born in 1987, Diourbel, Senegal ; lives and work in Dakar, Senegal
MAKHONE ISSA DIOP, born 25 September 1987 in Diourbel is a sculptor on bronze. Trained under the watchful eye of his father, Issa K. DIOP, renowned artist Makhone inherits 60 years of art and thus becomes his successor and perpetuates the family legacy. Makhone Issa DIOP is a plastic artist sculptor on bronze at the Village des Arts in Dakar, he is a perfectionist inhabited by attention to detail. He is undoubtedly a witness of his time but he is also a narrator of the time of the other. This thirst for others will lead him to be interested in the Maasai of Kenya. From these wanderings will be born great achievements such as “Massaï dance” “Massaï warrior” etc… His works obey the same impulse of love that is made of living and sublimation of the beautiful. The years of happiness and childlike carelessness will give rise to a healthy nostalgia materialized by a sublime series of children’s games such as «the wheelbarrow» «leapfrog» and also the Senegalese wrestlers. He is also an ardent defender of African culture.
