Depicting aging and its beauty when viewed from a different perspective. With age comes experience and life lessons.
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The Immigrant
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
58.5 x 52 cm
23 x 20.5 inches
Setting foot in an unknown land - Uncertain of what that same land has to offer - willing to water the dry land to enrich it while enriching oneself - Driven by hope and a will to succeed!
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ABSTRACT COMMUNITY
2025
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
60 X 50 cm
24 X 20 inches
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QUEST OF THE FRESH
2025
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
156 x 134 cm
68 x 52.5 inches
Inspired by a marriage of soft and neutral colors, seeking purity!
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Surviving
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
50 x 40 cm
20 x 16 inches
Omitting the very human part of himself with his hands, a male slave hides his sensitivity and emotions while being auctioned in a theater. Emotional intelligence was not what the colonizers sought, for they saw the slaves as animals. They didn’t expect to see or to understand the slave before their eyes, who is, in fact, a human being who is capable of FEELING.
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Celebration
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
88 x 68 cm
35 x 27 inches
Celebrating life no matter the age, no matter the happenings!
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The Battle
113 x 86cm / 44.5” x 34 inches
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
To each his or her own battle. This is about creating a healthy and sane space for yourself. Not everyone is going to understand what you’re going through. The battle is only yours to fight.
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LE TIRAILLEUR
2024
Acrylic on canvas
82 x 78 cm
33 x 31 inches
“Le Tirailleur is a representation and commemoration of all the Senegalese soldiers who fought Germany to help France free itself from Hitler’s agenda. Exhibited at Museum: August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: April - July 2024 « XIPPI, HERITAGE, AND METAMORPHOSIS: VOICES IN WEST AFRICAN ART »
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THE CURIOUS BOY
2023
Acrylic on upcycled foamboard/chalkboard
200 x 145 cm
79 x 57 inches
We are driven by Curiosity. Children are the fastest learners of everything and anything. Being curious can get you in trouble, but without curiosity, one won’t go far. “The Curious Boy” is an interpretation of all the times I got caught by my mother while seeking to learn new things, such as swimming. My curiosity was met with a “THIARAKH” (a Wolof word for sandal, the Spanish version of “chancleta”). It didn’t stop me from learning to swim, which saved my life a few months later, as I was almost drowned.
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THE CRYOUT
2023
Acrylic on upcycled aluminum panel
200 x 140 cm
79 x 55 inches
“An interpretation of my understanding of how most women around the world felt before # MeToo. There was a lot that was unsaid, but the female character in my Artwork is about to say it all. She is going to expose the society that has refused to honor her and recognize her capabilities and worth.
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THE CHALLENGER
2023
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
58.5 x 52 cm
23 x 20.5 inches
Social challenges can have negative consequences for us and put us at risk. Society is not always tolerant and could become the slow-burning fire that burns us. We, however, must challenge fire and put it out, so that there is no smoke to suffocate us.
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SERENE LOVE
2023
Acrylic on upcycled aluminum panel
160 x 150 cm
63 x 59 inches
Love with the person we choose brings strength and serenity to our lives, to a point where it can overshadow all the chaos that surrounds us. Love is Freeing! Love saves us!
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FITTING IN
2023
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
79 x 63 cm
31 x 25 inches
Belonging to two different worlds means to be always seen as an outsider even by your “own” community.
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ABSTRACT - FIGURATIVE
2023
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
32 x 27 cm
13 x 11 inches
Your imagination is yours and yours only. It is solely to you that it matters how you see it. -
THE PREDECESSORS
2023
Acrylic on upcycled foam board/chalkboard
200 x 104 cm
79 x 41 inches
Malick Sidibe - Seydou Keïta: Framing history #colonialism #Fashion #Art #freedom
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Ñool World (World for the Black)
2022
Acrylic on canvas
53 x 44 cm
21 x 17.5 inches
Interconnection of people of black origins. Today, we, black people, are almost everywhere around the world, yet we find so many similarities between us from different parts of the world. Exhibited at Museum: August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: April - July 2024 « XIPPI, HERITAGE, AND METAMORPHOSIS: VOICES IN WEST AFRICAN ART »
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M’Bubu (cotton)
2019
Acrylic on a Traditional Senegalese
200 x 104 cm
79 x 41 inches
Exhibited at Museum: August Wilson African American Cultural Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: April - July 2024 « XIPPI, HERITAGE, AND METAMORPHOSIS: VOICES IN WEST AFRICAN ART
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SERIÑ BÍ (Sir)
2023
Acrylic on wood
40 x 16 cm
16 x 6.5 inches
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BOP-PUH (Head)
2023
Acrylic on wood
18 x 7 cm
7 x 3 inches
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THE THINKER
2023
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel
32 x 27 cm
13 x 11 inches
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TABLEAU - SCULPTURE
2023
Acrylic on upcycled wooden panel + Metal stand
158 x 85 cm
63 x 33.5 inches
