Alioune Thiam has been selected to represent Senegal in the Olympic Museum's 'Olympic Heritage – Artists in Residence' programme. 

He will participate in an artist residency launched by the Olympic Museum and the 3-2-1 Olympic and Sports Museum in Qatar.The 32-year-old Senegalese video artist was selected alongside an English artist from among applications received from 20 countries.The artwork created during this residency will be exhibited at the 2028 Olympic Games and at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. 

This is a great honour for Senegal. Alioune Thiam is one of two winners of the Olympic Heritage – Artists in Residence programme for 2025, which was launched by the 3-2-1 Olympic and Sports Museum in Qatar and the Olympic Museum. He was selected alongside Rayvenn Shaleigha D'Clark, an English artist. The artworks created by the artists during this residency will be exhibited at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games as part of the Cultural Olympiad. They will then be added to the permanent collections of the two museums. The residency itself will take place from 1er 1st October to 1er st December 2025. 

 Alioune Thiam will thus be co-opted into a two-month programme at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne. He will have the privilege of benefiting from artist residency at La Becque. Through the guidance of an international jury, he will be able to explore a variety of collections, archives, and museum narratives related to Sports, Culture and the History of the Olympic Games. The Senegalese artist has shared his enthusiasm at the prospect of contributing to such an event.  

Blending Art and Technology  

 This 32-year-old video artist specialises in cartographic projections and interactive installations. Through his artwork, he aims to demonstrate the influence of digital technologies on Senegalese and African culture. With this goal in mind, he creates immersive audiovisual works. His project, “ARTISTE 2.0: The Creative Reach of Digital Technology”, he became the first Senegalese artist in residence at the Dominican Cultural Centre in Haute-Alsace, France, in 2022. 

 Deputy Director of the museum and chair of the jury, Yasmin Meichtry explained the reasons behind this choice. « ince its creation, the Olympic Museum has been committed to preserving and sharing the rich heritage of the Olympic movement, while incorporating innovation to keep this heritage alive and in tune with the times, »she said. And then continued «  he Olympic Heritage – Artists in Residence programme embodies this spirit perfectly by paying tribute to the past through the eyes of young, contemporary digital artists. We warmly congratulate Rayvenn Shaleigha D'Clark and Alioune Thiam, our first artists in residence. We look forward to seeing how they will use their creativity and innovative approach to digital tools to open up new artistic perspectives for expressing and communicating Olympic values to today's audience.  »