SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2017 Baba Wague Diakite, Cargo, Portland, OR

2013 Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR

2012 Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR

2011 Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR

2010 Balancing Moon and Earth, Northview Gallery, PCC Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR

2009 Pulliam Gallery, Portland, OR

2008 Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL

2007 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

2007 Animalities, Pacini Lubel Gallery, with R Neuenschwander Seattle, WA

2006 New Sculpture, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

2005 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

2005 Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA

2004 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

2004 The Magic Gourd; Stories and Tales from Mali, West Africa, Holter Museum of Art, Helena Montana

2003 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

2002 Mami Wata, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

2001 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

2000 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

1999 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

1999 Baba Wague Diakite: African Folktales, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA

1998 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

1997 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

1996 Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

1995 Wague's Once-in-a-While Special Event, Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery, Portland, OR

1995 The Way Back Home: Life as a Way of Art, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR

1994 Wague' Ka Ko Ba Ke` Ko Kelen-Kelen (Wague's Once-In-A-While Special Event) Jamison/Thomas Gallery, PDX,OR

1993 Wague' Ka Ko Ba Ke` Ko Kelen-Kelen, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR

1992 Wague' Ka Ko Ba Ke` Ko Kelen-Kelen, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR

1992 Don-Baw, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, New York, NY

1991 Don-Ba Day, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR

1990 Don-Ba!!!, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR

1989 High Tea With Wague, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR

1988 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR

1988 High Tea With Wague, Jamison/Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023, Black Artists Of Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

2022 Black Lives Matter, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland State University, Portland, OR

2020 Clay & Life: Couples in Clay, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR & Richmond, VA in conjunction w/ NCECA

2019 The Cutting Edge, exhibition with Penda Diakite, Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR

2019 Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR

2018-20 Our Voice: Coretta Scott King Illustrator Awards, travelling exhibition by NCCIL, Abilene, TX

2018 Migration Stories, Multnomah Arts Center Gallery, Portland, OR

2016-17 US Embassy in France

2014 Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR

2004 Baba Wague Diakite and Ronna Neuenschwander, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR

2004 Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2004 Mali: The Empire, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, VA

2003 Art From Children’s Books, 2003 in conjunction w/NYPL’s “100 Books for Reading and Sharing 2003”,

New York Public Library, Central Children’s Room, New York, NY

2003 A Language of Pattern, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean, VA

2000 Renewing Tradition: Bogolan in Mali and Abroad, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA

2000 Art of the African Diaspora: Influence & Confluence, Chemeketa Com Col, Salem, OR

1995 Animal Image Show, Cannon Beach Art Assoc. Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

1994 Public Encounters, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR

1994 Society for Contemporary Crafts, Philadelphia, PA

1993 Art: Transcending Barriers, Forum `93, Vollum Center, Reed College, Portland, OR

1993 Crosscut, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR

1993 One World: Traditional Root/Cultural Wings, Artquake, Portland, OR

1993 3 Dimensions X 5, Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR

1992 Spirit of the West, Traveling Exhibition sponsored by West One Bank

1990 International Tea Art Exhibition, Contemporary Crafts Gallery

1990 A Tea Party, Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA

1989 Animal Imagery, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS

2020 Multnomah County Courthouse, Portland, OR; six 4’x8’ wood panel paintings

2019 Louisa Flowers Bldg, Portland,OR; 12’h x 65’w painted mural for Home Forward

2019 Central City Concern Ed Blackburn Bldg, Portland,OR; 12’x30’w painted mural

2016 Open Meadow School, Portland, OR; 12’h x 20’w painted mural with students

2015 PCC Cascade Campus, Portland, OR; 4’h x 4’w tile mural for entryway to

Head Start/Childhood Development entrance of Cascade Hall.

2015 Black Cultural Center, OSU, Corvallis, OR; Two 22” dia. ceramic platters

hung in the Learning Center.

2012 Pedestrian Parkway Mural, N Precinct Police Station, Portland, OR;

6’h x 40’w painted mural through Regional Arts & Culture Council.

2009 The Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR; a 20’ x 20’ ceramic mosaic in the

Serengeti Plaza exhibit, in collaboration with artist Ronna Neuenschwander.

2006 Musicians’ Union Mural, Portland, OR in partnership with 3 other mural artists. Each artist painted a

25’ h x 20’ w portion of Union Building exterior wall.

2005 Jackson Middle School, Portland, OR "River of Life" 5' h x 27' w bas relief mural, in collaboration with

artist Ronna Neuenschwander and 6th grade students. Incorporates acrylic painting, ceramic bas reliefs

and mixed media mosaic of World History from Early man to 21st Century.

2000-01 Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge, Orlando, FL. One 6' h x 84' l painted mural for restaurant. Five 6'

dia. and one 12' dia. bronze medallions inlaid in floor of the Animal Kingdom Lodge.

1998 The Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR; a 6' x 8' Mural consisting of sandblasted slate and tile mosaic

installed in walkway at the new entrance of zoo.

1997 West International House Plaza, Oregon State University; Corvallis, OR through Oregon Arts

Commission Per Cent For Art Program. Fifty two 1' h x1' w ceramic tile murals integrated into

outdoor columns along covered walkway depicting images from various cultures around the world.

1994-95 Portland Community College, Cascade Campus: Painted Mural for Terrell Hall Auditorium

1993-95 North Precinct Police Station: Outdoor art for the Pedestrian Park; Portland, OR. Includes an 8'h

x 50' l painted mural, painted tiles for pool seating area, painted tiles for 30 pilasters, 30 mosaics for

seating areas, brick design images in pavement, 2 concrete sculptures for fountain.

1991 Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR. Eight painted and cut-out masonite fantasy creatures

varying in size from 2'x4' to 8'x3', mounted in entryway of Day Care Center.

1990-91 Tropical Rain Forest Exhibit Installation: Commissioned by Washington Park Zoo, Portland, OR;

through Oregon Percent for the Arts Program. Four concrete low relief sculptures; one 5'x 5', one

3'x4', one 3'x3', one 2'x4', integrally installed in gunnite walls. Seven small hand embossed sculptures

integrated into gunnite walls. One 6 1/2'h x 30'l hand embossed wall in gunnite.

1990 Governor's Arts Awards: Commissioned by Oregon Arts Commission. Five 14" diameter platters for

five award recipients and one low relief sculptured 12' diameter bowl for sightless award recipient.

1990 Appreciation Award: Commissioned by Oregon Advocates for the Arts. One 14" diameter platter

for Oregon Governor Neil Goldschmidt to be presented at Governor's Art Awards.

1989 "My Dinner With the Devil Snake", animated and live action video commissioned by PBS's Alive From

Off Center program. Collaborated on story line, acted, created pottery to be animated. In conjunction

with filmmakers Jim Blashfield and Joan Gratz, and artist Ronna Neuenschwander.

BOOKS by Diakite

2022 illustrations for Contes Africains, by various authors, Les Editions Gründ

2010 A Gift From Childhood: Memories of an African Boyhood, written and illustrated by BW

Diakite,Groundwood Books

2007 Mee-An and the Magic Serpent, written and illustrated by BW Diakite, Groundwood

Books

2006 I Lost My Tooth In Africa, by Penda Diakite, illustrated by B W Diakite, Scholastic Press

2004 Jamari’s Drum, by Eboni Bynum and Roland Jackson, illustrated by BW Diakite,

Groundwood Books

2003 The Magic Gourd, written and illustrated by Baba Wague Diakite, Scholastic Press (2004

Africana Book Award, Aesop Prize)

2001 The Pot of Wisdom, by Adwoa Badoe, Illustrated by Baba Wague Diakite,

Groundwood Books

1999 The Hatseller and the Monkeys, written and illustrated by Baba Wague

Diakite, Scholastic Inc (1999 Aesop Accolade)

1997 The Hunterman and the Crocodile, written and illustrated by Baba Wague

Diakite, Scholastic Inc, (1998 Coretta Scott King Honor Book Award)

PUBLICATIONS

2007 Mali in Pictures, Visual Geography Series, Chapter on “Cultural Life: Literature/ BW Diakite”, p 52,

Lerner Publications Co.

2006 Helena Independent Record, YourTime mag, “Words and Clay” by Emily Donahoe, pp.8, 16.

2005 Storyworks, Feb/March, “An African Boyhood”, by BW Diakite, pp14-17.

2001 African Arts, summer, vol. XXXIV No. 2, “Baba Wague Diakite” portfolio by Victoria Rovine, pp.64-71

1997 The Sunday Oregonian, Arts & Books, April 27, “Baba Wague Diakite:Out of Africa” by Randy Gragg

1995 AFRIQUE/Etats-Unis, 3-`95, No 829, "Un Ceramiste Malien dans l'Oregon", pp.14-15.

1994 Ceramics Monthly, Dec, Vol 42, No 10, “Baba Wague Diakite: From Mali to Oregon,” by Peter Held

1994 Downtowner, June 13, "BABA WAGUE: Ancient Messages Come Alive" by Lance Sparks, pp.9-10.

1994 Art & Antiques, Nov issue, Vol 17, No 9, p.40.

1993 Landscape Architecture, Feb issue, Vol 83, No 2, "Is Public Art Passe'?" by Randy Gragg, pp.58-61.

1992 The Oregonian, Sept.11, "From Ceramic to Print, Artist Tells A Whopper" by Joel Weinstein

1992 Northwest Living, The Sunday Oregonian, Nov. 24, 1992, "Out of Africa" by Helen Mershon

1990 The Oregonian, Dec. 28, 1990, "Hands Bond Generations", front page

Northwest Magazine, June 24,"Tropics Under Glass" by Andee Hochman

Northwest Gallery, March/April issue, Vol2, No 2, "Ronna Neuenschwander and Baba Wague

Diakite" by Lois Allen, pp. 12-15

1987 Premier, Aug/Sept issue, "Love Story in Clay" by Eric Stone, pp.16-18.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA

Oregon State University West International House, Corvallis, OR

University of Oregon Library, Eugene, OR

Childrens Art Museum, San Diego, CA

University of Washington Hospital, Seattle, WA

Lloyd Center Complex, Portland, OR

Washington Park Zoo, Portland, OR

Portland Community College, Portland, OR

Kaiser Permanente, Portland, OR

OHSU, Portland, OR

Harborview Medical Center Cultural Heritage Center, Seattle, WA

RACC Portable Works Collection, Portland, OR

Central City Concern, Portland, OR

LITERARY/STORYTELLING EVENTS

Smithsonian’s African Art Museum, Washington, DC

US Dept of State, American Embassy, Cultural Affairs, Bamako, Mali

American International Schools in Mali; Burkina Faso; Senegal and Ghana

Clark University, Arts Council of the African Studies Assoc, Worcester. MA

Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA

Univ of Wisconsin-Madison, African Art Dept & Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI

Nat'l Black Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA

Idaho State Univ/ College of Education, Pocatello, ID

Holter Museum of Art, Helena MT

Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Museum of Craft and Folk Art, San Francisco, CA

Willamette University, Salem, OR

Black United Fund of OR, Portland, OR

Oregon Zoo, Portland, OR

The Earth and Spirit Council Natural Way:

Indigenous Voices Speaker Series, Portland, OR

AWARDS and HONORS

2018 Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Printmaking Residency –2 week residency

2013 Professional Development Grant from Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR

2007 Africana Book Award for Children, for "I Lost My Tooth in Africa" illustrated by BW Diakite

2006 Award for promoting Malian Culture in the U.S. from His Excellency Abdoulaye Diop,

Ambassador of Mali to the United States

2006 Cultural Ambassador Award for Creative Excellence as an Artist and Educator. Holter Museum

of Art, Helena, MT

2006 Certificate of Appreciation, in recognition for dedication for furthering international understanding

through the language of Art, Office of the Mayor, Helena, MT

2004 Africana Book Award for Children, honor book for "The Magic Gourd", by Baba Wague Diakite

2004 Storytelling World Award, for "The Magic Gourd", by Baba Wague Diakite

2004 Parent Guide to Children Media Award for "The Magic Gourd", by Baba Wague Diakite

2000, 2004 Aesop Accolade, for “The Hatseller and the Monkeys”, “The Magic Gourd”, by Baba W. Diakite

2002 Emerald Award for Dedication & Commitment to the Arts, Zeta Sigma Omega Chapter of the

Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc

1998 Coretta Scott King Book Award for Illustration for "The Hunterman and the Crocodile" by BW Diakite

1994 InterCom Silver Plaque Award at International Film and Video Festival for Wague and Ronna by William Donker

ART-RELATED EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEERISM

2001-present Founder and Executive Director of Ko-Falen Cultural Center, working in the US and Mali.

Volunteered time 100% for 18 years. Held international programs in Mali in 2007, 2009, 2012.

1991-present Volunteer Committee Member of the Cascade Festival of African Films, Portland, OR

2014 Author visits, writing workshops, art workshops in Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Mali

2005-2018 Caldera Camp, a Lead Artist, Sisters, OR – 10 day summer camp sessions for underserved

youth. Worked 1 or 2 camps in the summers during this time frame.

1996 The Gordon School, Artist in Residence, Providence, RI – a month long arts residency for

elementary students.