TV5 the great opportunity
These two paintings will be noticed by Mactar Sylla then director of TV5 Africa. The media man detects the potential of the artist and contacts him. ” One Sunday morning, I see TV5 cameras coming to the family home to interview me Says Samba Diallo who remembers being happy to feel his work recognized.
Mactar Sylla buys him two paintings « one was not finished, but Mactar paid cash and told me to deliver it to him after finishing it “
The story will continue with TV5 and a few months after the television show in 1995, t Mactar Sylla acquired for TV5, some cards painted by Samba ” I saw the look of my family changing, they finally understood that art could bring money and notoriety “
Becoming more and more confident, Samba continues to learn, to perfect his technique by making reliefs and mosaics on his paintings. ” I painted everything that came to mind. I was a little rebellious. Some tried to reframe me, I did not obey them, fiercely attached to my freedom of expression, I did what I wanted to do. “
At that time, Samba Diallo is so immersed in his art that he has ” ebb of images During his sleep. ” I thought I was losing my mind ! He adds when he remembers that singular period.
He exhibited at the Canadian Embassy, then in 2002, made his first solo exhibition at the Blaise Senghor Cultural Center.
In 2004, his younger brother living in France is visiting Dakar for the holidays and returns to France with canvases. The work seduces Europeans who advise Samba’s brother to bring him to France.
Success and small galleys in France ( The Hexagon)
In 2006, having obtained a visa to go to the fair of Cergy, Samba Diallo leaves Dakar. During this event, he sells twenty paintings. ” It was unheard of! My works had a hit as soon as I finished a painting, it was purchased “
After the fair in May, the works of Samba Diallo seduce Christian Pierret former minister and former mayor. Following more than twenty exhibitions, Samba is invited to the International Festival of Hagiography at the Pierre Noel Museum.
The works Samba travel gain in reputation with all these exhibitions : Paris, Biaritz , Dax, Vittel, Brussels. On December 15, 2015, Samba Diallo returns to Senegal, the artist exhibits 22 paintings at the National Gallery. The theme is all : ” back to the roots “
Exactly Two years day by day, Samba Diallo presents about twenty paintings at Kemboury Gallery . Theme of the exhibition : ” African Sun “
One of the injuries that the artist remembers took place in 2016. Samba Diallo learns that his work has seduced other French art lovers, everything goes well until the patron who wants to expose discover that the artist is a black. ” I needed a visa to go to France, first I felt the enthusiasm of this patron down, then following my calls he became downright brittle, finally he broke all contact after having clearly stated his thought, he did not want to expose me because I was black ! “
Future projects : Teaching, legacy and traveling exhibition
Samba Diallo began to transmit his passion throughout the period when his studio was at the socio-cultural center of SICAP Liberté 5. The artist has supervised the younger ones, offered them easels, paintings, painting and sometimes contacts so that they can exhibit their works.
Since returning to Senegal, the artist’s main studio has been in his home in the Sacré-Coeur district. ” In general, I have friends at home every night, but sometimes I leave them in the living room to go paint He explains.
To make a great traveling exhibition on peace, it remains one of his projects but Samba Diallo avoids giving too many details, just said it will be to show how on several continents, illustrious men have worked for universal concord by resisting hate from wherever it comes.
Samba is not exclusively a painter, in France he made sculpture from the recovery. The artist wants to move to iron sculpture, in a style that allows him to stand out.
