Lune

Alioune Diagne, known as Lune Diagne, is a multidisciplinary artist, visual artist, choreographer and dancer born in 1982 in Saint-Louis, Senegal. He lives and works between Senegal and the Netherlands.

Trained at the École des Beaux-Arts de Dakar and then in contemporary dance under Germaine Acogny and Ciré Beye, he develops a cross-disciplinary practice in which body, painting and performance respond to one another in service of a decolonial memory. His work, recognized on the international stage, spans dance, visual arts and community engagement.

On the choreographic stage, his works include Banlieue (2012), a piece co-produced by Maaike Cotterink and the CCN Ballet Preljocaj-Pavillon Noir, presented in 18 African countries, and Siki (2015), a solo about the life of boxer Battling Siki. More recently, Amour Amour Amour, Tu ne reposeras jamais en paix (a duo with Mbaye Diop, 2025) and the NEKKATUFI project in Conakry reflect a flourishing stage practice. In 2026, he takes part in the Biennale de la Danse en Afrique in Toubab Dialaw and Dakar.

In the visual arts, his Tirailleurs series (since 2018), devoted to the Senegalese soldiers massacred at Thiaroye in 1944, followed by the exhibitions Talataay Nder (OH Gallery, 2022) and Corps à battre (OH Gallery, 2025) around the figure of Battling Siki, have built his international reputation. He was also awarded a residency at the Villa Albertine in New York in 2024. He is represented by OH Gallery in Dakar and by Léonore Cachat in Switzerland.

In April 2026, he presents his latest work, Corps à battre, at OH Gallery in Dakar. It is an immersive exhibition bringing together paintings, installations, videos and performances around the figure of Battling Siki, where the boxing ring becomes a metaphor for the human condition, struggle and resistance.